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1983 Holly Farms 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 30 Sunday, October 2, 1983 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:28:56 Average speed: 100.716 mph Pole speed: 114.539 mph Cautions: 1 for 4 laps Margin of victory: 2.7 sec Attendance: 26000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi / Burger King   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 34800 running 252 185 2 6 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 15500 running 134 175 3 7 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 400 12855 running 1 170 4 4 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 400 6345 running 12 165 5 13 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 399 5820 running 0 155 6 3 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 399 4675 running 1 155 7 2 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 398 4240 running 0 146 8 16 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 398 9200 running 0 142 9 10 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 398 8100 running 0 138 10 8 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 398 3545 running 0 134 11 9 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 397 4110 running 0 130 12 14 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 396 5950 running 0 127 13 11 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 396 5875 running 0 124 14 5 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 394 2850 running 0 121 15 12 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 394 2640 running 0 118 16 15 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 393 2575 running 0 115 17 19 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 391 2875 running 0 112 18 18 67   Buddy Arrington Shockley Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 389 2150 running 0 109 19 24 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 388 2100 running 0 106 20 22 6   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich Buick 384 1475 running 0 103 21 20 41   Ronnie Thomas McCord Gaskets   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 383 950 running 0 100 22 21 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 381 1425 running 0 97 23 30 82   Mark Stahl Auto Bell Car Wash   (Mark Stahl) Ford 366 900 running 0 94 24 23 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 365 1375 running 0 91 25 17 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 348 6950 cylinder 0 88 26 26 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 280 1825 rear end 0 85 27 25 96   Jimmy Walker Walker Enterprises   (Will Cronkrite) Ford 239 800 rear end 0 82 28 28 45   John McFadden Lebe's Tire Service   (John McFadden) Buick 234 775 ignition 0 79 29 27 02   Mike Potter Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 15 1250 valve 0 76 30 29 68   Ed Baugess Baugess Racing   (Jim Fowler) Chevrolet 13 725 oil pressure 0 73

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 377 377     378 381 4   #90 spun turns 1/2   382 400 19       Percent of race run under caution: 1.0%             Average green flag run: 198.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 153 153   Ricky Rudd 154 154 1   Dale Earnhardt 155 274 120   Darrell Waltrip 275 275 1   Bill Elliott 276 287 12   Dale Earnhardt 288 301 14   Darrell Waltrip 302 378 77   Bobby Allison 379 379 1   Darrell Waltrip 380 400 21 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 4078     2   Darrell Waltrip 3987   -91   3   Bill Elliott 3702   -376   4   Richard Petty 3582   -496   5   Harry Gant 3498   -580   6   Neil Bonnett 3412   -666   7   Terry Labonte 3348   -730   8   Dale Earnhardt 3255   -823   9   Ricky Rudd 3238   -840   10   Joe Ruttman 3027   -1051   11   Tim Richmond 3011   -1067   12   Dick Brooks 2933   -1145   13   Geoffrey Bodine 2876   -1202   14   Dave Marcis 2847   -1231   15   Kyle Petty 2834   -1244   16   Buddy Arrington 2755   -1323   17   Ron Bouchard 2657   -1421   18   Sterling Marlin 2592   -1486   19   Jimmy Means 2527   -1551   20   Morgan Shepherd 2353   -1725   21   Ronnie Thomas 2327   -1751