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Norton-Michigan 500

Sunday, July 18, 1982


Track:   Brooklyn, MI
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.000 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 24.720 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Rick Mears 203.816 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   2   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat8B   0:35.543   250   3:14:54.00 153.925
  STP Oil Treatment   Coswth   202.572 mph  
  2   3   40   Mario Andretti   Wildcat8B   0:35.082   250   3:15:18.72
  STP - Intermedics   Coswth   205.233 mph  
  3   9   19   Bobby Rahal   March 82C   0:36.674   245   Flagged
  Red Roof Inns   Coswth   196.324 mph  
  4   12   10   Al Unser   LR-03   0:36.724   245   Flagged
  Longhorn Racing   Coswth   196.057 mph  
  5   19   72   Tom Bigelow   Eagle 81   0:38.651   241   Flagged
  H B K Racing   Chevy   186.282 mph  
  6   21   56   Gary Bettenhausen   PC-7/79   0:39.027   241   Flagged
  Genesee Beer   Chevy   184.488 mph  
  7   13   21   Geoff Brabham   March 82C   0:37.739   241   Flagged
  Pentax Super   Coswth   195.977 mph  
  8   10   18   Mike Mosley   March 82C   0:36.676   239   Flagged
  Kraco Car Stereo   Coswth   196.314 mph  
  9   20   42   Jim Hickman   March 82C   0:38.928   236   Flagged
  Stroh's Beer   Coswth   184.957 mph  
  10   24   6   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   March82C   0:37.774   234   Flagged
  Provimi Veal   Coswth   190.607 mph  
  11   31   37   Scott Brayton   PC-7/79   0:39.373   225   Stalled
  Dreisbach Cadillac   Coswth   182.866 mph  
  12   18   30   Howdy Holmes   March 82C   0:38.647   218   Flagged
  Domino's Pizza   Coswth   186.302 mph  
  13   28   2   Bill Alsup   PC-9C/81   0:38.588   213   Flagged
  AB Dick Pacemaker   Coswth   186.587 mph  
  14   7   4   Kevin Cogan   PC-10/82   0:36.328   191   Water leak
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   198.194 mph  
  15   1   1   Rick Mears   PC-10/82   0:35.326   181   Accident
  Gould Charge   Coswth   203.816 mph  
  16   23   34   Johnny Parsons   March 82C   0:36.931   184   EngYne
  Wysard Motor Co   Coswth   194.958 mph  
  17   16   31   Roger Mears   PC-7/79   0:37.778   165   Engine
  Machinist Union   Coswth   190.587 mph  
  18   6   3   Pancho Carter   March 82X   0:36.252   159   Wheel bearing
  Alex Foods   Coswth   198.810 mph  
  19   22   35   George Snider   March 82C   0:36.559   148   Gear box
  Cobre Tire   Coswth   196.942 mph  
  20   8   14   A.J. Foyt   March 82C   0:36.634   147   Accident
  Valvoline-Gilmore   Coswth   196.539 mph  
  21   30   22   Dick Simon   Watson   0:38.981   138   Piston
  Vermont-American   Coswth   184.705 mph  
  22   25   55   Josele Garza   March 81C   0:38.474   130   Engine
  Schlitz Gusto   Coswth   187.139 mph  
  23   15   49   Spike Gehlhausen   Eagle 81   0:37.751   127   Shift lever
  Arizona Intl Travel   Coswth   190.723 mph  
  24   26   46   Jerry Karl   PC-7/79   0:38.554   103   Gear box
  McCray Plastering   Coswth   186.751 mph  
  25   29   32   Hector Rebaque   March 82C   0:38.683   67   Accident
  Carta Blanca   Coswth   186.128 mph  
  26   4   91   Don Whittington   March 82C   0:35.582   63   Engine
  Whittington Bros.   Coswth   202.350 mph  
  27   34   17   Ken Hamilton   Vollstedt       53   Lost oil pressure
  Hamilton Racing   Offy      
  28   11   5   Johnny Rutherford   March 82C   0:36.719   54   Piston
  Pennzoil   Coswth   196.084 mph  
  29   27   36   Patrick Bedard   Wildcat8   0:38.555   49   Engine
  Escort Radar Detector   Coswth   186.746 mph  
  30   33   65   Phil Krueger   King   0:41.048   48   Fueling
  Luxury Racers   Chevy   175.404 mph  
  31   17   12   Chip Ganassi   Wildcat   0:38.096   37   Engine
  1st Commercial Corp   Coswth   188.996 mph  
  32   5   7   Tom Sneva   March 82C   0:36.203   23   Engine
  Texaco Star   Coswth   198.879 mph  
  33   32   77   Tom Frantz   Coyote   0:40.572   20   Vibration
  Burger King   Chevy   177.462 mph  
  34   14   28   Herm Johnson   Eagle 82   0:37.577   7   Accident
  Menard Lumber   Chevy   191.607 mph  

Race Information

1) Yellow flags: 3-6 debris T3/4 8-16 Johnson wreck 22-27 Sneva blew engine 41-46 Mosley slowed T2 52-56 Mosley lost side pod 97-101 Bigelow spun T4 110-114 Karl tow-in 141-147 Graza spun T4 148-159 Foyt/Rebaque wreck 184-192 Mears wreck T2 215-218 Debris on mainstretch

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Don Whittington 3 23-25
A.J. Foyt 6 42-45,142-143
Pancho Carter 9 46-50,84-87
Mario Andretti 35 114-138,157-160,176,180-183,193
Rick Mears 80 20-22,26-28,32-41,51-57,61-78,88-98,102-113,139-141,144-156
Gordon Johncock 117 1-19,29-31,58-60,79-83,99-101,161-175,177-179,184-192,194-250
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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