1983 Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1983 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Neil Bonnett	15	39	19	3	8	21	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	15	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	328	21	running	180
2	3	21	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	328	6	running	175
3	8	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	328	128	running	175
4	9	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	327	5	running	165
5	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	326	1	running	160
6	7	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	326		running	150
7	31	2	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing	Buick	325		running	146
8	23	97	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)	Oldsmobile	324		running	142
9	6	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	323		running	138
10	19	84	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)	Chevrolet	323		running	134
11	20	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	323		running	130
12	17	1	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	321		running	127
13	33	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Oldsmobile	321		running	124
14	32	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	320		running	121
15	25	80	Bob Senneker	Terry Marra (Owner)	Pontiac	319		running	118
16	26	17	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	319		running	115
17	37	77	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	Chevrolet	319		running	112
18	29	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	311		accident	109
19	22	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	310		running	106
20	30	7	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	308		engine	103
21	28	6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	303		running	100
22	38	02	Mike Potter	Reeder Racing	Pontiac	280		accident	97
23	4	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Chevrolet	258	108	engine	99
24	34	0	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	Buick	233		cylinder head	91
25	5	55	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	Chevrolet	154		overheating	88
26	18	3	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	148		engine	85
27	27	04	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Chrysler	132		engine	82
28	16	66	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	Chevrolet	122		engine	79
29	1	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	120	40	engine	81
30	12	98	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing	Pontiac	97		rear end	73
31	10	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	84		engine	70
32	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	66		engine	67
33	2	15	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	49	19	clutch	69
34	36	03	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	Buick	46		accident	61
35	13	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	30		engine	58
36	21	88	Donnie Allison	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	21		engine	0
37	14	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Buick	21		engine	52
38	24	5	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons	Chevrolet	3		accident	49
39	39	18	Joe Booher	Satterfield Racing	Buick	2		engine	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	128	39.0%	P3
2	Cale Yarborough	108	32.9%	P23
3	Tim Richmond	40	12.2%	P29
4	Neil Bonnett	21	6.4%	P1
5	Dale Earnhardt	19	5.8%	P33
6	Buddy Baker	6	1.8%	P2
7	Terry Labonte	5	1.5%	P4
8	Richard Petty	1	0.3%	P5

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