Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1983

Neil Bonnett

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1983 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 21 of 328 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	+14	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		328	—	Running	21	180
2	3	+1	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		328	—	Running	6	175
3	8	+5	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		328	—	Running	128	175
4	9	+5	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		327	—	Running	5	165
5	11	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		326	—	Running	1	160
6	7	+1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		326	—	Running	—	150
7	31	+24	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		325	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		324	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		323	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		323	—	Running	—	134
11	20	+9	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		323	—	Running	—	130
12	17	+5	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		321	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		321	—	Running	—	124
14	32	+18	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	320	—	Running	—	121
15	25	+10	Bob Senneker	Terry Marra (Owner)		319	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		319	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		319	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		311	—	DNF - Crash	—	109
19	22	+3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		310	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		308	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	28	+7	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		303	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Mike Potter	Reeder Racing		280	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	4	-19	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		258	—	DNF - Engine	108	99
24	34	+10	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		233	—	DNF	—	91
25	5	-20	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		154	—	DNF	—	88
26	18	-8	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		148	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	27	—	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Chrysler	132	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	16	-12	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	1	-28	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		120	—	DNF - Engine	40	81
30	12	-18	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		97	—	DNF	—	73
31	10	-21	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	35	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	2	-31	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		49	—	DNF	19	69
34	36	+2	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing		46	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	13	-22	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	21	-15	Donnie Allison	Cliff Stewart Racing		21	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
37	14	-23	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		21	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	24	-14	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	39	—	Joe Booher	Satterfield Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	0