1983 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1983 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	8	42	23	4	11	23	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Pontiac	200	23	running	180
2	17	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	200	6	running	175
3	5	21	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	200	35	running	170
4	11	98	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing	Chevrolet	200	57	running	170
5	10	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	199	15	running	0
6	41	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	199		running	150
7	22	53	Tom Sneva	Bay Darnell (Owner)	Chevrolet	199		running	146
8	15	16	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)	Chevrolet	198		running	142
9	35	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	198		running	138
10	18	84	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)	Buick	197		running	134
11	9	14	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	197		running	130
12	39	51	Lennie Pond	Tom Beck (Owner)	Buick	197		running	127
13	32	66	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	Buick	196		running	124
14	42	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Buick	196		running	121
15	27	89	Dean Roper	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	194		running	118
16	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	194		running	115
17	36	41	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	192		running	112
18	20	6	Jim Sauter	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	191		running	0
19	28	26	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports	Buick	191		running	106
20	30	04	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Dodge	188		running	0
21	40	10	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	188		running	100
22	4	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	187	9	running	102
23	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	184		running	94
24	1	3	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	182	1	camshaft	96
25	16	1	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	178		engine	88
26	23	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	162		engine	85
27	25	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	149		engine	82
28	12	2	Mark Martin	Jim Stacy Racing	Buick	136		accident	79
29	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	132		engine	76
30	2	88	Geoff Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	106	14	engine	78
31	38	01	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	Buick	102		accident	70
32	21	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	100		piston	67
33	7	7	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	99	9	engine	69
34	33	17	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	69		piston	61
35	3	15	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	63	2	engine	63
36	31	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	62		accident	55
37	13	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Buick	56		engine	52
38	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	47	29	engine	54
39	26	32	Bosco Lowe	Bill Terry (Owner)	Buick	36		accident	46
40	19	23	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Bahre Racing	Buick	36		engine	43
41	24	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	24		engine	40
42	14	55	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	Buick	8		push rod	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Joe Ruttman	57	28.5%	P4
2	Buddy Baker	35	17.5%	P3
3	Richard Petty	29	14.5%	P38
4	Cale Yarborough	23	11.5%	P1
5	Dick Brooks	15	7.5%	P5
6	Geoff Bodine	14	7.0%	P30
7	Neil Bonnett	9	4.5%	P22
8	Kyle Petty	9	4.5%	P33
9	Bill Elliott	6	3.0%	P2
10	Dale Earnhardt	2	1.0%	P35
11	Ricky Rudd	1	0.5%	P24

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