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1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 30
Sunday, March 13, 1983 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:25:30
Average speed: 113.055 mph
Pole speed: 143.413 mph

Cautions: 10 for 94 laps
Margin of victory: .5 cl
Attendance: 37000
Lead changes: 30

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	492	24150	running	48	180
2	6	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	492	14990	running	10	175
3	11	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	492	17760	running	3	170
4	17	1	Lake Speed	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	489	5110	running	0	160
5	7	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	489	12335	running	0	155
6	1	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	489	8465	running	30	155
7	13	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	488	3235	running	2	151
8	19	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	486	6645	running	1	147
9	5	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	486	7335	running	161	148
10	3	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	484	10695	running	21	139
11	8	2	Mark Martin	Valvring (Jim Stacy)	Buick	484	8510	running	0	130
12	2	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	483	5155	rear end	153	132
13	27	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Pontiac	477	5190	running	0	124
14	29	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	473	4480	running	0	121
15	15	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	468	4370	running	0	118
16	34	74	Bobby Wawak	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	466	1840	running	0	115
17	23	26	Ronnie Hopkins	Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson)	Buick	457	1785	running	0	112
18	32	02	D.K. Ulrich	Price Racing (Bud Reeder)	Buick	416	3900	running	0	109
19	18	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	401	4750	crash	57	111
20	9	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	395	3550	running	0	103
21	28	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	382	3195	crash	0	100
22	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	355	3145	rear end	0	97
23	20	18	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing (Leon Satterfield)	Buick	307	1425	rear end	0	94
24	14	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	279	3055	engine	0	91
25	26	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Bobby Hillin, Sr.	Buick	250	1345	rear end	0	88
26	24	6	Jim Sauter	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	238	2965	oil pump	0	85
27	25	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	219	1265	engine	0	82
28	33	20	Rick Newsom	Bull Frog Knits (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	199	1225	engine	0	79
29	10	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	176	3685	crash	0	76
30	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	157	2145	engine	0	73
31	21	48	Lennie Pond	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	141	2655	engine	0	70
32	16	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	108	1390	engine	0	67
33	4	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	73	8000	crash	6	69
34	22	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	38	8410	engine	0	61
35	35	06	Ernie Cline	Brochure Furniture (Ernie Cline)	Pontiac	35	910	crash	0	58

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	22	22	green-yellow start
	23	38	16
	39	48	10	#71 engine
	49	72	24
	73	77	5	#15 accident turn 2
	78	110	33
	111	118	8	#21 spun turn 4
	119	138	20
	139	149	11	rain
	150	178	29
	179	190	12	#33,47,98 accident turns 3/4
	191	270	80
	271	274	4
	275	402	128
	403	413	11	#88 accident turn 2
	414	451	38
	452	459	8	#28,75 accident turn 2
	460	476	17
	477	479	3	#64 accident
	480	492	13
Percent of race run under caution: 19.1% Average green flag run: 39.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ricky Rudd	1	29	29
Dale Earnhardt	30	35	6
Cale Yarborough	36	39	4
Neil Bonnett	40	73	34
Dick Brooks	74	74	1
Cale Yarborough	75	110	36
Ricky Rudd	111	111	1
Tim Richmond	112	112	1
Neil Bonnett	113	126	14
Cale Yarborough	127	144	18
Neil Bonnett	145	153	9
Bobby Allison	154	168	15
Cale Yarborough	169	179	11
Tim Richmond	180	180	1
Cale Yarborough	181	251	71
Neil Bonnett	252	259	8
Geoffrey Bodine	260	271	12
Bobby Allison	272	272	1
Geoffrey Bodine	273	293	21
Neil Bonnett	294	372	79
Bobby Allison	373	377	5
Geoffrey Bodine	378	401	24
Neil Bonnett	402	403	2
Darrell Waltrip	404	405	2
Richard Petty	406	422	17
Neil Bonnett	423	429	7
Cale Yarborough	430	450	21
Richard Petty	451	452	2
Darrell Waltrip	453	453	1
Bill Elliott	454	463	10
Richard Petty	464	492	29

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bill Elliott	500
2	Bobby Allison	457	-43
3	Dick Brooks	431	-69
4	Neil Bonnett	404	-96
5	Joe Ruttman	402	-98
6	Richard Petty	376	-124
7	Buddy Baker	371	-129
8	Harry Gant	367	-133
9	Lake Speed	366	-134
10	Jimmy Means	357	-143
11	Geoffrey Bodine	354	-146
12	Terry Labonte	338	-162
13	Ricky Rudd	335	-165
14	Cale Yarborough	328	-172
15	Ron Bouchard	315	-185
15	Buddy Arrington	315	-185
17	Kyle Petty	308	-192
18	Dale Earnhardt	307	-193
19	Tim Richmond	303	-197
20	Darrell Waltrip	301	-199
21	Mark Martin	300	-200