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 - Southern 500 Race Results
Race Name - Southern 500Date - 9/5/1983Race Track - Darlington RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.366 milesRace Length (Miles) - 501 milesPole Speed - 157.187 mphNumber of Cautions - 9Caution Laps - 60Average Race Speed - 123.34 mphLead Changes - 17Total Race Purse - $282,315Race Number - 22 | More Races from 1983 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 14 | Bobby Allison | 22 | Miller High Life (DiGard) | 367 | Buick | 119 | $42,050 |
2 | 12 | Bill Elliott | 9 | Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling) | 367 | Ford | 3 | $19,045 |
3 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Pepsi Burger King (Junior Johnson) | 367 | Chevrolet | 30 | $23,475 |
4 | 1 | Neil Bonnett | 75 | Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises) | 367 | Chevrolet | 101 | $19,320 |
5 | 2 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Budweiser (Billy Hagan) | 367 | Chevrolet | 0 | $11,045 |
6 | 9 | Buddy Baker | 21 | Valvoline (Wood Brothers) | 366 | Ford | 18 | $6,500 |
7 | 15 | Cale Yarborough | 28 | Hardees (Harry Ranier) | 366 | Chevrolet | 1 | $4,875 |
8 | 4 | Benny Parsons | 55 | Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes) | 366 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,450 |
9 | 19 | Morgan Shepherd | 2 | ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy) | 364 | Buick | 1 | $11,750 |
10 | 5 | David Pearson | 16 | Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | 363 | Chevrolet | 18 | $5,175 |
11 | 17 | Dale Earnhardt | 15 | Wrangler (Bud Moore) | 363 | Ford | 0 | $11,855 |
12 | 21 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 363 | Pontiac | 0 | $9,700 |
13 | 11 | Geoffrey Bodine | 88 | Gatorade (Cliff Stewart) | 362 | Pontiac | 0 | $7,725 |
14 | 23 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Metromont Materials (Dave Marcis) | 361 | Chevrolet | 0 | $10,800 |
15 | 3 | Lake Speed | 1 | UNO Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington) | 359 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,650 |
16 | 41 | DK Ulrich | 6 | Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) | 353 | Buick | 0 | $6,155 |
17 | 27 | Mark Martin | 4 | MorganMcClure (Larry McClure) | 351 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,275 |
18 | 34 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | 351 | Dodge | 0 | $6,255 |
19 | 25 | Ken Ragan | 77 | Clinomint (Marvin Ragan) | 342 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,250 |
20 | 26 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 339 | Chevrolet | 0 | $5,645 |
21 | 37 | Bobby Wawak | 74 | Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak) | 337 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,350 |
22 | 20 | Harry Gant | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | 330 | Buick | 0 | $10,075 |
23 | 35 | Dick May | 35 | Hanover Printing (Wayne Beahr) | 318 | Ford | 0 | $2,225 |
24 | 33 | Sterling Marlin | 17 | Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby) | 282 | Pontiac | 0 | $5,350 |
25 | 8 | Ricky Rudd | 3 | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | 272 | Chevrolet | 76 | $7,415 |
26 | 6 | Tim Richmond | 27 | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | 245 | Pontiac | 0 | $4,505 |
27 | 39 | Slick Johnson | 18 | Satterfield Racing (Leon Satterfield) | 217 | Buick | 0 | $1,750 |
28 | 30 | Trevor Boys | 48 | HyltonMcCaig (James Hylton) | 217 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,745 |
29 | 28 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 207 | Ford | 0 | $3,450 |
30 | 36 | Ronnie Thomas | 41 | McCord Gaskets (Ronnie Thomas) | 179 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,100 |
31 | 13 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey) | 142 | Ford | 0 | $4,015 |
32 | 18 | Ron Bouchard | 47 | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | 117 | Buick | 0 | $3,255 |
33 | 16 | Jody Ridley | 84 | Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre) | 113 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,500 |
34 | 32 | Philip Duffie | 99 | US Duffie Sand Gravel (Philip Duffie) | 109 | Buick | 0 | $1,400 |
35 | 22 | Kyle Petty | 7 | 7Eleven (Petty Enterprises) | 107 | Pontiac | 0 | $3,085 |
36 | 38 | Mike Potter | 76 | Cam Farm (Mike Potter) | 98 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,300 |
37 | 40 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 54 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,250 |
38 | 10 | Joe Ruttman | 98 | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | 34 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,200 |
39 | 31 | Lennie Pond | 42 | Sand Dunes Hotel (Billy Matthews) | 25 | Buick | 0 | $1,150 |
40 | 24 | Ronnie Hopkins | 26 | Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson) | 15 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,100 |
41 | 29 | Bobby Hillin Jr | 8 | Trap Rock Industries (Bobby Hillin Sr) | 11 | Buick | 0 | $1,100 |