1983 Goody's 500

Race 25 of 30

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:27:16
Average speed of winner: 76.134 mph
Margin of victory: 4.5 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-60, Labonte 61, Waltrip 62-71, Rudd 72-121, Elliott 122, Allison 123-170, Rudd 171-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		500	2	380	running	31395	185
2	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		500	1	48	running	19600	175
3	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond	89.342	500	2	70	running	20150	170
4	5	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		499	0	0	running	11200	160
5	7	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			499	0	0	running	7670	155
6	11	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		499	0	0	running	8750	150
7	3	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		499	0	0	running	6100	146
8	15	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		498	0	0	running	8825	142
9	10	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		489	0	0	running	6500	138
10	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Dodge	Arrington			487	0	0	running	4290	134
11	18	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			487	0	0	running	4070	130
12	21	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			480	0	0	running	3260	127
13	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			474	0	0	running	4125	124
14	14	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		466	1	1	engine	2990	126
15	20	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			466	0	0	running	2950	118
16	17	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			458	0	0	running	2670	115
17	26	Laurent Rioux	38	Valvoline	Chevrolet	Rioux			443	0	0	running	1175	0
18	29	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			431	0	0	rear end	2300	109
19	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			414	0	0	steering	2275	106
20	27	Mike Potter	02	Reeder Racing	Pontiac	Reeder			355	0	0	running	1700	0
21	25	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			330	0	0	overheating	1090	100
22	9	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		290	0	0	valve	1080	97
23	22	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			256	0	0	engine	1070	94
24	8	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		169	1	1	transmission	1560	96
25	12	Butch Lindley	32	Prototype Racing Engines	Buick	Prototype			122	0	0	rear end	1050	88
26	4	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		80	0	0	ignition	2040	85
27	13	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			57	0	0	accident	2530	82
28	19	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson	Chevrolet	Marcis			56	0	0	engine	7120	79
29	16	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			3	0	0	timing chain	7310	76

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	3908	25	0	6	16	21
2	Darrell Waltrip	3802	25	5	5	19	20
3	Bill Elliott	3537	25	0	0	10	18
4	Richard Petty	3455	25	0	2	7	18
5	Harry Gant	3360	25	0	1	10	15
6	Neil Bonnett	3288	25	3	1	7	14
7	Terry Labonte	3193	25	3	0	7	15
8	Ricky Rudd	3083	25	4	2	6	11
9	Dale Earnhardt	3080	25	0	2	7	12
10	Joe Ruttman	2906	25	2	0	4	10
11	Tim Richmond	2877	25	2	1	7	11
12	Dave Marcis	2759	25	0	0	0	6
13	Geoff Bodine	2746	25	1	0	5	9
14	Kyle Petty	2719	25	0	0	0	2
15	Buddy Arrington	2646	25	0	0	0	2
16	Dick Brooks	2531	25	0	0	2	6
17	Ron Bouchard	2511	23	1	0	1	5
18	Sterling Marlin	2480	25	0	0	0	1
19	Jimmy Means	2430	23	0	0	0	2
20	Morgan Shepherd	2296	21	0	0	3	11
21	Ronnie Thomas	2227	23	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	2106	24	0	0	0	0
23	Buddy Baker	2102	17	1	1	4	10
24	D.K. Ulrich	1879	17	0	0	0	2
25	J.D. McDuffie	1851	21	0	0	0	0