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1983 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/20/1983
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 198.864 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 155.97 mph
Lead Changes - 58
Total Race Purse - $898,197
Race Number - 1
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Cale Yarborough 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 200 Pontiac 23 $119,600
2 17 Bill Elliott 9 Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling) 200 Ford 6 $66,425
3 5 Buddy Baker 21 Valvoline (Wood Brothers) 200 Ford 35 $59,650
4 11 Joe Ruttman 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 200 Chevrolet 57 $55,980
5 10 Dick Brooks 90 Sunny King Ford Honda Burger King (Junie Donlavey) 199 Ford 15 $44,545
6 41 Terry Labonte 44 Budweiser (Billy Hagan) 199 Chevrolet 0 $33,175
7 22 Tom Sneva 53 Simoniz BodyGard (Bay Darnell) 199 Chevrolet 0 $27,900
8 15 David Pearson 16 Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) 198 Chevrolet 0 $25,100
9 35 Bobby Allison 22 Miller High Life (DiGard) 198 Chevrolet 0 $29,400
10 18 Jody Ridley 84 Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre) 197 Buick 0 $20,900
11 9 AJ Foyt 14 Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 197 Chevrolet 0 $20,000
12 39 Lennie Pond 51 Native Tan (Tom Beck) 197 Buick 0 $15,000
13 32 Phil Parsons 66 Skoal (Johnny Hayes) 196 Buick 0 $13,700
14 42 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 196 Buick 0 $15,965
15 27 Dean Roper 89 Evinrude Motors (Mueller Brothers) 194 Pontiac 0 $12,800
16 34 Buddy Arrington 67 Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington) 194 Chrysler 0 $14,055
17 36 Ronnie Thomas 41 Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas) 192 Pontiac 0 $10,500
18 20 Jim Sauter 6 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 191 Chevrolet 0 $13,735
19 28 Ronnie Hopkins 26 Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson) 191 Buick 0 $9,400
20 30 Rick Baldwin 4 Baldwin Racing (Rick Baldwin) 188 Dodge 0 $8,900
21 40 Clark Dwyer 10 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 188 Chevrolet 0 $7,100
22 4 Neil Bonnett 75 Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises) 187 Chevrolet 9 $32,400
23 29 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 184 Chevrolet 0 $9,400
24 1 Ricky Rudd 3 Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) 182 Chevrolet 1 $16,515
25 16 Lake Speed 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 178 Chevrolet 0 $7,550
26 23 Ron Bouchard 47 Foster Grant (Jack Beebe) 162 Buick 0 $9,205
27 25 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 149 Ford 0 $8,795
28 12 Mark Martin 2 Valvring (Jim Stacy) 136 Buick 0 $15,000
29 37 JD McDuffie 70 McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) 132 Pontiac 0 $7,375
30 2 Geoffrey Bodine 88 Gatorade (Cliff Stewart) 106 Pontiac 14 $12,065
31 38 Delma Cowart 1 Coastal Transmissions (HL Waters) 102 Buick 0 $4,300
32 21 Dave Marcis 71 Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) 100 Chevrolet 0 $13,650
33 7 Kyle Petty 7 7Eleven (Petty Enterprises) 99 Pontiac 9 $19,666
34 33 Sterling Marlin 17 Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby) 69 Chevrolet 0 $6,485
35 3 Dale Earnhardt 15 Wrangler (Bud Moore) 63 Ford 2 $37,011
36 31 Darrell Waltrip 11 Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson) 62 Chevrolet 0 $16,100
37 13 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 56 Buick 0 $14,050
38 6 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 47 Pontiac 29 $22,600
39 26 Bosco Lowe 32 Clinomint (Bill Terry) 36 Buick 0 $5,350
40 19 Elliott ForbesRobinson 23 Yurika Foods (Dick Bahre) 36 Buick 0 $5,550
41 24 Tim Richmond 27 Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) 24 Pontiac 0 $5,350
42 14 Benny Parsons 55 Skoal (Johnny Hayes) 8 Buick 0 $5,950