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1983 Marty Robbins 420

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 30
Saturday, May 7, 1983 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN
420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles)

Time of race: 3:32:23
Average speed: 70.717 mph
Pole speed: 103.119 mph

Cautions: 5 for 52 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lp 4 sec
Attendance: 20000
Lead changes: 2

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 Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	420	25650	running	382	185
2	11	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	419	13650	running	38	175
3	5	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	419	11285	running	0	165
4	12	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	418	9000	running	0	0
5	10	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	416	4520	running	0	155
6	18	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	415	6800	running	0	150
7	8	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	415	4020	running	0	146
8	6	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	414	3650	running	0	142
9	15	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	414	3390	running	0	138
10	4	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	412	1710	running	0	134
11	13	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Pontiac	412	3665	running	0	130
12	25	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	411	2960	running	0	127
13	2	75	Neil Bonnett	National Engineering / Hodgdon (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	411	3330	running	0	124
14	3	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	410	2540	running	0	121
15	22	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	408	1075	running	0	118
16	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	407	2450	running	0	115
17	17	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	406	2250	running	0	112
18	26	70	J.D. McDuffie	Wilder's (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	404	2025	running	0	109
19	24	48	Trevor Boys	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	400	1975	running	0	106
20	9	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	359	2350	running	0	103
21	14	6	Mark Martin	Jim Magill (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	350	1825	crash	0	100
22	29	19	Steve Gray	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	Buick	296	800	handling	0	97
23	28	02	Rick Newsom	Reeder Racing (Bud Reeder)	Buick	280	1225	rear end	0	94
24	7	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	258	6450	engine	0	91
25	21	90	Dick Brooks	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	120	2025	engine	0	88
26	20	86	Darryl Sage	Sage Racing (Lee Sage)	Chevrolet	111	720	engine	0	85
27	16	71	Dave Marcis	W.H. Bolin (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	94	6815	clutch	0	82
28	23	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	30	1210	engine	0	79
29	27	26	Ronnie Hopkins	Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson)	Chevrolet	11	705	engine	0	76

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	19	19
	20	26	7
	27	34	8
	35	39	5
	40	53	14
	54	79	26
	80	262	183
	263	266	4
	267	359	93
	360	369	10
	370	420	51
Percent of race run under caution: 12.4% Average green flag run: 61.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	57	57
Bobby Allison	58	95	38
Darrell Waltrip	96	420	325

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Harry Gant	1352
2	Bobby Allison	1346	-6
3	Joe Ruttman	1262	-90
4	Neil Bonnett	1257	-95
5	Bill Elliott	1248	-104
6	Richard Petty	1215	-137
7	Dick Brooks	1146	-206
8	Darrell Waltrip	1138	-214
9	Ricky Rudd	1134	-218
10	Terry Labonte	1127	-225
11	Jimmy Means	1084	-268
12	Ron Bouchard	1073	-279
13	Geoffrey Bodine	1008	-344
14	Buddy Arrington	994	-358
15	Lake Speed	969	-383
16	Mark Martin	938	-414
17	Dave Marcis	923	-429
18	Tim Richmond	922	-430
19	Sterling Marlin	888	-464
20	Tommy Gale	870	-482
21	Ronnie Thomas	867	-485