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1983 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 30 Sunday, October 30, 1983 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:11:36 Average speed: 119.324 mph Pole speed: 143.876 mph Cautions: 10 for 63 laps Margin of victory: .68 sec Attendance: 37000 Lead changes: 36 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 492 25505 running 128 180 2 11 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 492 18490 running 143 180 3 8 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 491 11370 running 57 170 4 1 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 490 13410 running 0 160 5 5 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi / Burger King   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 489 14335 running 1 160 6 31 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 486 6085 running 0 150 7 33 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 486 11435 running 2 151 8 25 42   Lennie Pond Parker Homes   (Billy Matthews) Buick 476 2835 running 0 142 9 23 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 475 5215 running 0 138 10 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 471 5155 running 0 134 11 21 6   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 471 4595 running 0 130 12 35 67   Buddy Arrington Henwood Video   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 460 4330 running 0 127 13 28 04   Rick Baldwin Riverside Raceway   (Rick Baldwin) Chrysler 457 1935 running 0 124 14 34 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 455 3975 running 0 121 15 22 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 443 4215 running 0 118 16 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 437 9635 running 44 120 17 16 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 436 9330 engine 14 117 18 10 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 414 3165 engine 55 114 19 20 41   Ronnie Thomas McCord Gaskets   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 414 1435 running 0 106 20 19 96   Slick Johnson Precision Tune   (Will Cronkrite) Chevrolet 397 1395 engine 0 103 21 9 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 387 3035 running 0 100 22 36 35   Dick May Hanover Printing   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 381 1315 running 0 97 23 12 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 350 9075 head gasket 0 94 24 13 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 344 2905 valve 0 91 25 29 58   Jerry Bowman Bowman Racing   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 333 1195 crash 0 88 26 17 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 208 7205 crash 0 85 27 32 2   Morgan Shepherd My Car   (Jim Stacy) Buick 205 8715 timing chain 0 82 28 7 1   Lake Speed UNO / Bull Frog Knits   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 184 1075 wheel bearing 0 79 29 14 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 155 1035 ignition 0 76 30 4 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 139 2655 crash 39 78 31 26 02   Mike Potter Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 139 1955 rear end 0 70 32 18 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 54 1940 crash 0 67 33 15 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 45 2875 crash 0 64 34 27 39   Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing   (Blackie Wangerin) Ford 39 835 rear end 0 61 35 30 45   John McFadden Bean Auto   (John McFadden) Buick 11 810 ignition 0 58 36 2 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 10 1035 crash 9 60

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Wayne Peterson 83 Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11     12 21 10   #7,11,28,33 accident   22 22 1     23 31 9   #02,15,35,58,70,88 accident   32 55 24     56 63 8   #48 accident   64 113 50     114 122 9   #22 accident   123 138 16     139 143 5   #9,70,98 accident   144 165 22     166 168 3   #1 tire   169 209 41     210 214 5   #43 accident   215 356 142     357 361 5   #02,58 accident   362 375 14     376 378 3   #17 accident   379 464 86     465 468 4   #58 accident turn 2   469 492 24       Percent of race run under caution: 12.4%             Average green flag run: 39.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 1 1   Cale Yarborough 2 10 9   Joe Ruttman 11 38 28   Terry Labonte 39 56 18   Dick Brooks 57 57 1   Dave Marcis 58 59 2   Ricky Rudd 60 69 10   Bobby Allison 70 113 44   Terry Labonte 114 114 1   Dale Earnhardt 115 115 1   Joe Ruttman 116 126 11   Terry Labonte 127 143 17   Ricky Rudd 144 166 23   Darrell Waltrip 167 167 1   Dale Earnhardt 168 179 12   Terry Labonte 180 192 13   Tim Richmond 193 210 18   Dale Earnhardt 211 211 1   Ricky Rudd 212 223 12   Terry Labonte 224 241 18   Tim Richmond 242 268 27   Ricky Rudd 269 275 7   Dick Brooks 276 315 40   Tim Richmond 316 351 36   Dick Brooks 352 357 6   Terry Labonte 358 358 1   Dick Brooks 359 364 6   Terry Labonte 365 376 12   Ricky Rudd 377 377 1   Dick Brooks 378 379 2   Terry Labonte 380 400 21   Tim Richmond 401 402 2   Terry Labonte 403 405 3   Tim Richmond 406 465 60   Ricky Rudd 466 469 4   Terry Labonte 470 492 23 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 4349     2   Darrell Waltrip 4322   -27   3   Bill Elliott 3949   -400   4   Richard Petty 3743   -606   5   Terry Labonte 3693   -656   6   Harry Gant 3668   -681   7   Neil Bonnett 3657   -692   8   Ricky Rudd 3551   -798   9   Dale Earnhardt 3498   -851   10   Tim Richmond 3356   -993   11   Joe Ruttman 3229   -1120   12   Dave Marcis 3110   -1239   13   Dick Brooks 3099   -1250   14   Kyle Petty 3034   -1315   15   Geoffrey Bodine 3019   -1330   16   Buddy Arrington 2943   -1406   17   Ron Bouchard 2925   -1424   18   Jimmy Means 2759   -1590   19   Sterling Marlin 2753   -1596   20   Morgan Shepherd 2523   -1826   21   Ronnie Thomas 2433   -1916