1983 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500

Race 28 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:11:36
Average speed of winner: 119.324 mph
Margin of victory: 0.68 sec.
Lead changes: 36 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 63 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett pole, Labonte 1, Yarborough 2-10, Ruttman 11-38, Labonte 39-56, Brooks 57, Marcis 58-59, Rudd 60-69, Allison 70-113, Labonte 114, Earnhardt 115, Ruttman 116-126, Labonte 127-143, Rudd 144-166, Waltrip 167, Earnhardt 168-179, Labonte 180-192, Richmond 193-210, Earnhardt 211, Rudd 212-223, Labonte 224-241, Richmond 242-268, Rudd 269-275, Brooks 276-315, Richmond 316-351, Brooks 352-357, Labonte 358, Brooks 359-364, Labonte 365-376, Rudd 377, Brooks 378-379, Labonte 380-400, Richmond 401-402, Labonte 403-405, Richmond 406-465, Rudd 466-469, Labonte 470-492

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		492	11	128	running	25505	180
2	11	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		492	5	143	running	18490	180
3	8	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		491	6	57	running	11370	170
4	1	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly	143.876	490	0	0	running	13410	0
5	5	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		489	1	1	running	14335	160
6	31	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		486	0	0	running	6085	150
7	33	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Oldsmobile	Marcis			486	1	2	running	11435	151
8	25	Lennie Pond	42	Ted Parker Homes	Buick	Billy Matthews	Beam		476	0	0	running	2835	142
9	23	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			475	0	0	running	5215	138
10	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			471	0	0	running	5155	134
11	21	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			471	0	0	running	4595	130
12	35	Buddy Arrington	67	Henwood Video	Chrysler	Arrington			460	0	0	running	4330	127
13	28	Rick Baldwin	04	Riverside Raceway	Chrysler	Rick Baldwin			457	0	0	running	1935	0
14	34	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			455	0	0	running	3975	121
15	22	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			443	0	0	running	4215	118
16	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		437	1	44	running	9635	120
17	16	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		436	3	14	engine	9330	117
18	10	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			414	5	55	engine	3165	114
19	20	Ronnie Thomas	41	McCord Gaskets	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			414	0	0	running	1435	106
20	19	Slick Johnson	96	Precision Tune	Chevrolet				397	0	0	engine	1395	0
21	9	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		387	0	0	running	3035	100
22	36	Dick May	35	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			381	0	0	running	1315	97
23	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		350	0	0	head gasket	9075	94
24	13	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			344	0	0	valve	2905	91
25	29	Jerry Bowman	58	Bowman Racing	Ford	Bowman			333	0	0	accident	1195	88
26	17	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		208	0	0	accident	7205	85
27	32	Morgan Shepherd	2	My Car	Buick	Stacy			205	0	0	timing chain	8715	82
28	7	Lake Speed	1	UNO/Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		184	0	0	wheel bearing	1075	79
29	14	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline Oil	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		155	0	0	ignition	1035	76
30	4	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		139	2	39	accident	2655	78
31	26	Mike Potter	02	Reeder Racing	Chevrolet	Reeder			139	0	0	rear end	1955	70
32	18	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			54	0	0	accident	1940	67
33	15	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			45	0	0	accident	2875	64
34	27	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin Racing	Ford	Wangerin			39	0	0	rear end	835	61
35	30	John McFadden	45	Joe Bean Auto	Buick	McFadden			11	0	0	ignition	810	58
36	2	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		10	1	9	accident	1035	60

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	4349	28	0	6	17	23
2	Darrell Waltrip	4322	28	6	6	22	23
3	Bill Elliott	3949	28	0	0	11	20
4	Richard Petty	3743	28	0	3	8	19
5	Terry Labonte	3693	28	3	1	10	18
6	Harry Gant	3668	28	0	1	10	16
7	Ricky Rudd	3551	28	4	2	7	14
8	Dale Earnhardt	3498	28	0	2	8	13
9	Neil Bonnett	3497	28	4	1	8	15
10	Tim Richmond	3356	28	3	1	9	14
11	Joe Ruttman	3229	28	2	0	4	10
12	Dave Marcis	3110	28	0	0	0	7
13	Kyle Petty	3034	28	0	0	0	2
14	Geoff Bodine	3019	28	1	0	5	9
15	Buddy Arrington	2943	28	0	0	0	2
16	Ron Bouchard	2925	26	1	0	1	7
17	Dick Brooks	2815	28	0	0	2	6
18	Jimmy Means	2759	26	0	0	0	3
19	Sterling Marlin	2753	28	0	0	0	1
20	Morgan Shepherd	2608	24	0	0	3	12
21	Ronnie Thomas	2433	25	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	2401	27	0	0	0	1
23	Buddy Baker	2333	19	1	1	4	11
24	D.K. Ulrich	2215	20	0	0	0	2
25	Trevor Boys	2072	21	0	0	0	1