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1983 Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway · 1983 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bill Elliott	10	42	23	9	8	5	119	311.8

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	10	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	119	5	running	180
2	5	55	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	Chevrolet	119	32	running	175
3	11	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	119		running	165
4	9	15	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	119	4	running	165
5	26	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	119	32	running	160
6	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	119	34	running	160
7	3	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	119		running	146
8	22	04	Hershel McGriff	Gary Smith (Owner)	Buick	119		running	142
9	6	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	119	1	running	143
10	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	118	10	running	139
11	16	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	118		running	130
12	29	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Oldsmobile	118		running	127
13	32	7	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	117		running	124
14	20	88	Donnie Allison	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	117		running	0
15	25	87	Randy Becker	Randy Becker (Owner)	Buick	116		running	118
16	40	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	115		running	115
17	41	17	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing	Pontiac	115		running	112
18	39	13	Doug Wheeler	Puskarich Racing	Buick	115		running	109
19	35	83	Sumner McKnight	McKnight Racing	Chevrolet	114		running	106
20	15	21	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	113		running	103
21	17	78	Jim Robinson	Lois Williams (Owner)	Oldsmobile	112		running	100
22	12	51	Scott Miller	Miller Brothers	Pontiac	112		running	97
23	37	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	109		broken wheel	94
24	23	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	101		drive line	91
25	18	38	Don Waterman	Waterman Racing	Buick	101		running	88
26	34	64	D.K. Ulrich	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	101		differential	85
27	31	41	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	96		differential	82
28	33	03	Glenn Francis	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	89		shifter	79
29	42	35	Pat Mintey	Pat Mintey (Owner)	Chevrolet	73		engine	76
30	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	66		rocker arm	73
31	7	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Buick	61		engine	70
32	36	91	John Krebs	KC Racing	Oldsmobile	60		engine	67
33	27	2	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing	Buick	42		engine	64
34	21	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	38		connecting rod	61
35	13	93	Jim Bown	John Kieper (Owner)	Buick	37		throttle linkage	58
36	14	74	Roy Smith	Edgett Racing	Buick	36		ignition	55
37	2	3	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	32	1	engine	57
38	24	66	Ron Esau	Lee & Humphries	Buick	32		ignition	49
39	28	08	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports	Pontiac	29		engine	46
40	30	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	Chevrolet	13		engine	43
41	4	98	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing	Pontiac	12		engine	40
42	19	12	Jimmy Insolo	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	1		handling	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Darrell Waltrip	34	28.6%	P6
2	Benny Parsons	32	26.9%	P2
3	Tim Richmond	32	26.9%	P5
4	Richard Petty	10	8.4%	P10
5	Bill Elliott	5	4.2%	P1
6	Dale Earnhardt	4	3.4%	P4
7	Bobby Allison	1	0.8%	P9
8	Ricky Rudd	1	0.8%	P37

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