1983 Budweiser 500

Race 24 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:18:45
Average speed of winner: 116.077 mph
Margin of victory: 3.0 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 51 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-13, Earnhardt 14-64, Elliott 65, R. Petty 66, Earnhardt 67-74, Allison 75-132, Labonte 133-170, Richmond 171-225, Shepherd 226, Bodine 227-252, Allison 253-291, Elliott 292-319, Allison 320-326, Richmond 327-330, Allison 331-347, Bodine 348, Allison 349-380, Bodine 381-400, Allison 401-418, Richmond 419-456, Bodine 457-476, Allison 477-500

Race notes: Debut for Laurent Rioux. Only start for Natz Peters.

Video links: Finish/Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		500	7	195	running	30985	185
2	4	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			500	4	67	running	16190	175
3	5	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		500	3	97	running	11565	170
4	1	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman	139.573	499	2	51	running	10470	165
5	14	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		499	0	0	running	14335	155
6	16	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			499	1	1	running	10985	155
7	8	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		493	0	0	running	8985	146
8	12	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		491	2	29	running	5335	147
9	17	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		491	1	1	running	8385	143
10	27	Clark Dwyer	10	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			480	0	0	running	2685	134
11	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		479	0	0	running	2655	0
12	25	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			470	0	0	running	4665	127
13	2	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		467	0	0	running	4855	124
14	24	Joe Fields	92	Hobart Food Service	Buick	Joe Fields			459	0	0	running	1885	0
15	36	Cecil Gordon	24	Delaware Trans-Am	Chrysler	Cecil Gordon			457	0	0	running	2785	0
16	11	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		452	0	0	accident	4045	115
17	9	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		452	0	0	accident	9385	112
18	28	Jimmy Ingalls	87	Ingalls Construction	Buick	Ingalls			447	0	0	running	1480	0
19	30	Laurent Rioux	38	Valvoline	Chevrolet	Rioux			441	0	0	running	1380	0
20	6	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		427	0	0	engine	3530	103
21	26	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			416	0	0	running	3320	100
22	13	Dave Marcis	71	Atlantic Equipment & Leasing	Chevrolet	Marcis			387	0	0	engine	8530	97
23	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Dodge	Arrington			382	0	0	spring	3060	94
24	29	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			377	0	0	engine	1030	91
25	10	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		356	0	0	engine	980	88
26	18	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			337	0	0	accident	2645	85
27	22	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			285	0	0	engine	3110	82
28	34	Tommy Gale	02	Reeder Racing	Pontiac	Reeder			255	0	0	steering	2575	79
29	33	Bob Riley	69	N.R.S. Carting	Pontiac	Bob Riley			221	0	0	ignition	880	76
30	32	Jerry Bowman	64	Bowman Racing	Ford	Bowman			139	0	0	accident	2515	73
31	19	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			138	0	0	engine	1830	70
32	15	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			125	0	0	engine	1820	67
33	20	Dean Combs	77	Best Products	Buick	Sanderson			107	0	0	engine	810	64
34	31	Natz Peters	60	Mitton Electric	Buick	Natz Peters			103	0	0	engine	800	61
35	3	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		90	2	59	head gasket	7890	63
36	35	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			79	0	0	engine	1780	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	3733	24	0	6	15	20
2	Darrell Waltrip	3632	24	4	5	18	19
3	Bill Elliott	3411	24	0	0	10	18
4	Richard Petty	3317	24	0	2	7	17
5	Harry Gant	3218	24	0	1	10	14
6	Neil Bonnett	3138	24	3	1	7	13
7	Terry Labonte	3097	24	3	0	7	15
8	Dale Earnhardt	2920	24	0	2	6	11
9	Ricky Rudd	2898	24	4	1	5	10
10	Tim Richmond	2792	24	2	1	7	11
11	Joe Ruttman	2760	24	2	0	4	9
12	Dave Marcis	2680	24	0	0	0	6
13	Kyle Petty	2592	24	0	0	0	2
14	Geoff Bodine	2591	24	1	0	4	8
15	Buddy Arrington	2512	24	0	0	0	1
16	Ron Bouchard	2511	23	1	0	1	5
17	Dick Brooks	2416	24	0	0	2	6
18	Sterling Marlin	2398	24	0	0	0	1
19	Jimmy Means	2312	22	0	0	0	2
20	Morgan Shepherd	2220	20	0	0	3	11
21	Ronnie Thomas	2127	22	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Baker	2005	16	1	1	4	10
23	Tommy Gale	2000	23	0	0	0	0
24	Lake Speed	1773	15	0	0	2	5
25	D.K. Ulrich	1770	16	0	0	0	2