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1983 Budweiser 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 30 Sunday, June 5, 1983 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:49:35 Average speed: 88.063 mph Pole speed: 116.421 mph Cautions: 5 for 35 laps Margin of victory: 7 sec Attendance: 32000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 95 24530 running 57 185 2 19 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 95 14655 running 0 170 3 6 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 95 14775 running 3 170 4 15 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 95 11475 running 0 160 5 20 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 95 6760 running 0 155 6 23 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 95 5450 running 1 155 7 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 95 13950 running 5 151 8 13 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 95 9900 running 0 142 9 17 73   Bill Schmitt Mountain Dew   (Bill Schmitt) Chevrolet 94 3680 running 0 138 10 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 93 8250 running 0 134 11 21 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security Systems   (Lois Williams) Oldsmobile 92 3770 running 0 130 12 12 71   Dave Marcis Miller Brothers   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 92 9100 running 0 127 13 11 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 90 7600 running 0 124 14 26 03   Glenn Francis Guy-Co Tools   (Trent Francis) Pontiac 90 1550 running 0 121 15 37 83   Sumner McKnight Chuck E. Cheese   (Sumner McKnight) Chevrolet 90 2860 running 0 118 16 28 6   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 90 3700 running 0 115 17 34 67   Buddy Arrington Direct Connection   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 90 3540 running 0 112 18 33 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 89 3330 running 0 109 19 35 94   Bob Kennedy Erlich Motors   (Phil Kord) Chevrolet 89 1990 running 0 106 20 24 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Buick 88 1930 engine 0 103 21 25 13   Doug Wheeler W & W Machine   (Matt Puskarich) Buick 88 1870 running 0 100 22 10 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 87 9150 running 0 97 23 7 96   Jim Bown Wholesale Turck Parts   (Bill Morehart) Buick 81 1100 crank 0 94 24 27 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 74 2710 rear end 0 91 25 30 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 73 2500 engine 0 88 26 18 04   Hershel McGriff Antioch Speedway   (Gary Smith) Buick 72 950 oil pump 0 85 27 14 08   Rick McCray Coors   (Rick McCray) Pontiac 66 900 running 0 82 28 2 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 65 2375 oil line 8 84 29 5 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 64 2850 suspension 15 81 30 22 51   Scott Miller J.W. Mitchell   (Scott Miller) Pontiac 61 825 clutch 0 73 31 3 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 51 1800 crash 0 70 32 31 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 50 1775 crash 1 72 33 32 41   Ronnie Thomas Advance Auto Parts   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 41 750 engine 0 64 34 9 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 40 1725 engine 5 66 35 29 66   Ron Esau Lee & Humphries   (Jack Lee) Buick 38 700 crank 0 58 36 16 64   Randy Becker J-L Machine Shop   (Robert Palmer) Buick 23 1700 crash 0 55 37 36 35   Pat Mintey Grimes & Son   (Pat Mintey) Pontiac 3 700 overheating 0 52

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 12 12     13 21 9   competition   22 27 6     28 34 7   #64 accident   35 53 19     54 64 11   #27,44,48 accident   65 75 11     76 79 4   #75 spun   80 82 3     83 86 4   #96 stalled on track   87 95 9       Percent of race run under caution: 36.8%             Average green flag run: 10.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 3 3   Ricky Rudd 4 10 7   Darrell Waltrip 11 12 2   Kyle Petty 13 13 1   Geoffrey Bodine 14 28 15   Trevor Boys 29 29 1   Joe Ruttman 30 34 5   Harry Gant 35 36 2   Ricky Rudd 37 40 4   Tim Richmond 41 48 8   Ricky Rudd 49 53 5   Harry Gant 54 54 1   Ricky Rudd 55 95 41 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1978     2   Bill Elliott 1845   -133   3   Harry Gant 1835   -143   4   Richard Petty 1830   -148   5   Darrell Waltrip 1809   -169   6   Neil Bonnett 1805   -173   7   Joe Ruttman 1713   -265   8   Dick Brooks 1571   -407   9   Ricky Rudd 1562   -416   10   Terry Labonte 1491   -487   11   Jimmy Means 1490   -488   12   Dale Earnhardt 1463   -515   13   Buddy Arrington 1454   -524   14   Dave Marcis 1431   -547   15   Kyle Petty 1396   -582   16   Sterling Marlin 1325   -653   17   Ron Bouchard 1320   -658   18   Geoffrey Bodine 1290   -688   19   Tim Richmond 1256   -722   20   Ronnie Thomas 1137   -841   21   Lake Speed 1119   -859