1983 Daytona 500

Race #1 of 30 in the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
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
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:
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Margin of Victory:
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
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