1983 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 10 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:21:13
Average speed of winner: 114.847 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 28 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 53 laps
Lap leaders: Ruttman 1-49, R. Petty 50, Marcis 51-53, Allison 54-108, K. Petty 109, Allison 110-146, Shepherd 147, Allison 148-151, Earnhardt 152-153, Allison 154-189, Waltrip 190-243, Ruttman 244, Allison 245-247, Earnhardt 248-273, Elliott 274, Waltrip 275-351, Ruttman 352, Waltrip 353-360, Allison 361-381, Waltrip 382-385, Allison 386-392, Waltrip 393-395, Allison 396-409, Waltrip 410-412, Allison 413-471, Waltrip 472-477, Allison 478-479, Waltrip 480-482, Allison 483-500

Race notes: First pole for Joe Ruttman. Debut for Jimmy Ingalls. Bobby Allison took the points lead from Harry Gant.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		500	11	256	running	28500	185
2	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	8	158	running	20425	175
3	1	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott	139.616	499	3	51	running	13565	170
4	6	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		498	1	1	running	8655	165
5	19	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		497	0	0	running	4550	155
6	9	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			493	1	1	running	11000	155
7	14	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		493	1	1	running	9000	151
8	17	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		491	2	28	running	10500	147
9	16	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		490	0	0	running	10200	138
10	26	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			483	0	0	running	6260	134
11	15	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			482	1	1	running	5060	135
12	30	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			474	0	0	running	4680	127
13	27	Jerry Bowman	58	Aberdeen Travel Center	Ford	Holcomb			468	0	0	running	2000	124
14	33	Rick Newsom	02	Reeder Racing	Chevrolet	Reeder			467	0	0	running	4370	121
15	18	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			466	0	0	running	4160	118
16	20	Dave Marcis	71	W.H. Bolin	Chevrolet	Marcis			457	1	3	engine	9100	120
17	31	Jimmy Ingalls	87	Red Diamond Lines	Buick	Ingalls			454	0	0	running	1600	112
18	29	D.K. Ulrich	6	Jim Magill	Buick	Ulrich			438	0	0	oil leak	3750	109
19	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Direct Connection	Chrysler	Arrington			436	0	0	running	3540	106
20	36	John Callis	96	Bob Gailey Excavating	Pontiac	Callis			428	0	0	running	1325	103
21	34	Cecil Gordon	24	Delaware Trans-Am	Chrysler	Cecil Gordon			402	0	0	engine	1200	100
22	11	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		350	0	0	overheating	1150	97
23	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			329	0	0	engine	3080	94
24	2	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		277	0	0	engine	3140	91
25	21	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			251	0	0	engine	1500	88
26	23	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			244	0	0	accident	975	85
27	25	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			235	0	0	transmission	2630	82
28	13	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		218	0	0	water pump	2595	79
29	12	Benny Parsons	55	Skoal	Buick	Johnny Hayes	Champion		190	0	0	engine	900	76
30	3	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		104	0	0	accident	2635	73
31	5	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		97	0	0	engine	1850	70
32	22	Trevor Boys	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			91	0	0	engine	1840	67
33	35	Dick May	35	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			66	0	0	engine	830	0
34	7	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		60	0	0	engine	1820	61
35	8	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			46	0	0	accident	2810	58
36	32	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Televideo Computer Systems	Oldsmobile	Rosenblum			39	0	0	accident	800	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	1531	10	0	2	5	9
2	Harry Gant	1490	10	0	1	7	8
3	Joe Ruttman	1432	10	1	0	4	7
4	Bill Elliott	1413	10	0	0	6	7
5	Richard Petty	1366	10	0	2	3	7
6	Neil Bonnett	1336	10	1	0	3	4
7	Darrell Waltrip	1313	10	1	3	6	6
8	Ricky Rudd	1225	10	4	0	2	5
9	Jimmy Means	1211	10	0	0	0	2
10	Terry Labonte	1197	10	0	0	0	6
11	Ron Bouchard	1134	10	0	0	0	2
12	Buddy Arrington	1100	10	0	0	0	1
13	Geoff Bodine	1066	10	1	0	2	3
14	Dave Marcis	1043	10	0	0	0	3
15	Sterling Marlin	1022	10	0	0	0	1
16	Dale Earnhardt	1000	10	0	0	1	2
17	Tim Richmond	995	10	1	0	0	3
18	Dick Brooks	980	10	0	0	1	4
19	Lake Speed	969	8	0	0	2	3
20	Kyle Petty	964	10	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Thomas	955	10	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	952	10	0	0	0	0
23	Mark Martin	938	9	0	0	1	2
24	Buddy Baker	916	8	0	0	3	4
25	Cale Yarborough	836	6	1	2	2	4