Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1983

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1983 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 23 of 200 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		200	—	Running	23	180
2	17	+15	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		200	—	Running	6	175
3	5	+2	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		200	—	Running	35	170
4	11	+7	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		200	—	Running	57	170
5	10	+5	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		199	—	Running	15	0
6	41	+35	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		199	—	Running	—	150
7	22	+15	Tom Sneva	Bay Darnell (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		198	—	Running	—	142
9	35	+26	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		198	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		197	—	Running	—	130
12	39	+27	Lennie Pond	Tom Beck (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	127
13	32	+19	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	124
14	42	+28	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		196	—	Running	—	121
15	27	+12	Dean Roper	Mueller Brothers Racing		194	—	Running	—	118
16	34	+18	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	194	—	Running	—	115
17	36	+19	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		192	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Jim Sauter	Ulrich Racing		191	—	Running	—	0
19	28	+9	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports		191	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	—	0
21	40	+19	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		188	—	Running	—	100
22	4	-18	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		187	—	Running	9	102
23	29	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		184	—	Running	—	94
24	1	-23	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		182	—	DNF	1	96
25	16	-9	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		178	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	23	-3	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		162	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	25	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	12	-16	Mark Martin	Jim Stacy Racing		136	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	37	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		132	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	2	-28	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		106	—	DNF - Engine	14	78
31	38	+7	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		102	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	21	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		100	—	DNF	—	67
33	7	-26	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		99	—	DNF - Engine	9	69
34	33	-1	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		69	—	DNF	—	61
35	3	-32	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		63	—	DNF - Engine	2	63
36	31	-5	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		62	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	13	-24	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	6	-32	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		47	—	DNF - Engine	29	54
39	26	-13	Bosco Lowe	Bill Terry (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	19	-21	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Bahre Racing		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	24	-17	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	14	-28	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		8	—	DNF	—	37