Coca-Cola 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1983

Cale Yarborough

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1983 Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 78 of 328 laps. Neil Bonnett finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	22	+21	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		328	—	Running	78	180
2	6	+4	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		328	—	Running	83	180
3	2	-1	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		328	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		328	—	Running	10	165
5	11	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		328	—	Running	76	160
6	14	+8	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		328	—	Running	18	155
7	12	+5	Mark Martin	Jim Stacy Racing		328	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		328	—	Running	—	142
9	16	+7	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		327	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		326	—	Running	—	134
11	19	+8	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		326	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		325	—	Running	—	127
13	29	+16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		324	—	Running	—	124
14	17	+3	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		323	—	DNF - Engine	11	126
15	26	+11	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		323	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	323	—	Running	1	120
17	23	+6	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		320	—	Running	—	112
18	33	+15	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		320	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		318	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Darryl Sage	Sage Racing		318	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports		315	—	Running	—	100
22	37	+15	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		315	—	Running	—	97
23	13	-10	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		312	—	Running	—	94
24	41	+17	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		311	—	Running	—	91
25	4	-21	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		303	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	39	+13	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing		289	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	40	+13	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		281	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	25	-3	Bob Senneker	Terry Marra (Owner)		277	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
29	27	-2	Jim Sauter	Ulrich Racing		275	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	3	-27	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		272	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	28	-3	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		270	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	38	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		270	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	8	-25	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		246	—	DNF - Engine	34	69
34	18	-16	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing		242	—	Running	—	61
35	21	-14	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		204	—	DNF	1	63
36	34	-2	J.D. McDuffie	Gray Racing		177	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	30	-7	David Simko	Simko Racing		154	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	10	-28	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		139	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
39	32	-7	Jim Vandiver	Gordon Racing	Chrysler	79	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
40	7	-33	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		40	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	1	-40	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		18	—	DNF - Engine	16	45