Miller High Life 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1983

Richard Petty

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1983 Miller High Life 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 23 of 334 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

13 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	20	+19	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		334	—	Running	23	180
2	6	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	18	175
3	2	-1	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		334	—	Running	52	170
4	5	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		334	—	Running	31	165
5	1	-4	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		334	—	Running	99	165
6	3	-3	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		334	—	Running	37	155
7	25	+18	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		334	—	Running	3	151
8	7	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		334	—	Running	43	147
9	13	+4	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		334	—	Running	1	143
10	11	+1	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		333	—	Running	10	139
11	18	+7	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		333	—	Running	9	135
12	17	+5	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		333	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		333	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		332	—	Running	6	126
15	9	-6	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		331	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		331	—	Running	2	120
17	39	+22	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		330	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		329	—	Running	—	109
19	15	-4	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		329	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		322	—	Running	—	103
21	22	+1	Jim Sauter	Reeder Racing		321	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Rodney Combs	Jim Stacy Racing		320	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	40	+17	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		319	—	Running	—	94
24	19	-5	John Anderson	Gray Racing		317	—	Running	—	0
25	31	+6	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		317	—	Running	—	88
26	14	-12	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		317	—	Running	—	85
27	29	+2	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing		314	—	Running	—	82
28	4	-24	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		309	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	8	-21	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		301	—	DNF	—	76
30	34	+4	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		293	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	37	+6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		285	—	Running	—	70
32	26	-6	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		283	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	21	-12	Mark Martin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		274	—	DNF	—	64
34	32	-2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	252	—	DNF	—	61
35	38	+3	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		239	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	28	-8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		184	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	23	-14	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		161	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	36	-2	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		137	—	Running	—	49
39	12	-27	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		106	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	30	-10	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		53	—	DNF - Engine	—	43