1983 Busch 500

Race 21 of 30

Bristol
419 laps
Time of race: 2:29:50
Average speed of winner: 89.430 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Ruttman pole, Waltrip 1-73, Gant 74, Waltrip 75-206, Earnhardt 207-222, Waltrip 223-224, Bouchard 225-226, Richmond 227-231, Bonnett 232-233, Earnhardt 234-328, Waltrip 329, Earnhardt 330-412, Waltrip 413-419

Race notes: Finale for Al Elmore.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		419	5	215	running	30400	185
2	6	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		419	3	194	running	15725	175
3	13	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		419	0	0	running	13360	165
4	9	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			418	0	0	running	7370	160
5	5	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		418	0	0	running	5770	155
6	8	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		418	1	1	running	8875	155
7	7	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		418	1	2	running	4450	151
8	11	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			410	0	0	running	8200	142
9	14	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		407	0	0	running	6400	138
10	15	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		405	1	2	accident	6660	139
11	19	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			405	0	0	running	3590	130
12	28	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			402	0	0	running	1350	127
13	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			399	0	0	running	3320	124
14	4	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		396	0	0	running	3110	121
15	23	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			394	0	0	running	3475	118
16	24	Al Elmore	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			393	0	0	running	2765	0
17	18	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			389	0	0	running	2705	112
18	1	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott	111.923	380	0	0	running	3620	109
19	27	Don Satterfield	18	Satterfield Racing	Buick	Satterfield			368	0	0	running	925	0
20	12	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson	Chevrolet	Marcis			353	0	0	running	7000	103
21	17	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			314	0	0	valve	2325	100
22	3	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		271	1	5	accident	2000	102
23	22	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			254	0	0	accident	1325	94
24	25	Mike Potter	02	Reeder Racing	Buick	Reeder			253	0	0	running	1300	91
25	26	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			198	0	0	running	1275	88
26	21	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			147	0	0	rear end	1250	85
27	10	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		135	0	0	clutch	1225	82
28	16	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Buick	C.W. Henderson			67	0	0	rear end	1200	79
29	29	John McFadden	45	McFadden Racing	Buick	McFadden			44	0	0	brakes	675	76

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	3178	21	0	3	12	17
2	Darrell Waltrip	3137	21	3	5	15	16
3	Bill Elliott	2929	21	0	0	8	15
4	Harry Gant	2906	21	0	1	10	14
5	Richard Petty	2897	21	0	2	7	15
6	Neil Bonnett	2680	21	2	1	6	10
7	Dale Earnhardt	2630	21	0	2	6	11
8	Terry Labonte	2622	21	2	0	4	12
9	Joe Ruttman	2526	21	2	0	4	9
10	Ricky Rudd	2506	21	4	1	4	9
11	Tim Richmond	2443	21	2	1	6	10
12	Dave Marcis	2353	21	0	0	0	6
13	Kyle Petty	2322	21	0	0	0	2
14	Ron Bouchard	2241	20	1	0	1	5
15	Geoff Bodine	2192	21	1	0	3	7
16	Buddy Arrington	2188	21	0	0	0	1
17	Dick Brooks	2155	21	0	0	2	6
18	Sterling Marlin	2140	21	0	0	0	1
19	Jimmy Means	2018	19	0	0	0	2
20	Ronnie Thomas	1851	19	0	0	0	0
21	Morgan Shepherd	1807	17	0	0	3	9
22	Tommy Gale	1772	20	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	1655	14	0	0	2	5
24	Buddy Baker	1616	13	1	1	4	8
25	Cale Yarborough	1511	12	3	4	4	6