1983 TranSouth 500

Race 5 of 30

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 3:50:05
Average speed of winner: 130.406 mph
Margin of victory: 1.3 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Richmond pole, Waltrip 1-15, Bodine 16-20, Ruttman 21-25, Bodine 26-76, Martin 77, Allison 78, Bonnett 79-82, Earnhardt 83-84, Bodine 85-116, Waltrip 117, Bodine 118-133, Allison 134-154, Bodine 155-188, Waltrip 189-190, Ruttman 191-246, Bodine 247-258, Waltrip 259, Bodine 260-314, Waltrip 315-365, Gant 366-367

Race notes: Neil Bonnett took the points lead from Dick Brooks.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		367	1	2	running	30050	180
2	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		367	5	70	running	24525	175
3	10	Mark Martin	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			367	1	1	running	17530	170
4	8	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		366	0	0	running	9905	160
5	12	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		365	0	0	running	9255	155
6	14	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		365	0	0	running	5050	150
7	13	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		363	1	4	running	7610	151
8	9	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		359	2	22	running	12450	147
9	3	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			353	7	205	accident	11375	148
10	28	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			353	0	0	running	7130	134
11	35	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			352	0	0	running	7185	130
12	31	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			349	0	0	running	5910	127
13	17	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		348	1	2	engine	7890	129
14	26	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			344	0	0	running	4900	121
15	34	Travis Tiller	46	Morgan-McClure Chevrolet	Buick	Tiller			337	0	0	running	2750	118
16	23	Bobby Wawak	74	Bridgetender Inn	Buick	Wawak			336	0	0	ignition	2480	115
17	30	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			320	0	0	running	4490	112
18	11	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		318	0	0	running	4230	109
19	20	Dick Brooks	90	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Donlavey			314	0	0	engine	3840	106
20	4	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		307	2	61	valve	3730	108
21	32	Dick May	02	Price Racing	Buick	Reeder			301	0	0	running	1670	0
22	16	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			294	0	0	engine	1850	97
23	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Dodge	Arrington			288	0	0	engine	2870	94
24	33	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			275	0	0	running	1700	91
25	18	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		269	0	0	accident	7675	88
26	29	Morgan Shepherd	24	Lynch's Auto Sales	Chrysler	Cecil Gordon			263	0	0	ignition	1650	85
27	15	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Buick	McEntyre			214	0	0	valve	1630	82
28	6	Lake Speed	1	UNO	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		194	0	0	clutch	1610	79
29	24	Slick Johnson	18	Satterfield Racing	Buick	Satterfield			110	0	0	accident	1590	76
30	36	Ronnie Hopkins, Jr.	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			82	0	0	engine	1570	73
31	22	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			81	0	0	cylinder head	3210	70
32	21	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		29	0	0	steering	2530	67
33	25	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson	Chevrolet	Marcis			4	0	0	accident	8810	64
34	19	Benny Parsons	55	Skoal	Buick	Johnny Hayes	Champion		1	0	0	accident	1390	61
35	1	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer	157.818	0	0	0	engine	2945	58
36	7	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		0	0	0	accident	2350	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Neil Bonnett	735	5	0	0	2	3
2	Bill Elliott	728	5	0	0	3	4
3	Bobby Allison	692	5	0	1	1	4
4	Harry Gant	677	5	0	1	3	3
5	Joe Ruttman	675	5	0	0	2	3
6	Cale Yarborough	658	4	0	2	2	4
7	Ricky Rudd	629	5	3	0	1	3
8	Richard Petty	624	5	0	1	2	3
9	Mark Martin	616	5	0	0	1	2
10	Buddy Baker	603	5	0	0	2	3
11	Lake Speed	563	5	0	0	1	1
12	Ron Bouchard	551	5	0	0	0	0
13	Jimmy Means	551	5	0	0	0	0
14	Geoff Bodine	547	5	1	0	1	2
15	Terry Labonte	535	5	0	0	0	2
16	Buddy Arrington	529	5	0	0	0	0
17	Darrell Waltrip	519	5	0	0	2	2
18	Dale Earnhardt	505	5	0	0	1	1
19	Tim Richmond	499	5	1	0	0	2
20	Sterling Marlin	494	5	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Thomas	470	5	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	464	5	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	454	5	0	0	0	1
24	Kyle Petty	441	5	0	0	0	0
25	Dick Brooks	408	5	0	0	1	3