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1983 Budweiser 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 30
Sunday, September 18, 1983 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:18:45
Average Speed: 116.077 mph
Pole Speed: 139.573 mph

Cautions: 7 for 51 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 sec
Attendance: 40,000
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	7	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	500	30,985	running	195	185
2	4	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	500	16,190	running	67	175
3	5	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	500	11,565	running	97	170
4	1	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	499	10,470	running	51	165
5	14	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi / Burger King (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	499	14,335	running	0	155
6	16	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	499	10,985	running	1	155
7	8	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	493	8,985	running	0	146
8	12	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	491	5,335	running	29	147
9	17	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	491	8,385	running	1	143
10	27	10	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Automotive (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	480	2,685	running	0	134
11	21	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Bobby Hillin, Sr.)	Buick	479	2,655	running	0	130
12	25	6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	470	4,665	running	0	127
13	2	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	467	4,855	running	0	124
14	24	92	Joe Fields	Hobart Sales & Service (Joe Fields)	Buick	459	1,885	running	0	121
15	36	24	Cecil Gordon	Delaware Trans-Am (Cecil Gordon)	Chrysler	457	2,785	running	0	118
16	11	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	452	4,045	crash	0	115
17	9	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	452	9,385	crash	0	112
18	28	87	Jimmy Ingalls	Ingalls Construction (Jimmy Ingalls)	Buick	447	1,480	running	0	109
19	30	38	Laurent Rioux	Valvoline (Laurent Rioux)	Chevrolet	441	1,380	running	0	106
20	6	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Pontiac	427	3,530	engine	0	103
21	26	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	416	3,320	running	0	100
22	13	71	Dave Marcis	Atlantic Equipment & Leasing (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	387	8,530	engine	0	97
23	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	382	3,060	spring	0	94
24	29	41	Ronnie Thomas	McCord Gaskets (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	377	1,030	engine	0	91
25	10	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	356	980	engine	0	88
26	18	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	337	2,645	crash	0	85
27	22	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Pontiac	285	3,110	engine	0	82
28	34	02	Tommy Gale	Reeder Racing (Bud Reeder)	Pontiac	255	2,575	steering	0	79
29	33	69	Bob Riley	N.R.S. Carting (Bob Riley)	Pontiac	221	880	ignition	0	76
30	32	64	Jerry Bowman	Bowman Racing (Jerry Bowman)	Ford	139	2,515	crash	0	73
31	19	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	138	1,830	engine	0	70
32	15	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	125	1,820	engine	0	67
33	20	77	Dean Combs	Best Products (Irv Sanderson)	Buick	107	810	engine	0	64
34	31	60	Natz Peters	Mitton Electric (Natz Peters)	Buick	103	800	engine	0	61
35	3	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	90	7,890	head gasket	59	63
36	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	79	1,780	engine	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Terry Labonte	1	13	13
Dale Earnhardt	14	64	51
Bill Elliott	65	65	1
Richard Petty	66	66	1
Dale Earnhardt	67	74	8
Bobby Allison	75	132	58
Terry Labonte	133	170	38
Tim Richmond	171	225	55
Morgan Shepherd	226	226	1
Geoffrey Bodine	227	252	26
Bobby Allison	253	291	39
Bill Elliott	292	319	28
Bobby Allison	320	326	7
Tim Richmond	327	330	4
Bobby Allison	331	347	17
Geoffrey Bodine	348	348	1
Bobby Allison	349	380	32
Geoffrey Bodine	381	400	20
Bobby Allison	401	418	18
Tim Richmond	419	456	38
Geoffrey Bodine	457	476	20
Bobby Allison	477	500	24

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	3733
2	Darrell Waltrip	3632	-101
3	Bill Elliott	3411	-322
4	Richard Petty	3317	-416
5	Harry Gant	3218	-515
6	Neil Bonnett	3138	-595
7	Terry Labonte	3097	-636
8	Dale Earnhardt	2920	-813
9	Ricky Rudd	2898	-835
10	Tim Richmond	2792	-941
11	Joe Ruttman	2760	-973
12	Dick Brooks	2700	-1033
13	Dave Marcis	2680	-1053
14	Kyle Petty	2592	-1141
15	Geoffrey Bodine	2591	-1142
16	Buddy Arrington	2512	-1221
17	Ron Bouchard	2511	-1222
18	Sterling Marlin	2398	-1335
19	Jimmy Means	2312	-1421
20	Morgan Shepherd	2135	-1598

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