Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1983

Richard Petty

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 48 of 492 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	+11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		492	—	Running	48	180
2	6	+4	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		492	—	Running	10	175
3	11	+8	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	3	170
4	17	+13	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		490	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		489	—	Running	—	155
6	1	-5	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		489	—	Running	30	155
7	13	+6	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		488	—	Running	2	151
8	19	+11	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		486	—	Running	1	147
9	5	-4	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		486	—	Running	161	148
10	3	-7	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		484	—	Running	21	139
11	8	-3	Mark Martin	Jim Stacy Racing		484	—	Running	—	130
12	2	-10	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		483	—	DNF	153	132
13	27	+14	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		477	—	Running	—	124
14	29	+15	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		473	—	Running	—	121
15	15	—	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		468	—	Running	—	118
16	34	+18	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		466	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	Ronnie Hopkins	Henderson Motorsports		457	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	D.K. Ulrich	Reeder Racing		416	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		401	—	DNF - Crash	57	111
20	9	-11	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		395	—	Running	—	103
21	28	+7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		382	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	31	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	355	—	DNF	—	97
23	20	-3	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing		307	—	DNF	—	94
24	14	-10	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		279	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	26	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		250	—	DNF	—	0
26	24	-2	Jim Sauter	Ulrich Racing		238	—	DNF	—	0
27	25	-2	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		219	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	33	+5	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		199	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	10	-19	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		176	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	30	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	21	-10	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
32	16	-16	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		108	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	4	-29	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		73	—	DNF - Crash	6	69
34	22	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	35	—	Ernie Cline	Cline Racing		35	—	DNF - Crash	—	58