Busch Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1983

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

420

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1983 Busch Nashville 420 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 212 of 420 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Tim Richmond rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		420	—	Running	212	185
2	2	—	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		420	—	Running	129	175
3	13	+10	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		419	—	Running	—	165
4	11	+7	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		419	—	Running	24	165
5	6	+1	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		417	—	Running	—	155
6	4	-2	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		417	—	Running	50	155
7	9	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		416	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		416	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		416	—	Running	5	143
10	8	-2	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		414	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		412	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		412	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		411	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		411	—	Running	—	121
15	18	+3	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		409	—	Running	—	118
16	14	-2	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		406	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		399	—	Running	—	112
18	26	+8	Al Elmore	Ulrich Racing		393	—	Running	—	0
19	16	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		392	—	Running	—	106
20	12	-8	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		389	—	Running	—	103
21	28	+7	Steve Gray	Gray Racing		376	—	Running	—	100
22	5	-17	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		348	—	Running	—	97
23	22	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		344	—	Running	—	94
24	30	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	269	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	27	+2	Don Satterfield	Satterfield Racing		227	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
26	17	-9	Darryl Sage	Sage Racing		209	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
27	1	-26	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		148	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	29	+1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	19	-10	Jimmy Walker	Cronkrite Racing		50	—	DNF	—	76
30	25	-5	D.K. Ulrich	Reeder Racing		3	—	DNF	—	73