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1983 Busch Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 30 Saturday, July 16, 1983 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:55:12 Average speed: 85.726 mph Pole speed: 103.02 mph Cautions: 4 for 25 laps Margin of victory: 15.55 sec Attendance: 22000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 420 23125 running 212 185 2 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 420 16425 running 129 175 3 13 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 419 8030 running 0 165 4 11 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 419 9400 running 24 165 5 6 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 417 4770 running 0 155 6 4 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 417 6800 running 50 155 7 9 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 416 3850 running 0 146 8 10 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 416 8200 running 0 142 9 7 71   Dave Marcis W.H. Bolin   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 416 7600 running 5 143 10 8 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 414 8010 running 0 134 11 15 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 412 3190 running 0 130 12 21 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 412 3020 running 0 127 13 23 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 411 3360 running 0 124 14 20 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 411 2800 running 0 121 15 18 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 409 3315 running 0 118 16 14 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 406 3950 running 0 115 17 24 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 399 2250 running 0 112 18 26 6   Al Elmore World Cup   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 393 2025 running 0 109 19 16 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 392 5575 running 0 106 20 12 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 389 1950 running 0 103 21 28 19   Steve Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) Buick 376 825 running 0 100 22 5 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 348 1300 running 0 97 23 22 41   Ronnie Thomas Advance Auto Parts   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 344 775 running 0 94 24 30 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 269 1250 engine 0 91 25 27 18   Don Satterfield Satterfield Racing   (Leon Satterfield) Buick 227 725 engine 0 88 26 17 86   Darryl Sage Sage Racing   (Lee Sage) Chevrolet 209 720 engine 0 85 27 1 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 148 2415 engine 0 82 28 29 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 77 1210 engine 0 79 29 19 96   Jimmy Walker Cronkrite Racing   (Will Cronkrite) Ford 50 705 overheating 0 76 30 25 02   D.K. Ulrich Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Buick 3 1200 piston 0 73

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 83 83     84 89 6   #64 engine   90 114 25     115 119 5   #88 accident turns 1/2   120 169 50     170 177 8   #7 accident turn 1   178 273 96     274 279 6   #88 spun turn 4   280 420 141       Percent of race run under caution: 6.0%             Average green flag run: 79.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 66 66   Neil Bonnett 67 85 19   Dave Marcis 86 86 1   Neil Bonnett 87 116 30   Dave Marcis 117 120 4   Bobby Allison 121 144 24   Darrell Waltrip 145 172 28   Dale Earnhardt 173 181 9   Darrell Waltrip 182 216 35   Dale Earnhardt 217 275 59   Neil Bonnett 276 276 1   Dale Earnhardt 277 420 144 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 2629     2   Darrell Waltrip 2427   -202   3   Bill Elliott 2380   -249   4   Harry Gant 2363   -266   5   Richard Petty 2300   -329   6   Neil Bonnett 2260   -369   7   Terry Labonte 2089   -540   8   Joe Ruttman 2070   -559   9   Dale Earnhardt 2051   -578   10   Ricky Rudd 2042   -587   11   Dick Brooks 1970   -659   12   Dave Marcis 1901   -728   13   Jimmy Means 1875   -754   14   Tim Richmond 1826   -803   15   Kyle Petty 1811   -818   16   Buddy Arrington 1794   -835   17   Geoffrey Bodine 1771   -858   18   Sterling Marlin 1737   -892   19   Ron Bouchard 1712   -917   20   Ronnie Thomas 1513   -1116   21   Tommy Gale 1459   -1170