1983 Valleydale 500

Race 11 of 30

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:51:07
Average speed of winner: 93.445 mph
Margin of victory: 2.08 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1-24, Labonte 25-42, Earnhardt 43-158, Labonte 159, Waltrip 160, Allison 161-210, Waltrip 211, Bonnett 212, Waltrip 213-324, Labonte 325, Waltrip 326-405, Labonte 406, Waltrip 407-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	5	288	running	29695	185
2	12	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		500	1	50	running	16955	175
3	6	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			499	0	0	running	13260	165
4	1	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly	110.409	499	2	25	running	7700	165
5	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		498	0	0	running	7930	155
6	2	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		498	4	21	running	5450	155
7	8	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		496	0	0	running	4480	146
8	14	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		495	0	0	running	4070	142
9	5	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		495	1	116	running	7930	143
10	7	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		494	0	0	running	4000	134
11	16	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			488	0	0	running	3890	130
12	15	Dave Marcis	71	W.H. Bolin	Chevrolet	Marcis			488	0	0	running	7430	127
13	23	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			479	0	0	running	3080	124
14	22	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			477	0	0	running	2870	121
15	18	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			476	0	0	running	1030	118
16	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			475	0	0	running	2585	115
17	24	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Buick	C.W. Henderson			472	0	0	running	1380	112
18	19	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			471	0	0	running	2300	109
19	28	Rick Newsom	02	Reeder Racing	Buick	Reeder			470	0	0	running	2430	106
20	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			466	0	0	running	1905	103
21	17	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			459	0	0	running	1230	100
22	21	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			458	0	0	running	1205	97
23	10	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		456	0	0	rear end	1180	94
24	26	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			450	0	0	running	1155	91
25	9	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			397	0	0	running	2130	88
26	3	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		393	0	0	engine	1120	85
27	4	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		317	0	0	rear end	7110	82
28	27	Mike Potter	76	Larry's	Buick	Potter			50	0	0	rear end	600	79

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	1706	11	0	2	6	10
2	Harry Gant	1572	11	0	1	7	8
3	Bill Elliott	1555	11	0	0	6	8
4	Joe Ruttman	1526	11	1	0	4	7
5	Richard Petty	1521	11	0	2	4	8
6	Neil Bonnett	1501	11	2	0	4	5
7	Darrell Waltrip	1498	11	1	4	7	7
8	Terry Labonte	1352	11	0	0	0	7
9	Jimmy Means	1332	11	0	0	0	2
10	Ricky Rudd	1310	11	4	0	2	5
11	Ron Bouchard	1280	11	0	0	0	3
12	Buddy Arrington	1215	11	0	0	0	1
13	Dave Marcis	1170	11	0	0	0	3
14	Geoff Bodine	1154	11	1	0	2	3
15	Dale Earnhardt	1143	11	0	0	1	3
16	Sterling Marlin	1131	11	0	0	0	1
17	Tim Richmond	1129	11	1	0	0	4
18	Kyle Petty	1094	11	0	0	0	0
19	Dick Brooks	1080	11	0	0	1	4
20	Ronnie Thomas	1073	11	0	0	0	0
21	Tommy Gale	1055	11	0	0	0	0
22	Lake Speed	969	8	0	0	2	3
23	Mark Martin	938	9	0	0	1	2
24	Buddy Baker	916	8	0	0	3	4
25	Cale Yarborough	836	6	1	2	2	4