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1983 Winston 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 30
Sunday, May 1, 1983 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:14:55
Average Speed: 153.936 mph
Pole Speed: 202.65 mph

Cautions: 7 for 42 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 110,000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	15	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	188	46,650	running	52	185
2	12	55	Benny Parsons	Skoal (Johnny Hayes)	Buick	188	24,575	running	1	175
4	21	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	188	22,425	running	2	165
3	10	1	Lake Speed	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	188	18,975	running	13	170
6	7	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	188	16,295	running	0	150
5	6	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	188	15,905	running	2	160
10	19	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	186	14,475	running	0	134
9	32	71	Dave Marcis	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	187	13,875	running	2	143
21	3	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	132	13,460	engine	40	105
33	14	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	70	12,285	crash	0	64
7	41	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Buick	188	12,275	running	2	151
17	27	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	175	11,485	engine	0	112
8	4	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	187	10,665	running	0	142
24	17	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	120	10,035	brakes	1	96
12	36	77	Ken Ragan	Clinomint (Marvin Ragan)	Buick	184	9,950	running	0	127
11	2	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	184	9,130	engine	10	135
13	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	182	7,520	running	0	124
14	20	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	181	7,160	running	0	121
15	5	75	Neil Bonnett	Team America (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	181	6,975	running	0	118
20	23	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	148	6,280	engine	10	108
29	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	71	5,885	crash	43	81
19	24	48	Lennie Pond	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	169	5,835	engine	0	106
23	40	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	121	4,900	engine	0	94
30	18	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	71	4,290	crash	0	73
16	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Chrysler	178	4,085	running	0	115
25	11	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	94	3,935	engine	0	88
36	25	6	Mark Martin	Jim Magill (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	65	3,920	engine	0	55
18	30	89	Dean Roper	Mueller Sales & Service (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	170	3,685	running	0	109
27	8	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	72	3,335	crash	10	87
26	37	76	Lowell Cowell	Larry's Nightclub (Mike Potter)	Oldsmobile	93	3,335	engine	0	85
22	38	73	Steve Moore	C & H Enterprises (Steve Moore)	Pontiac	124	3,285	ignition	0	97
41	22	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	20	2,985	engine	0	40
28	9	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal (Johnny Hayes)	Pontiac	71	2,635	crash	0	79
31	16	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	71	2,485	crash	0	70
32	29	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Buick	71	2,435	crash	0	67
35	42	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	69	2,235	cam	0	58
37	34	62	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson)	Buick	55	2,135	cylinder head	0	52
38	39	99	Philip Duffie	U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie)	Buick	50	2,085	brakes	0	49
39	26	10	Clark Dwyer	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	30	2,035	oil pan	0	46
40	33	4	Connie Saylor	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	22	1,985	engine	0	43
42	35	96	Rick Baldwin	White Crown Engineering (Will Cronkrite)	Buick	7	1,985	engine	0	37
34	13	14	A.J. Foyt	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Chevrolet	70	1,935	crash	0	61

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Ruttman	1	1	1
Cale Yarborough	2	36	35
Tim Richmond	37	41	5
Cale Yarborough	42	47	6
Harry Gant	48	48	1
Tim Richmond	49	52	4
Geoffrey Bodine	53	62	10
Tim Richmond	63	63	1
Dale Earnhardt	64	64	1
Cale Yarborough	65	66	2
Dave Marcis	67	68	2
Ron Bouchard	69	78	10
Joe Ruttman	79	82	4
Bill Elliott	83	84	2
Lake Speed	85	86	2
Geoffrey Bodine	87	94	8
Richard Petty	95	98	4
Geoffrey Bodine	99	105	7
Jimmy Means	106	107	2
Joe Ruttman	108	112	5
Geoffrey Bodine	113	127	15
Lake Speed	128	138	11
Richard Petty	139	142	4
Harry Gant	143	143	1
Richard Petty	144	163	20
Benny Parsons	164	164	1
Richard Petty	165	188	24

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Harry Gant	1187
2	Bobby Allison	1171	-16
3	Neil Bonnett	1133	-54
4	Joe Ruttman	1116	-71
5	Bill Elliott	1093	-94
6	Richard Petty	1065	-122
7	Dick Brooks	1058	-129
8	Ricky Rudd	1013	-174
9	Terry Labonte	985	-202
10	Lake Speed	969	-218
11	Jimmy Means	957	-230
12	Darrell Waltrip	953	-234
13	Ron Bouchard	935	-252
14	Geoffrey Bodine	905	-282
15	Buddy Arrington	879	-308
16	Dave Marcis	841	-346
17	Mark Martin	838	-349
18	Tommy Gale	791	-396
19	Tim Richmond	788	-399
20	Dale Earnhardt	762	-425

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