1983 Coca-Cola 500

Race #4 of 30 in the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
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

RACE DATA
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