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1983 Miller High Life 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 30 Sunday, October 9, 1983 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:34:43 Average speed: 139.998 mph Pole speed: 163.073 mph Cautions: 8 for 35 laps Margin of victory: 3.1 sec Attendance: 118000 Lead changes: 30 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 20 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 334 40400 running 23 76 2 6 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi / Burger King   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 334 34850 running 18 175 3 2 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 334 43775 running 52 170 4 5 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 334 16230 running 31 165 5 1 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 334 35195 running 99 165 6 3 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 334 8500 running 37 155 7 25 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 334 16000 running 3 151 8 7 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 334 12875 running 43 147 9 13 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 334 8265 running 1 143 10 11 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 333 6650 running 10 139 11 18 1   Lake Speed UNO / Bull Frog Knits   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 333 6000 running 9 135 12 17 84   Jody Ridley Cumberland Mills   (Robert McEntyre) Chevrolet 333 3850 running 0 127 13 10 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 333 7205 running 0 124 14 16 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 332 11650 running 6 126 15 9 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 331 7085 running 0 118 16 27 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 331 6525 running 2 120 17 39 71   Dave Marcis American Legion Posts   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 330 11650 running 0 112 18 24 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 329 5615 running 0 109 19 15 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 329 3650 running 0 106 20 35 6   D.K. Ulrich Rob's Roost   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 322 5355 running 0 103 21 22 02   Jim Sauter D.E.R. Inc.   (Bud Reeder) Chevrolet 321 4145 running 0 100 22 33 12   Rodney Combs Stroh's   (Jim Stacy) Buick 320 1725 engine 0 97 23 40 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 319 3200 running 0 94 24 19 31   John Anderson Lebe's Tire Service   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 317 1350 running 0 91 25 31 2   Morgan Shepherd My Car   (Jim Stacy) Buick 317 8900 running 0 88 26 14 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 317 7775 running 0 85 27 29 99   Philip Duffie U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel   (Philip Duffie) Buick 314 1250 running 0 82 28 4 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 309 5490 engine 0 79 29 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 301 9500 ignition 0 76 30 34 5   Greg Sacks Uniden   (Arnie Sacks) Chevrolet 293 1175 crash 0 73 31 37 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 285 2905 running 0 70 32 26 97   Dean Combs Best Products   (Irv Sanderson) Oldsmobile 283 1125 engine 0 67 33 21 4   Mark Martin Morgan-McClure   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 274 1110 rear end 0 64 34 32 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 252 2810 head gasket 0 61 35 38 0   Delma Cowart Coastal Transmissions   (H.L. Waters) Chevrolet 239 1050 engine 0 58 36 28 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) Buick 184 1040 engine 0 55 37 23 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 161 2030 engine 0 52 38 36 77   Ken Ragan Clinomint   (Marvin Ragan) Chevrolet 137 1020 running 0 49 39 12 16   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 106 1505 valve 0 46 40 30 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 53 2000 engine 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Randy Baker Bosco Lowe Travis Tiller Laurent Rioux 38 Valvoline Laurent Rioux Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 41 41     42 46 5     47 54 8     55 59 5     60 67 8     68 71 4     72 142 71     143 146 4     147 182 36     183 186 4     187 187 1     188 190 3     191 250 60     251 255 5     256 292 37     293 297 5     298 334 37       Percent of race run under caution: 10.5%             Average green flag run: 33.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 9 9   Buddy Baker 10 16 7   Terry Labonte 17 17 1   Buddy Baker 18 28 11   Terry Labonte 29 29 1   Buddy Baker 30 42 13   Bobby Allison 43 43 1   Trevor Boys 44 45 2   Benny Parsons 46 46 1   Dale Earnhardt 47 51 5   Benny Parsons 52 53 2   Dale Earnhardt 54 54 1   Benny Parsons 55 68 14   Cale Yarborough 69 78 10   Buddy Baker 79 83 5   Terry Labonte 84 112 29   Bill Elliott 113 137 25   Bobby Allison 138 139 2   Lake Speed 140 148 9   Benny Parsons 149 174 26   Tim Richmond 175 183 9   Darrell Waltrip 184 184 1   Bill Elliott 185 201 17   Tim Richmond 202 221 20   Bill Elliott 222 222 1   Tim Richmond 223 251 29   Buddy Baker 252 252 1   Tim Richmond 253 293 41   Ricky Rudd 294 294 1   Darrell Waltrip 295 311 17   Richard Petty 312 334 23 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 4229     2   Darrell Waltrip 4162   -67   3   Bill Elliott 3849   -380   4   Richard Petty 3658   -571   5   Harry Gant 3574   -655   6   Terry Labonte 3513   -716   7   Neil Bonnett 3497   -732   8   Ricky Rudd 3381   -848   8   Dale Earnhardt 3381   -848   10   Tim Richmond 3176   -1053   11   Joe Ruttman 3151   -1078   12   Dick Brooks 2985   -1244   13   Dave Marcis 2959   -1270   14   Geoffrey Bodine 2955   -1274   15   Kyle Petty 2943   -1286   16   Buddy Arrington 2816   -1413   17   Ron Bouchard 2775   -1454   18   Sterling Marlin 2635   -1594   19   Jimmy Means 2621   -1608   20   Morgan Shepherd 2441   -1788   21   Ronnie Thomas 2327   -1902