Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1983

Bill Elliott

Winner

119

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1983 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1983, leading 5 of 119 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1983

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		119	—	Running	5	180
2	5	+3	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		119	—	Running	32	175
3	11	+8	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		119	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		119	—	Running	4	165
5	26	+21	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		119	—	Running	32	160
6	1	-5	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		119	—	Running	34	160
7	3	-4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		119	—	Running	—	146
8	22	+14	Hershel McGriff	Gary Smith (Owner)		119	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		119	—	Running	1	143
10	8	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		118	—	Running	10	139
11	16	+5	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		118	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		118	—	Running	—	127
13	32	+19	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		117	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Donnie Allison	Cliff Stewart Racing		117	—	Running	—	0
15	25	+10	Randy Becker	Randy Becker (Owner)		116	—	Running	—	118
16	40	+24	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		115	—	Running	—	115
17	41	+24	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		115	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Doug Wheeler	Puskarich Racing		115	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Sumner McKnight	McKnight Racing		114	—	Running	—	106
20	15	-5	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		113	—	Running	—	103
21	17	-4	Jim Robinson	Lois Williams (Owner)		112	—	Running	—	100
22	12	-10	Scott Miller	Miller Brothers		112	—	Running	—	97
23	37	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	109	—	DNF	—	94
24	23	-1	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		101	—	DNF	—	91
25	18	-7	Don Waterman	Waterman Racing		101	—	Running	—	88
26	34	+8	D.K. Ulrich	Langley-Woodfield Racing		101	—	DNF	—	85
27	31	+4	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		96	—	DNF	—	82
28	33	+5	Glenn Francis	Smokey Yunick Racing		89	—	DNF	—	79
29	42	+13	Pat Mintey	Pat Mintey (Owner)		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	38	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		66	—	DNF	—	73
31	7	-24	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	36	+4	John Krebs	KC Racing		60	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	27	-6	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		42	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	21	-13	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		38	—	DNF	—	61
35	13	-22	Jim Bown	John Kieper (Owner)		37	—	DNF	—	58
36	14	-22	Roy Smith	Edgett Racing		36	—	DNF	—	55
37	2	-35	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		32	—	DNF - Engine	1	57
38	24	-14	Ron Esau	Lee & Humphries		32	—	DNF	—	49
39	28	-11	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	30	-10	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		13	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	4	-37	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	19	-23	Jimmy Insolo	DiGard Motorsports		1	—	DNF	—	37