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The '''1982 Winston 500''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series|Winston Cup Series]] racing event that took place May 2, 1982, at [[Talladega Superspeedway|Alabama International Motor Speedway]] in [[Talladega, Alabama]].
 
The makes of the cars involved in the race were 1 [[Oldsmobile]], 9 [[Pontiac]]s, 5 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]s, 1 [[Chevrolet]], 1 [[Dodge]], and 24 [[Buick]]s.<ref name="fantasyracingcheatsheet"/><ref name="driveraverages">{{cite web | url = http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=1982009 | title = 1982 Winston 500 racing information | publisher = Driver Averages | date = 2011-08-10 | access-date = 2011-08-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000447/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=1982009 | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref> During the early 1980s, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series was plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection.
 
==Background==