1983 Coca-Cola 500

Race 4 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 4:01:27
Average speed of winner: 124.055 mph
Margin of victory: 1.5 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 62 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-16, Bonnett 17-53, Brooks 54, Arrington 55, R. Petty 56-88, K. Petty 89, R. Petty 90-132, Earnhardt 133-146, Yarborough 147-153, Brooks 154-161, Earnhardt 162-168, Parsons 169, Earnhardt 170-182, Yarborough 183-233, Bonnett 234-236, Yarborough 237-238, Parsons 239, Brooks 240-248, Ruttman 249-258, Bonnett 259-301, Parsons 302-310, Yarborough 311-328

Race notes: Debut for Eddie Bierschwale and Ken Ragan. Dick Brooks took the points lead from Bill Elliott.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	22	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		328	4	78	running	33300	180
2	6	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		328	3	83	running	34530	180
3	2	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		328	0	0	running	12125	165
4	5	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		328	1	10	running	13620	165
5	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		328	2	76	running	12650	160
6	14	Dick Brooks	90	Simoniz	Ford	Donlavey			328	3	18	running	8575	155
7	12	Mark Martin	2	Valvring	Buick	Stacy			328	0	0	running	12400	146
8	9	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		328	0	0	running	7265	142
9	16	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		327	0	0	running	5000	138
10	20	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		326	0	0	running	6805	134
11	19	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		326	0	0	running	10475	130
12	15	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		325	0	0	running	5360	127
13	29	Dave Marcis	71	Atlantic Building System	Chevrolet	Marcis			324	0	0	running	9800	124
14	17	Benny Parsons	55	Skoal	Buick	Johnny Hayes	Champion		323	3	11	engine	2300	126
15	26	Lake Speed	1	UNO	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		323	0	0	running	2375	118
16	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Landmark	Dodge	Arrington			323	1	1	running	4725	120
17	23	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Buick	McEntyre			320	0	0	running	1965	112
18	33	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			320	0	0	running	1830	109
19	35	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	B J Racing	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		318	0	0	running	2225	106
20	36	Darryl Sage	86	Sage Racing	Chevrolet	Sage			318	0	0	running	1620	103
21	31	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Buick	C.W. Henderson			315	0	0	running	1515	100
22	37	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			315	0	0	running	1410	97
23	13	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			312	0	0	running	3770	94
24	41	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			311	0	0	running	1300	91
25	4	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		303	0	0	engine	9270	88
26	39	Eddie Bierschwale	03	Indian Hill Park	Buick	Bierschwale			289	0	0	engine	1240	85
27	40	Ken Ragan	57	Clinomint Toothpaste	Buick	Ragan			281	0	0	accident	1210	82
28	25	Bob Senneker	80	Elk Vans	Pontiac	Marra			277	0	0	accident	1180	0
29	27	Jim Sauter	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			275	0	0	accident	3400	76
30	3	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		272	0	0	engine	3165	73
31	28	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			270	0	0	accident	2880	70
32	38	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Buick	Means			270	0	0	accident	2855	67
33	8	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		246	3	34	engine	8075	69
34	18	Slick Johnson	18	Satterfield Racing	Buick	Satterfield			242	0	0	running	1060	61
35	21	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			204	1	1	oil pump	2800	63
36	34	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bojangles'	Buick	McDuffie			177	0	0	valve	1030	55
37	30	David Simko	54	Tom Co. Mound Steel	Oldsmobile	Simko			154	0	0	engine	1315	52
38	10	A.J. Foyt	14	Valvoline	Chevrolet	Foyt			139	0	0	valve	1000	0
39	32	Jim Vandiver	24	JS Dismuke Co.	Chrysler	Cecil Gordon			79	0	0	accident	1985	0
40	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		40	0	0	engine	10920	43
41	1	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart		167.703	18	1	16	valve	5905	45

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Neil Bonnett	584	4	0	0	2	2
2	Bill Elliott	573	4	0	0	2	3
3	Joe Ruttman	567	4	0	0	2	3
4	Bobby Allison	545	4	0	1	1	3
5	Richard Petty	536	4	0	1	2	3
6	Buddy Baker	536	4	0	0	2	3
7	Cale Yarborough	508	3	0	2	2	3
8	Harry Gant	497	4	0	0	2	2
9	Lake Speed	484	4	0	0	1	1
10	Terry Labonte	480	4	0	0	0	2
11	Ricky Rudd	469	4	3	0	0	2
12	Mark Martin	446	4	0	0	0	1
13	Ron Bouchard	442	4	0	0	0	0
14	Tim Richmond	441	4	0	0	0	2
15	Buddy Arrington	435	4	0	0	0	0
16	Jimmy Means	424	4	0	0	0	0
17	Geoff Bodine	399	4	1	0	1	1
18	Dave Marcis	390	4	0	0	0	1
19	Ronnie Thomas	379	4	0	0	0	0
20	Dale Earnhardt	376	4	0	0	1	1
21	Kyle Petty	371	4	0	0	0	0
22	Sterling Marlin	364	4	0	0	0	0
23	Darrell Waltrip	344	4	0	0	1	1
24	Tommy Gale	343	4	0	0	0	0
25	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	318	3	0	0	0	0