Budweiser 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1983

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1983 Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 195 of 500 laps. Geoffrey Bodine finished second; Tim Richmond rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		500	—	Running	195	185
2	4	+2	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		500	—	Running	67	175
3	5	+2	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		500	—	Running	97	170
4	1	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		499	—	Running	51	165
5	14	+9	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		499	—	Running	—	155
6	16	+10	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		499	—	Running	1	155
7	8	+1	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		493	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		491	—	Running	29	147
9	17	+8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		491	—	Running	1	143
10	27	+17	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		480	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		479	—	Running	—	0
12	25	+13	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		470	—	Running	—	127
13	2	-11	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		467	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Joe Fields	Fields Racing		459	—	Running	—	0
15	36	+21	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chrysler	457	—	Running	—	0
16	11	-5	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		452	—	DNF - Crash	—	115
17	9	-8	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		452	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
18	28	+10	Jimmy Ingalls	Jimmy Ingalls (Owner)		447	—	Running	—	0
19	30	+11	Laurent Rioux	Rioux Racing		441	—	Running	—	0
20	6	-14	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		427	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	26	+5	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		416	—	Running	—	100
22	13	-9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		387	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	23	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	382	—	DNF	—	94
24	29	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		377	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	10	-15	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		356	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	18	-8	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		337	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	22	-5	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		285	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	34	+6	Tommy Gale	Reeder Racing		255	—	DNF	—	79
29	33	+4	Bob Riley	Riley Racing		221	—	DNF	—	76
30	32	+2	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing		139	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	19	-12	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		138	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	15	-17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	20	-13	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		107	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	31	-3	Natz Peters	Natz Peters (Owner)		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	3	-32	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		90	—	DNF	59	63
36	35	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	55