1983 Daytona 500 | ![]() |
Held on February 20, 1983 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL | |
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 8 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Pontiac | 200 | 23 | running | 180 |
2 | 17 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Ford | 200 | 6 | running | 175 |
3 | 5 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline | Ford | 200 | 35 | running | 170 |
4 | 11 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Chevy | 200 | 57 | running | 170 |
5 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Sunny King Ford & Honda, Burger King | Ford | 199 | 15 | running | 160 |
6 | 41 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Chevy | 199 | 0 | running | 150 |
7 | 22 | 53 | Tom Sneva | Simoniz BodyGard | Chevy | 199 | 0 | running | 146 |
8 | 15 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew | Chevy | 198 | 0 | running | 142 |
9 | 35 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Chevy | 198 | 0 | running | 138 |
10 | 18 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills | Buick | 197 | 0 | running | 134 |
11 | 9 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Valvoline | Chevy | 197 | 0 | running | 130 |
12 | 39 | 51 | Lennie Pond | Native Tan | Buick | 197 | 0 | running | 127 |
13 | 32 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal | Buick | 196 | 0 | running | 124 |
14 | 42 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Buick | 196 | 0 | running | 121 |
15 | 27 | 89 | Dean Roper | Evinrude Motors | Pontiac | 194 | 0 | running | 118 |
16 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Chrysler | 194 | 0 | running | 115 |
17 | 36 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts | Pontiac | 192 | 0 | running | 112 |
18 | 20 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing | Chevy | 191 | 0 | running | 109 |
19 | 28 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA | Buick | 191 | 0 | running | 106 |
20 | 30 | 04 | Rick Baldwin | Baldwin Racing | Dodge | 188 | 0 | running | 103 |
21 | 40 | 10 | Clark Dwyer | Kings Inn | Chevy | 188 | 0 | running | 100 |
22 | 4 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon | Chevy | 187 | 9 | running | 102 |
23 | 29 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts | Chevy | 184 | 0 | running | 94 |
24 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Chevy | 182 | 1 | cam | 96 |
25 | 16 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO | Chevy | 178 | 0 | engine | 88 |
26 | 23 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Foster Grant | Buick | 162 | 0 | engine | 85 |
27 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 149 | 0 | engine | 82 |
28 | 12 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring | Buick | 136 | 0 | crash | 79 |
29 | 37 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 132 | 0 | engine | 76 |
30 | 2 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Pontiac | 106 | 14 | engine | 78 |
31 | 38 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions | Buick | 102 | 0 | crash | 70 |
32 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited | Chevy | 100 | 0 | piston | 67 |
33 | 7 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Pontiac | 99 | 9 | engine | 69 |
34 | 33 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust | Chevy | 69 | 0 | piston | 61 |
35 | 3 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Ford | 63 | 2 | engine | 63 |
36 | 31 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger | Chevy | 62 | 0 | crash | 55 |
37 | 13 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Buick | 56 | 0 | engine | 52 |
38 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Pontiac | 47 | 29 | engine | 54 |
39 | 26 | 32 | Bosco Lowe | Clinomint | Buick | 36 | 0 | crash | 46 |
40 | 19 | 23 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Yurika Foods | Buick | 36 | 0 | engine | 43 |
41 | 24 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Pontiac | 24 | 0 | engine | 40 |
42 | 14 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Skoal | Buick | 8 | 0 | push rod | 37 |
RACE DATA | |||||||||
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Failed to Qualify: Blackie Wangerin, Rick Newsom, Ronnie Sanders, Joe Millikan, Bobby Hillin, Jr., Connie Saylor, Bill Scott , Bruce Jacobi, Morgan Shepherd, Slick Johnson, Alan West, Bobby Wawak, Philip Duffie, Lowell Cowell, Laurent Rioux, Jocko Maggiacomo, Mike Potter, Ralph Jones, Steve Moore, Rusty Wallace, Mike Kempton, Joe Booher, Rick Wilson, Jerry Bowman, David Simko, Travis Tiller, Dick Skillen, Ferrel Harris, Darryl Sage, Ken Kalla | |||||||||
Time of Race: ??? | |||||||||
Fast Qualifier: | |||||||||
Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
Average Speed: ??? mph | |||||||||
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |