1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500

Race 3 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:25:30
Average speed of winner: 113.055 mph
Margin of victory: 1/2 car length
Lead changes: 30 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 94 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd 1-29, Earnhardt 30-35, Yarborough 36-39, Bonnett 40-73, Brooks 74, Yarborough 75-110, Rudd 111, Richmond 112, Bonnett 113-126, Yarborough 127-144, Bonnett 145-153, Allison 154-168, Yarborough 169-179, Richmond 180, Yarborough 181-251, Bonnett 252-259, Bodine 260-271, Allison 272, Bodine 273-293, Bonnett 294-372, Allison 373-377, Bodine 378-401, Bonnett 402-403, Waltrip 404-405, R. Petty 406-422, Bonnett 423-429, Yarborough 430-450, R. Petty 451-452, Waltrip 453, Elliott 454-463, R. Petty 464-492

Race notes: Finale for Ernie Cline. Bill Elliott took the points lead from Joe Ruttman.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start of coverage in middle of race), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		492	3	48	running	24150	180
2	6	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		492	1	10	running	14990	175
3	11	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		492	2	3	running	17760	170
4	17	Lake Speed	1	UNO	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		489	0	0	running	5110	160
5	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		489	0	0	running	12335	155
6	1	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine	143.413	489	2	30	running	8465	155
7	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		488	2	2	running	3235	151
8	19	Dick Brooks	90	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Donlavey			486	1	1	running	6645	147
9	5	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		486	6	161	running	7335	148
10	3	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson		484	3	21	running	10695	139
11	8	Mark Martin	2	Valvring	Buick	Stacy			484	0	0	running	8510	130
12	2	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		483	7	153	rear end	5155	132
13	27	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			477	0	0	running	5190	124
14	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			473	0	0	running	4480	121
15	15	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			468	0	0	running	4370	118
16	34	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			466	0	0	running	1840	115
17	23	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Buick	C.W. Henderson			457	0	0	running	1785	112
18	32	D.K. Ulrich	02	Price Racing	Buick	Reeder			416	0	0	running	3900	109
19	18	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			401	3	57	accident	4750	111
20	9	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		395	0	0	running	3550	103
21	28	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			382	0	0	accident	3195	100
22	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			355	0	0	rear end	3145	97
23	30	Slick Johnson	18	Satterfield Racing	Buick	Satterfield			307	0	0	rear end	1425	94
24	14	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		279	0	0	engine	3055	91
25	26	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Hillin Racing	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		250	0	0	rear end	1345	0
26	24	Jim Sauter	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			238	0	0	oil pump	2965	0
27	25	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			219	0	0	engine	1265	82
28	33	Rick Newsom	20	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Newsom			199	0	0	engine	1225	79
29	10	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		176	0	0	accident	3685	76
30	30	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			157	0	0	engine	2145	73
31	21	Lennie Pond	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			141	0	0	engine	2655	0
32	16	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		108	0	0	engine	1390	67
33	4	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		73	1	6	accident	8000	69
34	22	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson	Chevrolet	Marcis			38	0	0	engine	8410	61
35	35	Ernie Cline	06	Brochure Furniture	Pontiac	Ernie Cline			35	0	0	accident	910	58

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	500	3	0	0	2	3
2	Bobby Allison	457	3	0	1	1	3
3	Neil Bonnett	404	3	0	0	1	1
4	Joe Ruttman	402	3	0	0	1	2
5	Richard Petty	376	3	0	1	1	2
6	Buddy Baker	371	3	0	0	1	2
7	Harry Gant	367	3	0	0	2	2
8	Lake Speed	366	3	0	0	1	1
9	Jimmy Means	357	3	0	0	0	0
10	Geoff Bodine	354	3	0	0	1	1
11	Terry Labonte	338	3	0	0	0	1
12	Ricky Rudd	335	3	3	0	0	1
13	Cale Yarborough	328	2	0	1	1	2
14	Ron Bouchard	315	3	0	0	0	0
15	Buddy Arrington	315	3	0	0	0	0
16	Kyle Petty	308	3	0	0	0	0
17	Dale Earnhardt	307	3	0	0	1	1
18	Tim Richmond	303	3	0	0	0	1
19	Darrell Waltrip	301	3	0	0	1	1
20	Mark Martin	300	3	0	0	0	0
21	Sterling Marlin	294	3	0	0	0	0
22	Ronnie Thomas	288	3	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	266	3	0	0	0	1
24	Tommy Gale	249	3	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	237	3	0	0	0	0