Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 1982
1982 Daytona 500
Race details[1]
Race 1 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
1982 Daytona 500 program cover
Date
February 14, 1982 (1982-02-14)
Location
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km)
Distance
200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather
Temperatures of 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Average speed
153.991 miles per hour (247.824 km/h)
Attendance
120,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
Benny Parsons
Harry Ranier
Most laps led
Driver
Bobby Allison
DiGard Motorsports
Laps
147
Winner
No. 88
Bobby Allison
DiGard Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
CBS
Announcers
Ken Squier David Hobbs Ned Jarrett Larry Nuber
The 1982 Daytona 500, the 24th running of the event, was the first race of the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup season. It was the first time that the Daytona 500 was the first race of the season.[3]
Bobby Allison would take the win in the #88 Gatorade-sponsored Buick Regal.[2] Allison holds the distinction of leading the most laps in consecutive Daytona 500s in 1981 and 1982, and then win the next year. A live audience of 120,000 patrons was there for the 194-minute race in which five cautions would slow the field for 34 laps; there were a total of 31 lead changes over the course of the 200 laps. Allison's margin of victory over Cale Yarborough was 23 seconds, more than half a lap.[2]
No Chevrolet vehicles were in this race; the last time this happened was at the 1971 Space City 300 at Meyer Speedway in Texas.[4]
This event marked the first Daytona 500 starts for Joe Ruttman, Ron Bouchard, Jim Sauter, Rick Wilson, Tom Sneva, Mark Martin, Delma Cowart, Rusty Wallace, and Lake Speed,[2] the only Daytona 500 start for Lowell Cowell,[2] and the last Daytona 500 starts for Roy Smith, Gary Balough, Tighe Scott, Stan Barrett, Bobby Wawak, Donnie Allison, Billie Harvey, and Joe Millikan.[2]
^"Weather of the 1982 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
^ abcdef"1982 Daytona 500 results". Racing-reference. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^"1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-reference. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^1971 Space City 300 racing information at Racing-Reference.info
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