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This list of 1982 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Dirt oval racing
Harry Gant is the oldest winner of a Cup Series race; he was 52 years, 7 months, and 6 days old when he won the 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400. [14] [15] Prior to 1972, Daytona qualifying races were points-paying championship races, and count in the totals below. Since then, the Daytona qualifying races do not count due to the race distance ...
The NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful NASCAR Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1949 to Red Byron. [1] The first driver to win multiple Championships was Herb Thomas in ...
Bobby Allison led the most laps (100 of 328) and won his eighth Winston Cup victory of 1982. This was the final Winston Cup race for country singer Marty Robbins before his death in December 1982. Rodney Combs made his first NASCAR start in this race. Heading into the season finale at Riverside, Waltrip had a 22 point lead over Allison.
To participate in the race, Wright submitted a check worth $115 to NASCAR for a competition license; although sanctioning body officials were skeptical of his background, right-to-work laws required NASCAR to allow him to race if he could pay for the license and $100 entry fee and provide a capable car. [4]
The checkered flag has flown for the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.. Joey Logano won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.. Logano and his crew chief ...
The 1982 season included 13 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted three races. [1] The first and third races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. [2] [3]
The following is an overview of the events of 1982 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.