1983 Southern 500

Race #22 of 30 in the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1983 Southern 500
*Held on September 5, 1983 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC*
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	14	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life	Buick	367	119	running	185
2	12	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	367	3	running	175
3	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi, Burger King	Chevy	367	30	running	170
4	1	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon	Chevy	367	101	running	165
5	2	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser	Chevy	367	0	running	155
6	9	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline	Ford	366	18	running	155
7	15	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's	Chevy	366	1	running	151
8	4	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen	Chevy	366	0	running	142
9	19	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	364	1	running	143
10	5	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew	Chevy	363	18	running	139
11	17	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Ford	363	0	running	130
12	21	43	Richard Petty	STP	Pontiac	363	0	running	127
13	11	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade	Pontiac	362	0	running	124
14	23	71	Dave Marcis	Metromont Materials	Chevy	361	0	running	121
15	3	1	Lake Speed	UNO, Bull Frog Knits	Chevy	359	0	running	118
16	41	6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	353	0	running	115
17	27	4	Mark Martin	Morgan-McClure	Oldsmobile	351	0	running	112
18	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	351	0	running	109
19	25	77	Ken Ragan	Clinomint	Chevy	342	0	running	106
20	26	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Chevy	339	0	running	103
21	37	74	Bobby Wawak	Superior Piping	Chevy	337	0	running	100
22	20	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Buick	330	0	running	97
23	35	35	Dick May	Hanover Printing	Ford	318	0	ignition	94
24	33	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust	Pontiac	282	0	crash	91
25	8	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines	Chevy	272	76	engine	93
26	6	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	245	0	cylinder head	85
27	39	18	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing	Buick	217	0	handling	82
28	30	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig	Chevy	217	0	crash	79
29	28	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	207	0	engine	76
30	36	41	Ronnie Thomas	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	179	0	engine	73
31	13	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	142	0	crash	70
32	18	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm	Buick	117	0	engine	67
33	16	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Mills	Chevy	113	0	brakes	64
34	32	99	Philip Duffie	U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel	Buick	109	0	engine	61
35	22	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven	Pontiac	107	0	crash	58
36	38	76	Mike Potter	Cam Farm	Oldsmobile	98	0	ignition	55
37	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	54	0	engine	52
38	10	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	34	0	cylinder head	49
39	31	42	Lennie Pond	Sand Dunes Hotel	Buick	25	0	crash	46
40	24	26	Ronnie Hopkins	Food Country USA	Chevy	15	0	engine	43
41	29	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	11	0	engine	40

RACE DATA
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