1983 Busch Nashville 420

Race 17 of 30

Nashville
420 laps
Time of race: 2:55:12
Average speed of winner: 85.726 mph
Margin of victory: 15.55 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Bouchard pole, Waltrip 1-66, Bonnett 67-85, Marcis 86, Bonnett 87-116, Marcis 117-120, Allison 121-144, Waltrip 145-172, Earnhardt 173-181, Waltrip 182-216, Earnhardt 217-275, Bonnett 276, Earnhardt 277-420

Race notes: Last pole for Ron Bouchard. Finale for Darryl Sage.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		420	3	212	running	23125	185
2	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		420	3	129	running	16425	175
3	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		419	0	0	running	8030	165
4	11	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		419	1	24	running	9400	165
5	6	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		417	0	0	running	4770	155
6	4	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		417	3	50	running	6800	155
7	9	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		416	0	0	running	3850	146
8	10	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		416	0	0	running	8200	142
9	7	Dave Marcis	71	W.H. Bolin	Chevrolet	Marcis			416	2	5	running	7600	143
10	8	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			414	0	0	running	8010	134
11	15	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		412	0	0	running	3190	130
12	21	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			412	0	0	running	3020	127
13	23	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			411	0	0	running	3360	124
14	20	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			411	0	0	running	2800	121
15	18	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			409	0	0	running	3315	118
16	14	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			406	0	0	running	3950	115
17	24	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			399	0	0	running	2250	112
18	26	Al Elmore	6	World Cup	Buick	Ulrich			393	0	0	running	2025	0
19	16	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		392	0	0	running	5575	106
20	12	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			389	0	0	running	1950	103
21	28	Steve Gray	19	Gray Racing	Buick	Henley Gray			376	0	0	running	825	100
22	5	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		348	0	0	running	1300	97
23	22	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			344	0	0	running	775	94
24	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			269	0	0	engine	1250	91
25	27	Don Satterfield	18	Satterfield Racing	Buick	Satterfield			227	0	0	engine	725	0
26	17	Darryl Sage	86	Sage Racing	Chevrolet	Sage			209	0	0	engine	720	0
27	1	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft	103.020	148	0	0	engine	2415	82
28	29	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			77	0	0	engine	1210	79
29	19	Jimmy Walker	96	Cronkite Racing	Ford	Cronkite			50	0	0	overheating	705	76
30	25	D.K. Ulrich	02	Reeder Racing	Buick	Reeder			3	0	0	piston	1200	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2629	17	0	3	10	14
2	Darrell Waltrip	2427	17	3	4	11	12
3	Bill Elliott	2380	17	0	0	7	12
4	Harry Gant	2363	17	0	1	8	11
5	Richard Petty	2300	17	0	2	6	11
6	Neil Bonnett	2260	17	2	1	5	8
7	Terry Labonte	2089	17	1	0	2	10
8	Joe Ruttman	2070	17	1	0	4	8
9	Dale Earnhardt	2051	17	0	1	4	8
10	Ricky Rudd	2042	17	4	1	4	8
11	Dave Marcis	1901	17	0	0	0	5
12	Jimmy Means	1875	17	0	0	0	2
13	Tim Richmond	1826	17	1	0	3	7
14	Kyle Petty	1811	17	0	0	0	2
15	Buddy Arrington	1794	17	0	0	0	1
16	Geoff Bodine	1771	17	1	0	2	5
17	Sterling Marlin	1737	17	0	0	0	1
18	Ron Bouchard	1712	16	1	0	1	4
19	Dick Brooks	1686	17	0	0	2	5
20	Ronnie Thomas	1513	16	0	0	0	0
21	Tommy Gale	1459	16	0	0	0	0
22	Lake Speed	1428	12	0	0	2	4
23	Morgan Shepherd	1425	13	0	0	3	8
24	Buddy Baker	1393	11	1	1	4	7
25	Cale Yarborough	1230	10	2	3	3	5