1982 Busch 500

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1982 Busch 500
Race details[1]
Race 21 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Map of the Bristol Motor Speedway
Map of the Bristol Motor Speedway
Date August 28, 1982 (1982-August-28)
Official name Busch 500
Location Bristol International Raceway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.857 km)
Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.8 km)
Weather Temperatures of 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
Average speed 94.318 miles per hour (151.790 km/h)
Attendance 30,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Jim Stacy Racing
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Allison DiGard Motorsports
Laps 169
Winner
No. 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1982 Busch 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 28, 1982, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

  1. ^ Weather information for the 1982 Busch 500 at the Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1982b500 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).