1983 Valleydale 500 | ![]() |
Held on May 21, 1983 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN | |
500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 13 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger | Chevy | 500 | 288 | running | 185 |
2 | 12 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Buick | 500 | 50 | running | 175 |
3 | 6 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales | Buick | 499 | 0 | running | 165 |
4 | 1 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon | Chevy | 499 | 25 | running | 165 |
5 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Pontiac | 498 | 0 | running | 155 |
6 | 2 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Chevy | 498 | 21 | running | 155 |
7 | 8 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Buick | 496 | 0 | running | 146 |
8 | 14 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Ford | 495 | 0 | running | 142 |
9 | 5 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Ford | 495 | 116 | running | 143 |
10 | 7 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Pontiac | 494 | 0 | running | 134 |
11 | 16 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Pontiac | 488 | 0 | running | 130 |
12 | 15 | 71 | Dave Marcis | W.H. Bolin | Chevy | 488 | 0 | running | 127 |
13 | 23 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 479 | 0 | running | 124 |
14 | 22 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Chevy | 477 | 0 | running | 121 |
15 | 18 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts | Pontiac | 476 | 0 | running | 118 |
16 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Direct Connection | Chrysler | 475 | 0 | running | 115 |
17 | 24 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA | Buick | 472 | 0 | running | 112 |
18 | 19 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust | Pontiac | 471 | 0 | running | 109 |
19 | 28 | 02 | Rick Newsom | Reeder Racing | Buick | 470 | 0 | running | 106 |
20 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 466 | 0 | running | 103 |
21 | 17 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses | Ford | 459 | 0 | running | 100 |
22 | 21 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig | Chevy | 458 | 0 | running | 97 |
23 | 10 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Pontiac | 456 | 0 | rear end | 94 |
24 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 450 | 0 | running | 91 |
25 | 9 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Pontiac | 397 | 0 | running | 88 |
26 | 3 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Chevy | 393 | 0 | engine | 85 |
27 | 4 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Buick | 317 | 0 | rear end | 82 |
28 | 27 | 76 | Mike Potter | Larry's Nightclub | Buick | 50 | 0 | rear end | 79 |
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |