1983 Coca-Cola 500 | ![]() |
Held on March 27, 1983 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA | |
328 L, 505.12 M, 812.784 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 22 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Chevy | 328 | 78 | running | 180 |
2 | 6 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon | Chevy | 328 | 83 | running | 180 |
3 | 2 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline | Ford | 328 | 0 | running | 165 |
4 | 5 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Buick | 328 | 10 | running | 165 |
5 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Pontiac | 328 | 76 | running | 160 |
6 | 14 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Simoniz | Ford | 328 | 18 | running | 155 |
7 | 12 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring | Buick | 328 | 0 | running | 146 |
8 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Chevy | 328 | 0 | running | 142 |
9 | 16 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Pontiac | 327 | 0 | running | 138 |
10 | 20 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Chevy | 326 | 0 | running | 134 |
11 | 19 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Buick | 326 | 0 | running | 130 |
12 | 15 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Buick | 325 | 0 | running | 127 |
13 | 29 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Atlantic Building System | Chevy | 324 | 0 | running | 124 |
14 | 17 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Skoal | Buick | 323 | 11 | engine | 126 |
15 | 26 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO | Chevy | 323 | 0 | running | 118 |
16 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Landmark | Dodge | 323 | 1 | running | 120 |
17 | 23 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills | Buick | 320 | 0 | running | 112 |
18 | 33 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping | Buick | 320 | 0 | running | 109 |
19 | 35 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | B.J. Racing | Buick | 318 | 0 | running | 106 |
20 | 36 | 86 | Darryl Sage | Sage Racing | Chevy | 318 | 0 | running | 103 |
21 | 31 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA | Buick | 315 | 0 | running | 100 |
22 | 37 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts | Pontiac | 315 | 0 | running | 97 |
23 | 13 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 312 | 0 | running | 94 |
24 | 41 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts | Pontiac | 311 | 0 | running | 91 |
25 | 4 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Buick | 303 | 0 | engine | 88 |
26 | 39 | 03 | Eddie Bierschwale | Indian Hill Park | Buick | 289 | 0 | engine | 85 |
27 | 40 | 57 | Ken Ragan | Clinomint | Buick | 281 | 0 | crash | 82 |
28 | 25 | 80 | Bob Senneker | Elk Vans | Pontiac | 277 | 0 | crash | 79 |
29 | 27 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing | Chevy | 275 | 0 | crash | 76 |
30 | 3 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Ford | 272 | 0 | engine | 73 |
31 | 28 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust | Chevy | 270 | 0 | crash | 70 |
32 | 38 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Buick | 270 | 0 | crash | 67 |
33 | 8 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Ford | 246 | 34 | engine | 69 |
34 | 18 | 18 | Slick Johnson | Leon Satterfield | Buick | 242 | 0 | running | 61 |
35 | 21 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Pontiac | 204 | 1 | oil pump | 63 |
36 | 34 | 19 | J.D. McDuffie | Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits | Buick | 177 | 0 | valve | 55 |
37 | 30 | 54 | David Simko | Mound Steel | Oldsmobile | 154 | 0 | engine | 52 |
38 | 10 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Foyt Enterprises | Chevy | 139 | 0 | valve | 49 |
39 | 32 | 24 | Jim Vandiver | J.S. Dismuke | Chrysler | 79 | 0 | crash | 46 |
40 | 7 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger | Chevy | 40 | 0 | engine | 43 |
41 | 1 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Pontiac | 18 | 16 | valve | 45 |
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Average Speed: ??? mph | |||||||||
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |