1982 TranSouth 200 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1982 TranSouth 200
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	April 3rd

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina.

Looks Like An Egg

It was the first superspeedway built with NASCAR racing in mind and is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.

Largest Field of Racers

Darlington has an interesting history. When the 1.366 mile long track first opened over a half-century ago, it was not uncommon for there to be 80 or more entrants in a race; this was curtailed over the years as NASCAR adopted a more uniform set of guidelines with regard to the number of cars which could qualify for a race.

Flip-Flop

In recent years the track has been reconfigured; what was the front stretch is now the back stretch, and the turns have been renumbered accordingly. Seating has been increased to approximately 60,000; it has been limited by the proximity of a railroad track to the facility, a highway behind the back stretch, and the still-present pond.

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1982 TranSouth 200 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1982 TranSouth 200, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Status	Sponsor
1	Geoffrey Bodine	99	3	$8,650	running	Frank Plessinger
2	Jody Ridley	98	0	$4,650	running
3	David Pearson	21	0	$3,525	running	David Pearson
4	Jack Ingram	11	0	$3,500	running	Jack Ingram
6	Sam Ard	0	0	$2,550	running	Howard Thomas
7	Glenn Jarrett	0	0	$1,600	running
8	John Anderson	50	0	$1,400	running
9	Tommy Houston	27	0	$1,675	running
11	George Dalton	33	0	$970	running
12	Harold Lemley	0	0	$925	running
14	Harry Gant	77	1	$700	running
15	Tommy Ellis	12	0	$1,700	running
17	Phil Parsons	28	0	$1,200	running	Johnny Hayes
19	Dale Jarrett	24	0	$550	dnf	Horace Isenhower
20	Frank Kelly	0	0	$525	dnf
21	Dale Earnhardt	15	0	$450	dnf