1983 Southern 500

Race 22 of 30

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:03:52
Average speed of winner: 123.343 mph
Margin of victory: 9.38 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 60 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1-80, Pearson 81-97, Rudd 98-99, Allison 100-102, Waltrip 103, Shepherd 104, Waltrip 105-132, Yarborough 133, Rudd 134-207, Allison 208-223, Pearson 224, Bonnett 225-244, Baker 245-262, Waltrip 263, Bonnett 264, Allison 265-338, Elliott 339-341, Allison 342-367

Race notes: Finale for Ronnie Hopkins.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	14	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		367	4	119	running	42050	185
2	12	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		367	1	3	running	19045	175
3	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		367	3	30	running	23475	170
4	1	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly	157.187	367	3	101	running	19320	165
5	2	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		367	0	0	running	11045	155
6	9	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		366	1	18	running	6500	155
7	15	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		366	1	1	running	4875	151
8	4	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		366	0	0	running	4450	142
9	19	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			364	1	1	running	11750	143
10	5	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			363	2	18	running	5175	139
11	17	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		363	0	0	running	11855	130
12	21	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		363	0	0	running	9700	127
13	11	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			362	0	0	running	7725	124
14	23	Dave Marcis	71	Metromont Materials	Chevrolet	Marcis			361	0	0	running	10800	121
15	3	Lake Speed	1	UNO/Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		359	0	0	running	3650	118
16	41	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			353	0	0	running	6165	115
17	27	Mark Martin	4	Morgan-McClure	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure			351	0	0	running	3275	112
18	34	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			351	0	0	running	6255	109
19	25	Ken Ragan	77	Clinomint Toothpaste	Chevrolet	Ragan			342	0	0	running	3250	106
20	26	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			339	0	0	running	5645	103
21	37	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			337	0	0	running	3350	100
22	20	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		330	0	0	running	10075	97
23	35	Dick May	35	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			318	0	0	ignition	2225	94
24	33	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			282	0	0	accident	5350	91
25	8	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		272	2	76	engine	7415	93
26	6	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		245	0	0	cylinder head	4505	85
27	39	Slick Johnson	18	Satterfield Racing	Buick	Satterfield			217	0	0	handling	1750	82
28	30	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			217	0	0	accident	3745	79
29	28	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			207	0	0	engine	3450	76
30	36	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			179	0	0	engine	2100	73
31	13	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			142	0	0	accident	4015	70
32	18	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		117	0	0	engine	3255	67
33	16	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			113	0	0	brakes	1500	64
34	32	Philip Duffie	99	U.S. Duffie	Buick	Duffie			109	0	0	engine	1400	61
35	22	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			107	0	0	accident	3085	58
36	38	Mike Potter	76	Cam Farm	Oldsmobile	Potter			98	0	0	ignition	1300	55
37	40	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			54	0	0	engine	2250	52
38	10	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		34	0	0	cylinder head	2200	49
39	31	Lennie Pond	42	Sand Dunes Hotel	Buick	Billy Matthews	Beam		25	0	0	accident	1150	46
40	24	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			15	0	0	engine	1100	43
41	29	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		11	0	0	engine	1100	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	3363	22	0	4	13	18
2	Darrell Waltrip	3307	22	3	5	16	17
3	Bill Elliott	3104	22	0	0	9	16
4	Richard Petty	3024	22	0	2	7	15
5	Harry Gant	3003	22	0	1	10	14
6	Neil Bonnett	2845	22	3	1	7	11
7	Terry Labonte	2777	22	2	0	5	13
8	Dale Earnhardt	2760	22	0	2	6	11
9	Ricky Rudd	2599	22	4	1	4	9
10	Joe Ruttman	2575	22	2	0	4	9
11	Tim Richmond	2528	22	2	1	6	10
12	Dave Marcis	2474	22	0	0	0	6
13	Kyle Petty	2380	22	0	0	0	2
14	Geoff Bodine	2316	22	1	0	3	7
15	Ron Bouchard	2308	21	1	0	1	5
16	Buddy Arrington	2297	22	0	0	0	1
17	Sterling Marlin	2231	22	0	0	0	1
18	Dick Brooks	2225	22	0	0	2	6
19	Jimmy Means	2121	20	0	0	0	2
20	Morgan Shepherd	1950	18	0	0	3	10
21	Ronnie Thomas	1924	20	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	1848	21	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	1773	15	0	0	2	5
24	Buddy Baker	1771	14	1	1	4	9
25	Cale Yarborough	1662	13	3	4	4	7