1983 Winston Western 500

Race 30 of 30

Riverside
119 laps
Time of race: 3:15:09
Average speed of winner: 95.859 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-31, Rudd 32, Waltrip 33-34, B. Allison 35, R. Petty 36-45, Parsons 46-74, Richmond 75-87, Parsons 88, Earnhardt 89-92, Richmond 93, Waltrip 94, Richmond 95-111, Parsons 112-114, Elliott 115-119

Race notes: First win for Bill Elliott. Finale for Randy Becker, Jimmy Insolo, Pat Mintey, Don Waterman, and Doug Wheeler.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		119	1	5	running	26380	180
2	5	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		119	3	33	running	13225	175
3	11	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		119	0	0	running	18375	165
4	9	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		119	1	4	running	13725	165
5	26	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		119	3	31	running	8930	160
6	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond	116.782	119	3	34	running	19200	160
7	3	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		119	0	0	running	6110	146
8	22	Hershel McGriff	04	Mark Bloome/Antioch Speedway	Buick	Gary Smith			119	0	0	running	4700	142
9	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		119	1	1	running	10850	143
10	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		118	1	10	running	8650	139
11	16	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		118	0	0	running	5030	130
12	29	Dave Marcis	71	Miller Brothers	Oldsmobile	Marcis			118	0	0	running	9650	127
13	32	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			117	0	0	running	4620	124
14	20	Donnie Allison	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			117	0	0	running	4410	0
15	25	Randy Becker	87	Becker Trucking	Buick	Randy Becker			116	0	0	running	1950	118
16	40	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			115	0	0	running	5125	115
17	41	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			115	0	0	running	4465	112
18	39	Doug Wheeler	13	W&W Machine	Buick	Puskarich			115	0	0	running	2755	109
19	35	Sumner McKnight	83	McKnight Racing	Chevrolet	McKnight			114	0	0	running	2415	106
20	15	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		113	0	0	running	1675	103
21	17	Jim Robinson	78	Hammer Security Systems	Oldsmobile	Lois Williams			112	0	0	running	2305	100
22	12	Scott Miller	51	MDB Systems	Pontiac	Scott Miller			112	0	0	running	1575	97
23	37	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Grocery/Service	Dodge	Arrington			109	0	0	wheel	3195	94
24	23	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			101	0	0	drive line	3135	91
25	18	Don Waterman	38	St. John's Auto Parts	Buick	Waterman			101	0	0	running	1425	88
26	34	D.K. Ulrich	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			101	0	0	differential	2325	85
27	31	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			96	0	0	differential	1275	82
28	33	Glenn Francis	03	Francis Race Cars	Pontiac	Glenn Francis			89	0	0	shifter	1225	79
29	42	Pat Mintey	35	AFR Signs	Chevrolet	Mintey			73	0	0	engine	1175	76
30	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			66	0	0	rocker arm	2150	73
31	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		61	0	0	engine	8925	70
32	36	John Krebs	91	Coca-Cola	Oldsmobile	Krebs			60	0	0	engine	1100	67
33	27	Morgan Shepherd	2	My Car	Buick	Stacy			42	0	0	engine	8675	64
34	21	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			38	0	0	connecting rod	2050	61
35	13	Jim Bown	93	Wholesale Truck Parts	Buick	Kieper			37	0	0	throttle	1025	58
36	14	Roy Smith	74	Edgett Excavating	Buick	Edgett			36	0	0	ignition	2025	55
37	2	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		32	1	1	engine	1900	57
38	24	Ron Esau	66	McDonald's	Buick	Jack Lee			32	0	0	ignition	875	49
39	28	Rick McCray	08	Coors	Pontiac	McCray			29	0	0	engine	850	46
40	30	Bill Schmitt	73	Mountain Dew	Chevrolet	Schmitt			13	0	0	engine	840	43
41	4	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		12	0	0	engine	1840	40
42	19	Jimmy Insolo	12	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard			1	0	0	handling	840	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	4667	30	0	6	18	25
2	Darrell Waltrip	4620	30	7	6	22	25
3	Bill Elliott	4279	30	0	1	12	22
4	Richard Petty	4042	30	0	3	9	21
5	Terry Labonte	4004	30	3	1	11	20
6	Neil Bonnett	3842	30	4	2	10	17
7	Harry Gant	3790	30	0	1	10	16
8	Dale Earnhardt	3732	30	0	2	9	14
9	Ricky Rudd	3693	30	4	2	7	14
10	Tim Richmond	3597	30	4	1	10	15
11	Dave Marcis	3361	30	0	0	0	7
12	Joe Ruttman	3342	30	2	0	4	10
13	Kyle Petty	3261	30	0	0	0	2
14	Buddy Arrington	3158	30	0	0	0	2
15	Ron Bouchard	3113	28	1	0	1	7
16	Geoff Bodine	3019	28	1	0	5	9
17	Jimmy Means	2983	28	0	0	0	3
18	Sterling Marlin	2980	30	0	0	0	1
19	Dick Brooks	2946	30	0	0	2	6
20	Morgan Shepherd	2818	26	0	0	3	13
21	Buddy Baker	2611	21	1	1	5	12
22	Ronnie Thomas	2515	26	0	0	0	0
23	Tommy Gale	2507	28	0	0	0	1
24	D.K. Ulrich	2400	22	0	0	0	2
25	Trevor Boys	2293	23	0	0	0	1