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1983 Winston Western 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 30 of 30 Sunday, November 20, 1983 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles) Time of race: 3:15:09 Average speed: 95.859 mph Pole speed: 116.782 mph Cautions: 5 for 26 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 24000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 119 26380 running 5 180 2 5 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 119 13225 running 33 175 3 11 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 119 18375 running 0 165 4 9 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 119 13725 running 4 165 5 26 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 119 8930 running 31 160 6 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi / Burger King   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 119 19200 running 34 160 7 3 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 119 6110 running 0 146 8 22 04   Hershel McGriff M. Bloome / Antioch Speedway   (Gary Smith) Buick 119 4700 running 0 142 9 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 119 10850 running 1 143 10 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 118 8650 running 10 139 11 16 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 118 5030 running 0 130 12 29 71   Dave Marcis Miller Brothers   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 118 9650 running 0 127 13 32 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 117 4620 running 0 124 14 20 88   Donnie Allison Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 117 4410 running 0 121 15 25 87   Randy Becker Becker Trucking   (Randy Becker) Buick 116 1950 running 0 118 16 40 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 115 5125 running 0 115 17 41 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 115 4465 running 0 112 18 39 13   Doug Wheeler W & W Machine   (Matt Puskarich) Buick 115 2755 running 0 109 19 35 83   Sumner McKnight McKnight Racing   (Sumner McKnight) Chevrolet 114 2415 running 0 106 20 15 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 113 1675 running 0 103 21 17 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security Systems   (Lois Williams) Oldsmobile 112 2305 running 0 100 22 12 51   Scott Miller MDB Systems   (Scott Miller) Pontiac 112 1575 running 0 97 23 37 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Grocery   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 109 3195 wheel 0 94 24 23 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 101 3135 drive line 0 91 25 18 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Buick 101 1425 running 0 88 26 34 64   D.K. Ulrich Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 101 2325 differential 0 85 27 31 41   Ronnie Thomas McCord Gaskets   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 96 1275 differential 0 82 28 33 03   Glenn Francis Francis Race Cars   (Trent Francis) Pontiac 89 1225 shifter 0 79 29 42 35   Pat Mintey AFR Signs   (Pat Mintey) Chevrolet 73 1175 engine 0 76 30 38 70   J.D. McDuffie Wilder's   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 66 2150 rocker arm 0 73 31 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 61 8925 engine 0 70 32 36 91   John Krebs Coca-Cola   (John Krebs) Oldsmobile 60 1100 engine 0 67 33 27 2   Morgan Shepherd My Car   (Jim Stacy) Buick 42 8675 engine 0 64 34 21 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 38 2050 engine 0 61 35 13 93   Jim Bown Wholesale Truck Parts   (Johnny Kieper) Buick 37 1025 throttle 0 58 36 14 74   Roy Smith Edgett Excavating   (John Edgett) Buick 36 2025 ignition 0 55 37 2 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 32 1900 engine 1 57 38 24 66   Ron Esau McDonald's   (Jack Lee) Buick 32 875 ignition 0 49 39 28 08   Rick McCray Coors   (Rick McCray) Pontiac 29 850 engine 0 46 40 30 73   Bill Schmitt Mountain Dew   (Bill Schmitt) Chevrolet 13 840 engine 0 43 41 4 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 12 1840 engine 0 40 42 19 12   Jimmy Insolo Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 1 840 quit 0 37

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Benny Parsons 55 pitting before green flag Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mark Perry 1 Perry Engineering Dave Perry Buick St. James Davis 02 St. James Racing LaDonna Davis Bobby Hillin, Jr. 6 Steve Pfeifer 8 Harry Goularte 17 Harry Goularte Buick Dan Noble 37 Noble Racing David Weaver Buick Tony Settember 58 Bob Kennedy 94 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 33 33     34 36 3   debris   37 61 25     62 68 7   #70 stopped on track   69 82 14     83 93 11   rain   94 112 19     113 114 2   rain   115 116 2     117 119 3   rain     Percent of race run under caution: 21.8%             Average green flag run: 18.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 31 31   Ricky Rudd 32 32 1   Darrell Waltrip 33 34 2   Bobby Allison 35 35 1   Richard Petty 36 45 10   Benny Parsons 46 74 29   Tim Richmond 75 87 13   Benny Parsons 88 88 1   Dale Earnhardt 89 92 4   Tim Richmond 93 93 1   Darrell Waltrip 94 94 1   Tim Richmond 95 111 17   Benny Parsons 112 114 3   Bill Elliott 115 119 5 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 4667     2   Darrell Waltrip 4620   -47   3   Bill Elliott 4279   -388   4   Richard Petty 4042   -625   5   Terry Labonte 4004   -663   6   Neil Bonnett 4002   -665   7   Harry Gant 3790   -877   8   Dale Earnhardt 3732   -935   9   Ricky Rudd 3693   -974   10   Tim Richmond 3597   -1070   11   Dave Marcis 3361   -1306   12   Joe Ruttman 3342   -1325   13   Kyle Petty 3261   -1406   14   Dick Brooks 3230   -1437   15   Buddy Arrington 3158   -1509   16   Ron Bouchard 3113   -1554   17   Geoffrey Bodine 3019   -1648   18   Jimmy Means 2983   -1684   19   Sterling Marlin 2980   -1687   20   Morgan Shepherd 2733   -1934   21   Buddy Baker 2611   -2056