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1983 Coca-Cola 200

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NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race number 3 of 35
Saturday, March 5, 1983 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
197 laps* on a 1.017 mile paved track (200.349 miles)

Time of race: 1:36:57
Average speed: 91.892 mph
Pole speed: 141.027 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series results / 1983 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
2	7	88	Bobby Allison	Frank Plessinger	Pontiac	148	4250	running	0	170
25	15	23	Davey Allison	Bobby Allison	Pontiac	91	410	crash	0	88
12	6	00	Sam Ard	Howard Thomas	Oldsmobile	146	1750	running	15	127
18	26	67	Glen Armstrong	–	Chevrolet	139	575	running	0	109
23	5	89	Geoffrey Bodine	–	Pontiac	118	420	crash	0	94
6	2	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon (Butch Mock)	Pontiac	148	1700	running	41	150
15	20	35	Barry Bostick	–	Pontiac	141	675	crash	0	118
33	25	33	George Dalton	George Dalton	Pontiac	21	360	engine	0	64
1	1	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Robert Gee)	Pontiac	148	7500	running	92	180
11	11	12	Tommy Ellis	Marilyn Smith	Pontiac	146	1770	running	0	130
35	34	68	Lamar Groves	–	Pontiac	8	350	crash	0	58
20	28	97	Harry Lee Hill	Harry Lee Hill	Pontiac	135	525	crash	0	103
30	19	50	Larry Hoopaugh	Cox Racing (Marion Cox)	Ford	67	380	engine	0	73
7	17	6	Tommy Houston	Mike Day	Oldsmobile	147	2300	running	0	146
8	4	11	Jack Ingram	J.W. Hunt Produce (Jack Ingram)	Oldsmobile	147	2500	running	0	142
13	12	32	Dale Jarrett	Pet Dairy (Horace Isenhower)	Pontiac	144	725	running	0	124
29	16	24	Glenn Jarrett	Marvin Thackston	Ford	69	385	rear end	0	76
24	30	37	Chip Lain	–	Pontiac	103	415	engine	0	91
3	14	01	Butch Lindley	Zervakis Racing (Emanuel Zervakis)	Oldsmobile	148	4250	running	0	165
36	27	62	John Linville	John Linville	Pontiac	3	350	oil pump	0	55
5	32	70	Bosco Lowe	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	148	1900	running	0	155
32	31	03	J.D. McDuffie	–	Chevrolet	28	375	steering	0	67
16	33	69	Junior Miller	Junior Miller	Buick	140	650	running	0	115
19	18	95	Bubba Nissen	–	Pontiac	138	550	crash	0	106
4	23	34	L.D. Ottinger	Fred Kelly	Pontiac	148	2550	running	0	160
9	10	28	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Pontiac	146	900	running	0	138
31	3	21	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Pontiac	37	380	crash	0	70
34	22	42	Allan Powell	–	Pontiac	19	355	brakes	0	61
17	29	56	Howard Rose	H.L. Rose	Pontiac	139	600	running	0	112
26	13	52	Morgan Shepherd	Ed Whitaker	Pontiac	90	405	crash	0	85
10	8	1	Pete Silva	Lindy White	Pontiac	146	850	running	0	134
21	36	61	Ronnie Silver	–	Pontiac	133	450	crash	0	100
14	9	26	John Utsman	C.B. Gwyn	Oldsmobile	144	700	running	0	121
27	24	86	Mike Watts	Mike Watts	Pontiac	87	400	crash	0	82
22	35	91	Danny Weese	–	Pontiac	131	425	running	0	97
28	21	29	Satch Worley	Chubby Arrington	Dodge	73	395	transmission	0	79

* Race shortened to 148 laps due to crash.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Earnhardt	1	4	4
Neil Bonnett	5	7	3
Dale Earnhardt	8	19	12
Neil Bonnett	20	20	1
Dale Earnhardt	21	35	15
Neil Bonnett	36	56	21
Dale Earnhardt	57	92	36
Neil Bonnett	93	108	16
Dale Earnhardt	109	148	40

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Sam Ard	457
2	Tommy Houston	450	-7
3	Phil Parsons	444	-13
4	Pete Silva	423	-34
5	Geoffrey Bodine	419	-38
6	Tommy Ellis	391	-66
7	Jack Ingram	351	-106
8	Morgan Shepherd	349	-108
9	Dale Jarrett	336	-121
10	Neil Bonnett	315	-142
11	Butch Lindley	311	-146
12	Bosco Lowe	305	-152
13	Bobby Allison	282	-175
14	Dale Earnhardt	280	-177
15	John Utsman	251	-206
16	Ronnie Silver	242	-215
17	Bubba Nissen	209	-248
18	Larry Pearson	208	-249
19	Bob Shreeves	203	-254
20	Satch Worley	197	-260
21	Rick Hanley	193	-264