Winston Cup Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1983 - Daytona 500 Race Results
Race Name - Daytona 500Date - 2/20/1983Race Track - Daytona International SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 2.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 198.864 mphNumber of Cautions - 6Caution Laps - 36Average Race Speed - 155.97 mphLead Changes - 58Total Race Purse - $898,197Race Number - 1 | More Races from 1983 |
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 |