Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1983

Richard Petty

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1983 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1983, leading 52 of 188 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Lake Speed rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1983

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

13 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	+14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		188	—	Running	52	185
2	12	+10	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		188	—	Running	1	175
3	10	+7	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		188	—	Running	13	170
4	21	+17	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		188	—	Running	2	165
5	6	+1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		188	—	Running	2	160
6	7	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		188	—	Running	—	150
7	41	+34	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		188	—	Running	2	151
8	4	-4	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		187	—	Running	—	142
9	32	+23	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		187	—	Running	2	143
10	19	+9	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		186	—	Running	—	134
11	2	-9	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		184	—	DNF - Engine	10	135
12	36	+24	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		184	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		182	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		181	—	Running	—	121
15	5	-10	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		181	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chrysler	178	—	Running	—	115
17	27	+10	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		175	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	30	+12	Dean Roper			170	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	23	+3	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		148	—	DNF - Engine	10	108
21	3	-18	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		132	—	DNF - Engine	40	105
22	38	+16	Steve Moore	Steve Moore (Owner)		124	—	DNF	—	97
23	40	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	121	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	17	-7	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		120	—	DNF	1	96
25	11	-14	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		94	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	37	+11	Lowell Cowell	Potter Racing		93	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
27	8	-19	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		72	—	DNF - Crash	10	87
28	9	-19	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	1	-28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		71	—	DNF - Crash	43	81
30	18	-12	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		71	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	16	-15	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	29	-3	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	14	-19	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		70	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	13	-21	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		70	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
35	42	+7	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		69	—	DNF	—	58
36	25	-11	Mark Martin	Ulrich Racing		65	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	34	-3	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		55	—	DNF	—	52
38	39	+1	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing		50	—	DNF	—	49
39	26	-13	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		30	—	DNF	—	46
40	33	-7	Connie Saylor	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		22	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	22	-19	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	35	-7	Rick Baldwin	Cronkrite Racing		7	—	DNF - Engine	—	37