1983 Talladega 500

Race 19 of 30

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 2:55:52
Average speed of winner: 170.611 mph
Margin of victory: 4 car lengths
Lead changes: 46 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Parsons 1, Labonte 2-18, Earnhardt 19, Baker 20, Yarborough 21, Earnhardt 22, Baker 23, Yarborough 24, Earnhardt 25, Baker 26-37, Labonte 38, Richmond 39-47, Baker 48, Labonte 49, Baker 50-59, Labonte 60, Earnhardt 61, Baker 62-66, Earnhardt 67-69, Richmond 70, Allison 71, Richmond 72-75, Earnhardt 76-80, Richmond 81, Yarborough 82-100, Waltrip 101-102, Richmond 103, Allison 104-106, Earnhardt 107-119, Bodine 120-121, R. Petty 122-123, Earnhardt 124-125, Richmond 126-130, Waltrip 131-135, Richmond 136-140, Allison 141-144, Earnhardt 145, Richmond 146-149, Earnhardt 150, R. Petty 151, Earnhardt 152-162, Richmond 163-167, Waltrip 168-171, Richmond 172-177, Waltrip 178-187, Earnhardt 188

Race notes: Finale for Billie Harvey and Travis Tiller.

Video links: Part 1 (Starting grid/Start), Part 2, Part 3 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		188	12	41	running	46950	185
2	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		188	4	21	running	32695	175
3	18	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		188	10	41	running	20680	175
4	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		188	2	3	running	17475	165
5	23	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		188	0	0	running	17650	155
6	9	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			188	1	2	running	12445	155
7	5	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			187	0	0	running	9575	146
8	2	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		187	0	0	running	8445	142
9	24	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		186	3	8	running	12925	143
10	8	Mark Martin	4	Jim Magill	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure			186	0	0	running	5775	134
11	13	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			186	0	0	running	7205	130
12	19	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		185	0	0	running	6860	127
13	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		184	0	0	running	5300	124
14	29	Ken Ragan	77	Clinomint Toothpaste	Chevrolet	Ragan			183	0	0	running	3575	121
15	21	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		182	0	0	running	7125	118
16	17	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		182	0	0	running	5750	115
17	26	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			181	0	0	broken lugs	5510	112
18	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Dodge	Arrington			178	0	0	running	5315	109
19	33	Al Elmore	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			174	0	0	running	4785	0
20	37	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			173	0	0	running	3000	103
21	22	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			167	0	0	engine	5555	100
22	3	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		151	1	1	ignition	2880	102
23	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			144	0	0	running	4325	94
24	1	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	201.744	140	3	21	cracked head	5820	96
25	15	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			127	0	0	valve	2450	88
26	11	Lake Speed	1	UNO/Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		90	0	0	piston	2390	85
27	32	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			78	0	0	engine	9930	82
28	6	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		69	6	30	brakes	3770	84
29	7	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		64	4	20	crankshaft	5045	81
30	35	Mike Potter	76	Cam Farm/Larry's Nightclub	Oldsmobile	Potter			60	0	0	overheating	2150	73
31	20	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			37	0	0	oil pressure	2090	70
32	36	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis			22	0	0	push rod	9430	67
33	28	Cecil Gordon	24	Talladega Short Track	Chrysler	Cecil Gordon			13	0	0	ignition	2020	64
34	27	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			5	0	0	accident	1935	61
35	14	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		1	0	0	engine	8350	58
36	16	Grant Adcox	29	Adcox Racing	Chevrolet	Adcox			1	0	0	accident	1790	55
37	30	Billie Harvey	31	Gray Racing	Buick	Steve Gray			1	0	0	accident	1730	0
38	34	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			1	0	0	accident	2670	49
39	40	Travis Tiller	46	Intermountain Video Systems	Chevrolet	Tiller			1	0	0	accident	1610	46
40	39	Dick Skillen	78	Truse Builders	Pontiac	Goff			1	0	0	accident	1450	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2947	19	0	3	11	16
2	Darrell Waltrip	2777	19	3	4	13	14
3	Harry Gant	2678	19	0	1	10	13
4	Bill Elliott	2677	19	0	0	7	14
5	Richard Petty	2604	19	0	2	7	13
6	Neil Bonnett	2483	19	2	1	6	9
7	Joe Ruttman	2326	19	1	0	4	9
8	Dale Earnhardt	2309	19	0	2	5	9
9	Ricky Rudd	2303	19	4	1	4	9
10	Terry Labonte	2302	19	1	0	2	10
11	Tim Richmond	2181	19	2	1	5	9
12	Dave Marcis	2115	19	0	0	0	6
13	Kyle Petty	2071	19	0	0	0	2
14	Geoff Bodine	1972	19	1	0	2	6
15	Buddy Arrington	1970	19	0	0	0	1
16	Ron Bouchard	1963	18	1	0	1	4
17	Dick Brooks	1950	19	0	0	2	6
18	Sterling Marlin	1946	19	0	0	0	1
19	Jimmy Means	1933	18	0	0	0	2
20	Ronnie Thomas	1724	18	0	0	0	0
21	Morgan Shepherd	1613	15	0	0	3	8
22	Tommy Gale	1599	18	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	1513	13	0	0	2	4
24	Buddy Baker	1477	12	1	1	4	7
25	Mark Martin	1336	13	0	0	1	3