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1983 Mason-Dixon 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 30
Sunday, May 15, 1983 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:21:13
Average Speed: 114.847 mph
Pole Speed: 139.616 mph

Cautions: 9 for 53 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 43,000
Lead changes: 28

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	10	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	500	28,500	running	256	185
2	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	500	20,425	running	158	175
3	1	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	499	13,565	running	51	170
4	6	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	498	8,655	running	1	165
5	19	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	497	4,550	running	0	155
6	9	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	493	11,000	running	1	155
7	14	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	493	9,000	running	1	151
8	17	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	491	10,500	running	28	147
9	16	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	490	10,200	running	0	138
11	15	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	482	5,060	running	1	135
10	26	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Pontiac	483	6,260	running	0	134
12	30	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	474	4,680	running	0	127
13	27	58	Jerry Bowman	Aberdeen Travel Center (Jerry Bowman)	Ford	468	2,000	running	0	124
14	33	02	Rick Newsom	Reeder Racing (Bud Reeder)	Chevrolet	467	4,370	running	0	121
16	20	71	Dave Marcis	W.H. Bolin (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	457	9,100	engine	3	120
15	18	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	466	4,160	running	0	118
17	31	87	Jimmy Ingalls	Red Diamond Lines (Jimmy Ingalls)	Buick	454	1,600	running	0	112
18	29	6	D.K. Ulrich	Jim Magill (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	438	3,750	oil leak	0	109
19	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Direct Connection (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	436	3,540	running	0	106
20	36	96	John Callis	Gailey Excavating (John Callis)	Pontiac	428	1,325	running	0	103
21	34	24	Cecil Gordon	Delaware Trans-Am (Cecil Gordon)	Chrysler	402	1,200	engine	0	100
22	11	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	350	1,150	overheating	0	97
23	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	329	3,080	engine	0	94
24	2	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	277	3,140	engine	0	91
25	21	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	251	1,500	engine	0	88
26	23	26	Ronnie Hopkins	Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson)	Chevrolet	244	975	crash	0	85
27	25	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	235	2,630	transmission	0	82
28	13	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	218	2,595	water pump	0	79
29	12	55	Benny Parsons	Skoal (Johnny Hayes)	Buick	190	900	engine	0	76
30	3	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	104	2,636	crash	0	73
31	5	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	97	1,850	engine	0	70
32	22	48	Trevor Boys	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	91	1,840	engine	0	67
33	35	35	Dick May	Hanover Printing (Wayne Beahr)	Ford	66	830	engine	0	64
34	7	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	60	1,820	engine	0	61
35	8	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	46	2,810	crash	0	58
36	32	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Tele-Video (Jim Rosenblum)	Oldsmobile	39	800	crash	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Ruttman	1	49	49
Richard Petty	50	50	1
Dave Marcis	51	53	3
Bobby Allison	54	108	55
Kyle Petty	109	109	1
Bobby Allison	110	146	37
Morgan Shepherd	147	147	1
Bobby Allison	148	151	4
Dale Earnhardt	152	153	2
Bobby Allison	154	189	36
Darrell Waltrip	190	243	54
Joe Ruttman	244	244	1
Bobby Allison	245	247	3
Dale Earnhardt	248	273	26
Bill Elliott	274	274	1
Darrell Waltrip	275	351	77
Joe Ruttman	352	352	1
Darrell Waltrip	353	360	8
Bobby Allison	361	381	21
Darrell Waltrip	382	385	4
Bobby Allison	386	392	7
Darrell Waltrip	393	395	3
Bobby Allison	396	409	14
Darrell Waltrip	410	412	3
Bobby Allison	413	471	59
Darrell Waltrip	472	477	6
Bobby Allison	478	479	2
Darrell Waltrip	480	482	3
Bobby Allison	483	500	18

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	1531
2	Harry Gant	1490	-41
3	Joe Ruttman	1432	-99
4	Bill Elliott	1413	-118
5	Richard Petty	1366	-165
6	Neil Bonnett	1336	-195
7	Darrell Waltrip	1313	-218
8	Dick Brooks	1264	-267
9	Ricky Rudd	1225	-306
10	Jimmy Means	1211	-320
11	Terry Labonte	1197	-334
12	Ron Bouchard	1134	-397
13	Buddy Arrington	1100	-431
14	Geoffrey Bodine	1066	-465
15	Dave Marcis	1043	-488
16	Sterling Marlin	1022	-509
17	Dale Earnhardt	1000	-531
18	Tim Richmond	995	-536
19	Lake Speed	969	-562
20	Kyle Petty	964	-567

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