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1983 Valleydale 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 30 Saturday, May 21, 1983 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:51:07 Average speed: 93.445 mph Pole speed: 110.409 mph Cautions: 4 for 22 laps Margin of victory: 2.08 sec Attendance: 27800 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi Challenger   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 29965 running 288 185 2 12 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 500 16955 running 50 175 3 6 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 499 13260 running 0 165 4 1 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 499 7700 running 25 165 5 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 498 7930 running 0 155 6 2 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 498 5450 running 21 155 7 8 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 496 4480 running 0 146 8 14 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 495 4070 running 0 142 9 5 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 495 7930 running 116 143 10 7 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 494 4000 running 0 134 11 16 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 488 3890 running 0 130 12 15 71   Dave Marcis W.H. Bolin   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 488 7430 running 0 127 13 23 6   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 479 3080 running 0 124 14 22 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 477 2870 running 0 121 15 18 41   Ronnie Thomas Advance Auto Parts   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 476 1030 running 0 118 16 25 67   Buddy Arrington Direct Connection   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 475 2585 running 0 115 17 24 26   Ronnie Hopkins Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Buick 472 1380 running 0 112 18 19 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 471 2300 running 0 109 19 28 02   Rick Newsom Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Buick 470 2430 running 0 106 20 20 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 466 1905 running 0 103 21 17 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 459 1230 running 0 100 22 21 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 458 1205 running 0 97 23 10 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 456 1180 rear end 0 94 24 26 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 450 1155 running 0 91 25 9 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 397 2130 running 0 88 26 3 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 393 1120 engine 0 85 27 4 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 317 7110 rear end 0 82 28 27 76   Mike Potter Larry's Nightclub   (Mike Potter) Buick 50 400 rear end 0 79

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 158 158     159 167 9     168 210 43     211 214 4     215 323 109     324 327 4     328 404 77     405 409 5     410 500 91       Percent of race run under caution: 4.4%             Average green flag run: 95.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 24 24   Terry Labonte 25 42 18   Dale Earnhardt 43 158 116   Terry Labonte 159 159 1   Darrell Waltrip 160 160 1   Bobby Allison 161 210 50   Darrell Waltrip 211 211 1   Neil Bonnett 212 212 1   Darrell Waltrip 213 324 112   Terry Labonte 325 325 1   Darrell Waltrip 326 405 80   Terry Labonte 406 406 1   Darrell Waltrip 407 500 94 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1706     2   Harry Gant 1572   -134   3   Bill Elliott 1555   -151   4   Joe Ruttman 1526   -180   5   Richard Petty 1521   -185   6   Neil Bonnett 1501   -205   7   Darrell Waltrip 1498   -208   8   Dick Brooks 1364   -342   9   Terry Labonte 1352   -354   10   Jimmy Means 1332   -374   11   Ricky Rudd 1310   -396   12   Ron Bouchard 1280   -426   13   Buddy Arrington 1215   -491   14   Dave Marcis 1170   -536   15   Geoffrey Bodine 1154   -552   16   Dale Earnhardt 1143   -563   17   Sterling Marlin 1131   -575   18   Tim Richmond 1129   -577   19   Kyle Petty 1094   -612   20   Ronnie Thomas 1073   -633   21   Tommy Gale 1055   -651