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1983 TranSouth 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 30
Sunday, April 10, 1983 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 3:50:05
Average speed: 130.406 mph
Pole speed: 157.818 mph

Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Margin of victory: 1.3 sec
Attendance: 50000
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	367	30050	running	2	180
2	2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	367	24525	running	70	175
3	10	2	Mark Martin	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	367	17530	running	1	170
4	8	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	366	9905	running	0	160
5	12	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	365	9225	running	0	155
6	14	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	365	5050	running	0	150
7	13	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	363	7610	running	4	151
8	9	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	359	12450	running	22	147
9	3	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	353	11375	crash	205	148
10	28	6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	353	7130	running	0	134
11	35	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	352	7185	running	0	130
12	31	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	349	5910	running	0	127
13	17	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	348	7890	engine	2	129
14	26	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	344	4900	running	0	121
15	34	46	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure (Travis Tiller)	Buick	337	2750	running	0	118
16	23	74	Bobby Wawak	Bridgetender Inn (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	336	2480	ignition	0	115
17	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	320	4490	running	0	112
18	11	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	318	4230	running	0	109
19	20	90	Dick Brooks	Sunny King Ford & Honda/Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	314	3840	engine	0	106
20	4	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	307	3730	valve	61	108
21	32	02	Dick May	Price Racing (Bud Reeder)	Buick	301	1670	running	0	100
22	16	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	294	1850	engine	0	97
23	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	288	2870	engine	0	94
24	33	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	275	1700	engine	0	91
25	18	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	269	7675	crash	0	88
26	29	24	Morgan Shepherd	Lynch's Auto Sales (Cecil Gordon)	Chrysler	263	1650	ignition	0	0
27	15	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Buick	214	1630	valve	0	82
28	6	1	Lake Speed	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	194	1610	clutch	0	79
29	24	18	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing (Leon Satterfield)	Buick	110	1590	crash	0	76
30	36	26	Ronnie Hopkins	Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson)	Chevrolet	82	1570	engine	0	73
31	22	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	81	3210	cylinder head	0	70
32	21	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	29	2530	steering	0	67
33	25	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	4	8810	crash	0	64
34	19	55	Benny Parsons	Skoal (Johnny Hayes)	Buick	1	1390	crash	0	61
35	1	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	0	2945	engine	0	58
36	7	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	0	2350	crash	0	55

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bill Scott	07	Verda Coal	Spencer Brown	Buick
	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Hillin Racing	Bobby Hillin, Sr.	Buick
	Rick Newsom	20	Bull Frog Knits	Rick Newsom	Chevrolet
	Mike Potter	76	Larry's Night Club / Cam Farm	Mike Potter	Oldsmobile

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	15	14	#1,9,15,18,21,27,44,55,71,75,84 accident backstretch
	16	17	2
	18	21	4	#26 oil on track
	22	114	93
	115	122	8	#18 accident frontstretch
	123	273	151
	274	281	8	#43 accident turn 3
	282	353	72
	354	356	3	#88 accident turn 1
	357	367	11
Percent of race run under caution: 10.1% Average green flag run: 55.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	15	15
Geoffrey Bodine	16	20	5
Joe Ruttman	21	25	5
Geoffrey Bodine	26	76	51
Mark Martin	77	77	1
Bobby Allison	78	78	1
Neil Bonnett	79	82	4
Dale Earnhardt	83	84	2
Geoffrey Bodine	85	116	32
Darrell Waltrip	117	117	1
Geoffrey Bodine	118	133	16
Bobby Allison	134	154	21
Geoffrey Bodine	155	188	34
Darrell Waltrip	189	190	2
Joe Ruttman	191	246	56
Geoffrey Bodine	247	258	12
Darrell Waltrip	259	259	1
Geoffrey Bodine	260	314	55
Darrell Waltrip	315	365	51
Harry Gant	366	367	2

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Neil Bonnett	735
2	Bill Elliott	728	-7
3	Bobby Allison	692	-43
3	Dick Brooks	692	-43
5	Harry Gant	677	-58
6	Joe Ruttman	675	-60
7	Cale Yarborough	658	-77
8	Ricky Rudd	629	-106
9	Richard Petty	624	-111
10	Mark Martin	616	-119
11	Buddy Baker	603	-132
12	Lake Speed	563	-172
13	Ron Bouchard	551	-184
13	Jimmy Means	551	-184
15	Geoffrey Bodine	547	-188
16	Terry Labonte	535	-200
17	Buddy Arrington	529	-206
18	Darrell Waltrip	519	-216
19	Dale Earnhardt	505	-230
20	Tim Richmond	499	-236
21	Sterling Marlin	494	-241