Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1983

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1983 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 256 of 500 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Joe Ruttman rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		500	—	Running	256	185
2	4	+2	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	158	175
3	1	-2	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		499	—	Running	51	170
4	6	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		498	—	Running	1	165
5	19	+14	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		497	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		493	—	Running	1	155
7	14	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		493	—	Running	1	151
8	17	+9	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		491	—	Running	28	147
9	16	+7	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		490	—	Running	—	138
10	26	+16	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		483	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		482	—	Running	1	135
12	30	+18	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		474	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing		468	—	Running	—	124
14	33	+19	Rick Newsom	Reeder Racing		467	—	Running	—	121
15	18	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		466	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		457	—	DNF - Engine	3	120
17	31	+14	Jimmy Ingalls	Jimmy Ingalls (Owner)		454	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		438	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	24	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	436	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	John Callis	John Callis (Owner)		428	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chrysler	402	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	11	-11	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		350	—	DNF	—	97
23	28	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		329	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	2	-22	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		277	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	21	-4	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		251	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	23	-3	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports		244	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	25	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		235	—	DNF	—	82
28	13	-15	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		218	—	DNF	—	79
29	12	-17	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		190	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	3	-27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		104	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	5	-26	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		97	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	22	-10	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		91	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	35	+2	Dick May	Beahr Racing Enterprises		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	7	-27	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		60	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	8	-27	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		46	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	32	-4	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports		39	—	DNF - Crash	—	55