Warner W. Hodgdon American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1983

Terry Labonte

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Terry Labonte won the 1983 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 128 of 492 laps. Tim Richmond finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Terry Labonte

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		492	—	Running	128	180
2	11	+9	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		492	—	Running	143	180
3	8	+5	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		491	—	Running	57	170
4	1	-3	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		490	—	Running	—	0
5	5	—	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		489	—	Running	1	160
6	31	+25	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		486	—	Running	—	150
7	33	+26	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		486	—	Running	2	151
8	25	+17	Lennie Pond	Matthews Racing		476	—	Running	—	142
9	23	+14	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		475	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		471	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		471	—	Running	—	130
12	35	+23	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Chrysler	457	—	Running	—	0
14	34	+20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		455	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		443	—	Running	—	118
16	6	-10	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		437	—	Running	44	120
17	16	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		436	—	DNF - Engine	14	117
18	10	-8	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		414	—	DNF - Engine	55	114
19	20	+1	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		414	—	Running	—	106
20	19	-1	Slick Johnson			397	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
21	9	-12	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		387	—	Running	—	100
22	36	+14	Dick May	Beahr Racing Enterprises		381	—	Running	—	97
23	12	-11	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		350	—	DNF	—	94
24	13	-11	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		344	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	29	+4	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing		333	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	17	-9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		208	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	32	+5	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		205	—	DNF	—	82
28	7	-21	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		184	—	DNF	—	79
29	14	-15	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		155	—	DNF	—	76
30	4	-26	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		139	—	DNF - Crash	39	78
31	26	-5	Mike Potter	Reeder Racing		139	—	DNF	—	70
32	18	-14	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		54	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	15	-18	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		45	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	27	-7	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing		39	—	DNF	—	61
35	30	-5	Johnny McFadden	John McFadden (Owner)		11	—	DNF	—	58
36	2	-34	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		10	—	DNF - Crash	9	60