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1983 Northwestern Bank 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30 Sunday, April 17, 1983 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:44:03 Average speed: 91.436 mph Pole speed: 112.332 mph Cautions: 7 for 49 laps Margin of victory: 7.5 sec Attendance: 26000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 28075 running 245 185 2 4 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 400 16975 running 2 175 3 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 400 12885 running 26 170 4 1 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 400 10995 running 89 165 5 3 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 400 7070 running 36 160 6 5 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 399 4750 running 0 150 7 2 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 399 7440 running 0 146 8 13 1   Lake Speed UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 398 1950 running 0 142 9 16 71   Dave Marcis Hudson   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 398 7700 running 0 138 10 23 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 398 6510 running 1 139 11 12 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 396 3170 running 0 130 12 24 48   Lennie Pond Palatine Auto Parts / Wilder's   (James Hylton) Buick 394 3010 running 0 127 13 27 6   D.K. Ulrich Mastin Pool   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 392 2875 running 0 124 14 29 52   Jimmy Means Racoon Mountain Syrups Special   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 391 2655 running 0 121 15 26 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 390 2600 running 0 118 16 21 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. B.J. Racing   (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) Buick 388 1645 running 0 115 17 28 41   Ronnie Thomas Advance Auto Parts   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 386 1050 running 0 112 18 22 35   Joe Millikan Hanover Printing   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 384 1075 running 0 109 19 30 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 381 2325 running 0 106 20 17 90   Dick Brooks Sunny King Ford & Honda / Tire Medic   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 369 2150 running 0 103 21 9 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 357 2100 running 1 105 22 20 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 331 1470 running 0 97 23 25 08   Rick McCray Coors   (Rick McCray) Pontiac 306 900 engine 0 94 24 19 26   Ronnie Hopkins Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Chevrolet 219 925 engine 0 91 25 18 18   Slick Johnson Seamless Gutter Machine   (Leon Satterfield) Buick 190 900 oil pump 0 88 26 6 2   Mark Martin ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 163 7200 transmission 0 85 27 7 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 59 1875 crash 0 82 28 14 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 55 825 oil leak 0 79 29 11 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 40 6450 engine 0 76 30 15 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 19 1275 oil cooler 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car D.K. Ulrich 02 Reeder Racing Bud Reeder Buick ? 06 Satterfield Racing Leon Satterfield Buick Clark Dwyer 10 Kings Inn Roger Hamby Chevrolet Rick Newsom 20 Bull Frog Knits Rick Newsom Chevrolet Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon Chrysler Dave Dion 29 Champion Buses Dave Dion Ford John McFadden 45 Buckner-McFadden John McFadden Buick Ed Baugess 60 Baugess Racing Ed Baugess Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 McDuffie Racing J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Bobby Wawak 74 Superior Piping Bobby Wawak Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 10 10     11 20 10   #7,17,90 accident turn 4   21 64 44     65 70 6   #3 accident turn 4   71 82 12     83 88 6   #9 spun backstretch   89 100 12     101 105 5   #26 spun turn 2   106 170 65     171 178 8   oil on track   179 228 50     229 234 6   #26 engine   235 292 58     293 300 8   #1,43 accident   301 400 100       Percent of race run under caution: 12.3%             Average green flag run: 43.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 65 65   Bill Elliott 66 66 1   Geoffrey Bodine 67 101 35   Neil Bonnett 102 125 24   Darrell Waltrip 126 171 46   Geoffrey Bodine 172 172 1   Harry Gant 173 191 19   Darrell Waltrip 192 229 38   Richard Petty 230 230 1   Harry Gant 231 237 7   Darrell Waltrip 238 292 55   Bobby Allison 293 294 2   Darrell Waltrip 295 400 106 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Neil Bonnett 900     2   Bobby Allison 867   -33   3   Harry Gant 847   -53   4   Bill Elliott 833   -67   5   Joe Ruttman 821   -79   6   Dick Brooks 795   -105   7   Richard Petty 763   -137   8   Ricky Rudd 711   -189   9   Geoffrey Bodine 707   -193   10   Lake Speed 705   -195   11   Darrell Waltrip 704   -196   12   Mark Martin 701   -199   13   Terry Labonte 685   -215   14   Ron Bouchard 681   -219   15   Jimmy Means 672   -228   16   Cale Yarborough 658   -242   17   Buddy Arrington 647   -253   18   Buddy Baker 603   -297   19   Dave Marcis 592   -308   20   Sterling Marlin 591   -309   21   Ronnie Thomas 582   -318