1982 Miller Time 300 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1982 Miller Time 300
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	October 9th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1982 Miller Time 300 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1982 Miller Time 300, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Darrell Waltrip	17	3	$19,000	200	running	Mountain Dew / BT Express
2	Sam Ard	0	4	$17,650	200	running	Thomas Brothers Country Ham
3	Bobby Allison	88	10	$8,250	200	running	Plessinger Racing
4	Glenn Jarrett	24	5	$8,850	200	running	Komfort Koach
5	Jack Ingram	11	6	$8,000	200	running	Budweiser
6	John Anderson	5	14	$3,800	199	running	Miller High Life
7	Phil Parsons	28	1	$11,000	198	running	Skoal Bandit
8	Larry Pearson	21	15	$4,500	198	running	Chattanooga Chew
9	Rodney Combs	4	7	$3,950	198	running	J.W. Hunt / J.D. Stacy
10	Bosco Lowe	27	20	$3,550	198	running	Coca-Cola
12	Joe Frasson	79	16	$2,350	197	running	Miller High Life
14	Ronnie Silver	14	32	$2,800	195	running	KR&S Racing
17	Benny Kerley	94	27	$2,235	192	running	Taylor Togs
18	Harry Lee Hill	97	33	$2,075	192	running	Hill Racing
19	Mitchell Clark	92	36	$1,975	190	running	Beauregard's
21	Chip Lain	37	38	$1,790	186	running	Hayes Jewelry
22	John Linville	62	31	$1,715	185	running	Westmoreland
23	Steve Jarvis	87	28	$1,635	185	running	Flippin Construction
24	Glen Armstrong	74	35	$1,560	185	running	Model City Auto Parts
25	L.D. Ottinger	34	8	$1,485	155	crash	Kelly Builders
30	Dale Jarrett	32	24	$1,215	88	rear end	Pet Dairy
31	Mark Gibson	10	40	$995	76	engine	Don's Automotive
32	Tommy Houston	6	22	$1,485	69	rear end	UNO
33	Morgan Shepherd	7	2	$1,175	64	engine	Mattson Pool
35	Ronnie Thomas	35	19	$955	49	rear end	Star Mart
36	Larry Hoopaugh	50	23	$945	34	engine	Cox Racing
37	George Dalton	33	39	$935	29	engine	Dalton Racing
38	Tommy Ellis	12	11	$1,925	20	engine	Industrial Boiler
39	Butch Lindley	1	9	$885	12	clutch	Miller High Life