The 1982 National 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on October 10, 1982. Harry Gant won his second and final race of the year, holding off Bill Elliott by three seconds. Points leader Bobby Allison appeared to be in route to victory, but his engine failure left him 9th but still 37 points ahead of Darrell Waltrip (14th). Stats