Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1983

Bobby Allison

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1983 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1983, leading 119 of 367 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1983

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	+13	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		367	—	Running	119	185
2	12	+10	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		367	—	Running	3	175
3	7	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		367	—	Running	30	170
4	1	-3	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		367	—	Running	101	165
5	2	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		367	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		366	—	Running	18	155
7	15	+8	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		366	—	Running	1	151
8	4	-4	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		366	—	Running	—	142
9	19	+10	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		364	—	Running	1	143
10	5	-5	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		363	—	Running	18	139
11	17	+6	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		363	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		363	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		362	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		361	—	Running	—	121
15	3	-12	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		359	—	Running	—	118
16	41	+25	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		353	—	Running	—	115
17	27	+10	Mark Martin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		351	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	351	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		342	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		339	—	Running	—	103
21	37	+16	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		337	—	Running	—	100
22	20	-2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		330	—	Running	—	97
23	35	+12	Dick May	Beahr Racing Enterprises		318	—	DNF	—	94
24	33	+9	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		282	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	8	-17	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		272	—	DNF - Engine	76	93
26	6	-20	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		245	—	DNF	—	85
27	39	+12	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing		217	—	DNF	—	82
28	30	+2	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		217	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	28	-1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		207	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	36	+6	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		179	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	13	-18	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		142	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	18	-14	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		117	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	16	-17	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		113	—	DNF	—	64
34	32	-2	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	22	-13	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		107	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	38	+2	Mike Potter	Potter Racing		98	—	DNF	—	55
37	40	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	10	-28	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		34	—	DNF	—	49
39	31	-8	Lennie Pond	Matthews Racing		25	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	24	-16	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	29	-12	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	40