Budweiser 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1983

Ricky Rudd

Winner

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ricky Rudd won the 1983 Budweiser 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1983, leading 57 of 95 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Harry Gant rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1983

Winner

Ricky Rudd

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		95	—	Running	57	185
2	19	+17	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		95	—	Running	—	170
3	6	+3	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		95	—	Running	3	170
4	15	+11	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		95	—	Running	—	160
5	20	+15	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		95	—	Running	—	155
6	23	+17	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		95	—	Running	1	155
7	1	-6	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		95	—	Running	5	151
8	13	+5	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		95	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		94	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		93	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Jim Robinson	Lois Williams (Owner)		92	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		92	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		90	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Glenn Francis	Smokey Yunick Racing		90	—	Running	—	121
15	37	+22	Sumner McKnight	McKnight Racing		90	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		90	—	Running	—	115
17	34	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	90	—	Running	—	112
18	33	+15	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		89	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Bob Kennedy	Phil Kord (Owner)		89	—	Running	—	106
20	24	+4	Don Waterman	Waterman Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	25	+4	Doug Wheeler	Puskarich Racing		88	—	Running	—	100
22	10	-12	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		87	—	Running	—	97
23	7	-16	Jim Bown	Bill Morehart (Owner)		81	—	DNF	—	94
24	27	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		74	—	DNF	—	91
25	30	+5	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	18	-8	Hershel McGriff	Gary Smith (Owner)		72	—	DNF	—	85
27	14	-13	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		66	—	Running	—	82
28	2	-26	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		65	—	DNF	8	84
29	5	-24	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		64	—	DNF	15	81
30	22	-8	Scott Miller	Miller Brothers		61	—	DNF	—	73
31	3	-28	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		51	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	31	-1	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		50	—	DNF - Crash	1	72
33	32	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	9	-25	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		40	—	DNF - Engine	5	66
35	29	-6	Ron Esau	Lee & Humphries		38	—	DNF	—	58
36	16	-20	Randy Becker	Robert Palmer (Owner)		23	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	36	-1	Pat Mintey	Pat Mintey (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	52