1983 Northwestern Bank 400

Race 6 of 30

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:44:03
Average speed of winner: 91.436 mph
Margin of victory: 7.5 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1-65, Elliott 66, Bodine 67-101, Bonnett 102-125, Waltrip 126-171, Bodine 172, Gant 173-191, Waltrip 192-229, R. Petty 230, Gant 231-237, Waltrip 238-292, Allison 293-294, Waltrip 295-400

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		400	4	245	running	28075	185
2	4	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		400	1	2	running	16975	175
3	8	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		400	2	26	running	12885	170
4	1	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly	112.332	400	2	89	running	10995	165
5	3	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			400	2	36	running	7070	160
6	5	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		399	0	0	running	4750	150
7	2	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		399	0	0	running	7440	146
8	13	Lake Speed	1	UNO	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		398	0	0	running	1950	142
9	16	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson	Chevrolet	Marcis			398	0	0	running	7700	138
10	23	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		398	1	1	running	6510	139
11	12	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		396	0	0	running	3170	130
12	24	Lennie Pond	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			394	0	0	running	3010	127
13	27	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			392	0	0	running	2875	124
14	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			391	0	0	running	2665	121
15	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			390	0	0	running	2600	118
16	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	B J Racing	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		388	0	0	running	1645	115
17	28	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			386	0	0	running	1050	112
18	22	Joe Millikan	35	Millikan Racing	Ford	Beahr			384	0	0	running	1075	0
19	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			381	0	0	running	2325	106
20	17	Dick Brooks	90	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Donlavey			369	0	0	running	2150	103
21	9	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		357	1	1	running	2100	105
22	20	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			331	0	0	running	1470	97
23	25	Rick McCray	08	Coors	Pontiac	McCray			306	0	0	engine	900	94
24	19	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			219	0	0	engine	925	91
25	18	Slick Johnson	18	Seamless Machine	Buick	Satterfield			190	0	0	oil pump	900	88
26	6	Mark Martin	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			163	0	0	transmission	7200	85
27	7	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		59	0	0	accident	1875	82
28	14	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		55	0	0	oil leak	825	79
29	11	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		40	0	0	engine	6450	76
30	15	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			19	0	0	oil cooler	1275	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Neil Bonnett	900	6	1	0	3	4
2	Bobby Allison	867	6	0	1	2	5
3	Harry Gant	847	6	0	1	4	4
4	Bill Elliott	833	6	0	0	3	4
5	Joe Ruttman	821	6	0	0	2	4
6	Richard Petty	763	6	0	1	2	4
7	Ricky Rudd	711	6	3	0	1	3
8	Geoff Bodine	707	6	1	0	2	3
9	Lake Speed	705	6	0	0	1	2
10	Darrell Waltrip	704	6	0	1	3	3
11	Mark Martin	701	6	0	0	1	2
12	Terry Labonte	685	6	0	0	0	3
13	Ron Bouchard	681	6	0	0	0	0
14	Jimmy Means	672	6	0	0	0	0
15	Cale Yarborough	658	4	0	2	2	4
16	Buddy Arrington	647	6	0	0	0	0
17	Buddy Baker	603	5	0	0	2	3
18	Dave Marcis	592	6	0	0	0	2
19	Sterling Marlin	591	6	0	0	0	0
20	Ronnie Thomas	582	6	0	0	0	0
21	Dale Earnhardt	581	6	0	0	1	1
22	Tim Richmond	578	6	1	0	0	2
23	Tommy Gale	570	6	0	0	0	0
24	Kyle Petty	514	6	0	0	0	0
25	Dick Brooks	511	6	0	0	1	3