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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 (500.080 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: 110000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	188	46650	running	52	185
2	12	55	Benny Parsons	Skoal (Johnny Hayes)	Buick	188	24575	running	1	175
3	10	1	Lake Speed	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	188	18975	running	13	170
4	21	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	188	22425	running	2	165
5	6	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	188	15905	running	2	160
6	7	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	188	16295	running	0	150
7	41	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Buick	188	12275	running	2	151
8	4	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	187	10665	running	0	142
9	32	71	Dave Marcis	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	187	13875	running	2	143
10	19	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	186	14475	running	0	134
11	2	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	184	9130	engine	10	135
12	36	77	Ken Ragan	Clinomint (Marvin Ragan)	Buick	184	9950	running	0	127
13	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	182	7520	running	0	124
14	20	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	181	7160	running	0	121
15	5	75	Neil Bonnett	Team America (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	181	6975	running	0	118
16	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Chrysler	178	4085	running	0	115
17	27	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	175	11485	engine	0	112
18	30	89	Dean Roper	Mueller Sales & Service (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	170	3685	running	0	109
19	24	48	Lennie Pond	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	169	5835	engine	0	106
20	23	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	148	6280	engine	10	108
21	3	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	132	13460	engine	40	105
22	38	73	Steve Moore	C & H Enterprises (Steve Moore)	Pontiac	124	3285	ignition	0	97
23	40	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	121	4900	engine	0	94
24	17	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	120	10035	brakes	1	96
25	11	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	94	3935	engine	0	88
26	37	76	Lowell Cowell	Larry's Nightclub (Mike Potter)	Oldsmobile	93	3335	engine	0	85
27	8	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	72	3335	crash	10	87
28	9	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Brother (Johnny Hayes)	Pontiac	71	2635	crash	0	79
29	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	71	5885	crash	43	81
30	18	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	71	4290	crash	0	73
31	16	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	71	2485	crash	0	70
32	29	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Buick	71	2435	crash	0	67
33	14	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	70	12285	crash	0	64
34	13	14	A.J. Foyt	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Chevrolet	70	1935	crash	0	61
35	42	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	69	2235	cam	0	58
36	25	6	Mark Martin	Jim Magill (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	65	3920	engine	0	55
37	34	62	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson)	Buick	55	2135	cylinder head	0	52
38	39	99	Philip Duffie	U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie)	Buick	50	2085	brakes	0	49
39	26	10	Clark Dwyer	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	30	2035	oil pan	0	46
40	33	4	Connie Saylor	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	22	1985	engine	0	43
41	22	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	20	2985	engine	0	40
42	35	96	Rick Baldwin	White Crown Engineering (Will Cronkrite)	Buick	7	1985	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Rick Newsom	02	Talladega Short Track	Bud Reeder	Buick
	Bill Scott	07	Verda Coal Sales		Buick
	Don Satterfield	18	Satterfield Racing	Leon Satterfield
	Travis Tiller	46	Morgan-McClure	Travis Tiller	Chevrolet
	Ken Kalla	57	K&K Enterprises		Buick
	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac
	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Bobby Wawak	Buick
DC	Mike Potter	76	Larry's Nightclub	Mike Potter	Oldsmobile

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	8	8
	9	13	5	#96 engine
	14	47	34
	48	51	4	debris
	52	66	15
	67	70	4	#6 engine
	71	72	2
	73	86	14	#2,3,7,9,11,14,16,27,28,66,84 accident turn 1
	87	105	19
	106	112	7	debris
	113	142	30
	143	147	5	debris
	148	176	29
	177	179	3	#48 engine
	180	188	9
Percent of race run under caution: 22.3% Average green flag run: 18.3 laps

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
21	Buddy Baker	761	-426