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1983 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 30 Sunday, May 29, 1983 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:15:51 Average speed: 140.707 mph Pole speed: 162.841 mph Cautions: 5 for 28 laps Margin of victory: .8 sec Attendance: 137000 Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 400 50405 running 69 180 2 17 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 400 31450 running 4 175 3 13 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 400 61925 running 188 175 4 14 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 399 23425 running 0 160 5 3 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 399 28700 running 55 160 6 32 1   Lake Speed UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 398 10825 running 0 150 7 1 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 398 27645 running 0 146 8 21 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 395 10845 running 1 147 9 22 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 392 14350 running 0 138 10 29 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 390 13500 running 0 134 11 40 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Dan'elle Jeans   (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) Buick 388 6200 running 0 130 12 19 67   Buddy Arrington Motorsports Designs   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 388 8125 running 0 127 13 23 77   Dean Combs Best Products   (Irv Sanderson) Buick 388 4450 running 0 124 14 6 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 388 7515 running 0 121 15 35 32   Tommy Ellis Big Daddy's   (Bill Terry) Buick 386 4350 running 0 118 16 2 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 384 13355 running 47 120 17 18 97   Ken Ragan Clinomint   (Marvin Ragan) Buick 381 3625 running 0 112 18 38 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 378 3425 running 0 109 19 30 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 377 6160 running 0 106 20 33 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 376 6150 running 0 103 21 34 24   Jim Vandiver Western Carolina Forklift   (Cecil Gordon) Chrysler 369 2825 running 0 100 22 37 36   H.B. Bailey Monroe RV / Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 369 2700 running 0 97 23 24 6   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 366 4965 running 0 94 24 26 18   Slick Johnson Leon Satterfield Buick 359 2350 running 0 91 25 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 352 10250 running 2 93 26 39 70   J.D. McDuffie Wilder's   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 344 4135 running 0 85 27 28 80   Bob Senneker Elk Vans   (Terry Marra) Pontiac 326 1690 battery 0 82 28 12 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 321 6765 engine 31 84 29 20 01   Mark Martin Enduro by Activision   (Emanuel Zervakis) Chevrolet 279 1640 crash 0 76 30 31 99   Philip Duffie U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel   (Philip Duffie) Buick 277 1745 overheating 0 73 31 41 02   Rick Newsom Louise Smith Special   (Bud Reeder) Chevrolet 261 3595 running 0 70 32 9 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 245 3425 running 0 67 33 15 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 231 3290 oil pump 3 69 34 7 55   Benny Parsons Skoal   (Johnny Hayes) Buick 201 1550 rear end 0 61 35 25 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 94 3130 engine 0 58 36 16 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 67 4760 crash 0 55 37 10 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 67 2475 crash 0 52 38 36 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Buick 65 2300 crash 0 49 39 4 16   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 65 2575 crash 0 46 40 11 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 17 2350 engine 0 43 41 27 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 14 2250 oil seal 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Lennie Pond Rick Baldwin 04 Ronnie Thomas 41 Advance Auto Parts Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Jody Ridley 84 Cumberland Mills Robert McEntyre Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 17 17     18 22 5   #27 engine   23 68 46     69 79 11   #16,52,88,90,98 accident turn 2   80 100 21     101 105 5   #64,97 accident turn 3   106 137 32     138 140 3   #97 spun turn 4   141 342 202     343 346 4   #9,17,18,22 accident frontstretch   347 400 54       Percent of race run under caution: 7.0%             Average green flag run: 62.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 18 18   Bobby Allison 19 42 24   Dale Earnhardt 43 49 7   Bobby Allison 50 67 18   Harry Gant 68 69 2   Kyle Petty 70 70 1   Dale Earnhardt 71 93 23   Neil Bonnett 94 101 8   Dale Earnhardt 102 108 7   Bobby Allison 109 170 62   Cale Yarborough 171 201 31   Terry Labonte 202 204 3   Bobby Allison 205 241 37   Bill Elliott 242 265 24   Bobby Allison 266 307 42   Bill Elliott 308 328 21   Neil Bonnett 329 336 8   Bill Elliott 337 338 2   Bobby Allison 339 342 4   Richard Petty 343 344 2   Bobby Allison 345 345 1   Richard Petty 346 347 2   Neil Bonnett 348 400 53 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1881     2   Richard Petty 1696   -185   3   Neil Bonnett 1681   -200   4   Bill Elliott 1675   -206   5   Harry Gant 1665   -216   6   Darrell Waltrip 1658   -223   7   Joe Ruttman 1647   -234   8   Terry Labonte 1421   -460   9   Dick Brooks 1416   -465   10   Jimmy Means 1381   -500   11   Ricky Rudd 1377   -504   12   Buddy Arrington 1342   -539   13   Ron Bouchard 1320   -561   14   Dave Marcis 1304   -577   15   Dale Earnhardt 1303   -578   16   Kyle Petty 1241   -640   17   Sterling Marlin 1237   -644   18   Geoffrey Bodine 1209   -672   19   Tim Richmond 1172   -709   20   Lake Speed 1119   -762   21   Tommy Gale 1113   -768