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1983 Virginia National Bank 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 30 Sunday, April 24, 1983 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:57:14 Average speed: 66.46 mph Pole speed: 89.91 mph Cautions: 9 for 105 laps Margin of victory: .8 sec Attendance: 33000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 35225 running 296 185 2 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 500 20200 running 1 175 3 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 500 15780 running 33 170 4 4 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 500 8870 running 0 160 5 1 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 9670 running 100 160 6 7 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 499 5600 running 0 150 7 12 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 497 4980 running 0 146 8 16 90   Dick Brooks Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 495 4095 running 0 142 9 22 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 493 3760 running 0 138 10 23 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 491 3550 running 0 134 11 26 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven "Shamrock"   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 491 3240 running 0 130 12 19 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 488 3930 running 0 127 13 32 6   D.K. Ulrich Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 487 2745 running 0 124 14 20 48   Lennie Pond Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 485 2400 running 0 121 15 18 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 485 1775 running 58 123 16 13 75   Neil Bonnett National Engineering   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 480 2350 engine 0 115 17 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 434 5875 crash 1 117 18 29 41   Ronnie Thomas Advance Auto Parts   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 428 1150 crash 0 109 19 25 71   Dave Marcis Hudson   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 425 7225 running 0 106 20 31 02   Rick Newsom Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Buick 420 1600 running 0 103 21 17 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 417 1590 running 0 100 22 27 64   Tommy Gale Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 390 1580 engine 0 97 23 14 1   Lake Speed UNO / Bull Frog Knits   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 378 1170 brakes 0 94 24 24 08   Rick McCray Coors   (Rick McCray) Pontiac 359 1060 rear end 0 91 25 2 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 351 4550 crash 11 93 26 11 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 351 7240 crash 0 85 27 10 2   Mark Martin ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 301 7330 rear end 0 82 28 28 18   Slick Johnson Havoline   (Leon Satterfield) Buick 240 1020 overheating 0 79 29 30 49   Trevor Boys Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 204 1010 oil leak 0 76 30 21 26   Ronnie Hopkins Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Buick 129 1000 engine 0 73 31 5 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 95 1500 crash 0 70 32 15 01   Morgan Shepherd Zervakis Racing   (Emanuel Zervakis) Buick 8 1000 oil leak 0 67

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 50 48     51 96 46     97 103 7     104 120 17     121 127 7     128 157 30     158 164 7     165 211 47     212 220 9     221 265 45     266 269 4     270 353 84     354 362 9     363 436 74     437 443 7     444 484 41     485 491 7     492 500 9       Percent of race run under caution: 21.0%             Average green flag run: 39.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ricky Rudd 1 51 51   Geoffrey Bodine 52 61 10   Darrell Waltrip 62 127 66   Bobby Allison 128 158 31   Tim Richmond 159 212 54   Richard Petty 213 213 1   Tim Richmond 214 217 4   Ricky Rudd 218 266 49   Geoffrey Bodine 267 267 1   Darrell Waltrip 268 354 87   Harry Gant 355 355 1   Darrell Waltrip 356 483 128   Bobby Allison 484 485 2   Darrell Waltrip 486 500 15 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1037     2   Harry Gant 1022   -15   3   Neil Bonnett 1015   -22   4   Joe Ruttman 981   -56   5   Dick Brooks 937   -100   6   Bill Elliott 933   -104   7   Darrell Waltrip 889   -148   8   Richard Petty 880   -157   9   Ricky Rudd 871   -166   10   Terry Labonte 835   -202   11   Ron Bouchard 827   -210   12   Jimmy Means 806   -231   13   Geoffrey Bodine 800   -237   14   Lake Speed 799   -238   15   Buddy Arrington 785   -252   16   Mark Martin 783   -254   17   Sterling Marlin 718   -319   18   Tim Richmond 701   -336   19   Dave Marcis 698   -339   20   Ronnie Thomas 691   -346