Busch 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1983

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

419

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1983 Busch 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 215 of 419 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		419	—	Running	215	185
2	6	+4	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		419	—	Running	194	175
3	13	+10	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		419	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		418	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		418	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		418	—	Running	1	155
7	7	—	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		418	—	Running	2	151
8	11	+3	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		410	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		407	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		405	—	DNF - Crash	2	139
11	19	+8	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		405	—	Running	—	130
12	28	+16	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		402	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	399	—	Running	—	124
14	4	-10	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		396	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		394	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Al Elmore	Ulrich Racing		393	—	Running	—	0
17	18	+1	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		389	—	Running	—	112
18	1	-17	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		380	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Don Satterfield	Satterfield Racing		368	—	Running	—	0
20	12	-8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		353	—	Running	—	103
21	17	-4	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		314	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	3	-19	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		271	—	DNF - Crash	5	102
23	22	-1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		254	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	25	+1	Mike Potter	Reeder Racing		253	—	Running	—	91
25	26	+1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		198	—	Running	—	88
26	21	-5	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		147	—	DNF	—	85
27	10	-17	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		135	—	DNF	—	82
28	16	-12	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports		67	—	DNF	—	79
29	29	—	Johnny McFadden	John McFadden (Owner)		44	—	DNF	—	76