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1983 Busch 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 30 Saturday, August 27, 1983 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps* on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:29:50 Average speed: 89.43 mph Pole speed: 111.923 mph Cautions: 5 for 31 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 25000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi / Burger King   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 419 30400 running 215 185 2 6 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 419 15725 running 197 175 3 13 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 419 13360 running 0 165 4 9 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 418 7370 running 0 160 5 5 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 418 5770 running 1 155 6 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 418 8875 running 1 155 7 7 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 418 4450 running 2 151 8 11 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 410 8200 running 0 142 9 14 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 407 6400 running 0 138 10 15 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 405 6660 crash 0 139 11 19 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 405 3590 running 0 130 12 28 41   Ronnie Thomas McCord Gaskets   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 402 1350 running 0 127 13 20 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 399 3320 running 0 124 14 4 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 396 3110 running 0 121 15 23 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 394 3475 running 0 118 16 24 6   Al Elmore Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 393 2765 running 0 115 17 18 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 389 2705 running 0 112 18 1 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 380 3620 running 0 109 19 27 18   Don Satterfield Satterfield Racing   (Leon Satterfield) Buick 368 925 running 0 106 20 12 71   Dave Marcis Hudson   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 353 7000 running 0 103 21 17 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 314 2325 valve 0 100 22 3 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 271 2000 crash 3 102 23 22 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 254 1325 crash 0 94 24 25 02   Mike Potter Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 253 1300 running 0 91 25 26 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 198 1275 running 0 88 26 21 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 147 1250 rear end 0 85 27 10 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 135 1225 clutch 0 82 28 16 26   Ronnie Hopkins Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Chevrolet 67 1200 rear end 0 79 29 29 45   John McFadden McFadden Racing   (John McFadden) Buick 44 675 brakes 0 76 * Race shortened to 419 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bobby Wawak 74 Superior Piping Buick DC Lennie Pond 52 Broadway Motors Jimmy Means Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 8 6   #71 stalled frontstretch   9 72 64     73 77 5   #48 spun frontstretch   78 271 194     272 277 6   #27,64 accident turn 2   278 355 78     356 361 6   #18 spun turn 1   362 411 50     412 419 8   #75 accident turn 4     Percent of race run under caution: 7.4%             Average green flag run: 77.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 73 73   Harry Gant 74 74 1   Darrell Waltrip 75 206 132   Dale Earnhardt 207 222 16   Darrell Waltrip 223 224 2   Ron Bouchard 225 226 2   Tim Richmond 227 229 3   Terry Labonte 230 230 1   Dale Earnhardt 231 328 98   Darrell Waltrip 329 329 1   Dale Earnhardt 330 412 83   Darrell Waltrip 413 419 7 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3178     2   Darrell Waltrip 3137   -41   3   Bill Elliott 2929   -249   4   Harry Gant 2906   -272   5   Richard Petty 2897   -281   6   Neil Bonnett 2680   -498   7   Dale Earnhardt 2630   -548   8   Terry Labonte 2622   -556   9   Joe Ruttman 2526   -652   10   Ricky Rudd 2506   -672   11   Tim Richmond 2443   -735   12   Dick Brooks 2439   -739   13   Dave Marcis 2353   -825   14   Kyle Petty 2322   -856   15   Ron Bouchard 2241   -937   16   Geoffrey Bodine 2192   -986   17   Buddy Arrington 2188   -990   18   Sterling Marlin 2140   -1038   19   Jimmy Means 2018   -1160   20   Ronnie Thomas 1851   -1327   21   Tommy Gale 1772   -1406