| 1983 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 30 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $898,197 | Race Date: | Feb 20, 1983 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 3Hr 12Min 20Sec. | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 58 | Average Speed: | 155.979 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 42 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 36 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Driver: | Ricky Rudd R. Rudd | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #28 Pontiac | Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Ranier Racing with MDM | Team: | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Waddell Wilson | Crew Chief: | Buick: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 23 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 198.864 MPH | |||||
| Official 1983 Daytona 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 8 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Running |  | 180 | 200 | 23 |
| 2 | 17 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Running |  | 175 | 200 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline | Running | | 170 | 200 | 35 |
| 4 | 11 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Running |  | 170 | 200 | 57 |
| 5 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Sunny King Ford | Running | | 160 | 199 | 15 |
| 6 | 41 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Running | | 150 | 199 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | 53 | Tom Sneva | Bodyguard Express | Running | | 146 | 199 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew | Running | | 142 | 198 | 0 |
| 9 | 35 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Running | | 138 | 198 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Carpets | Running |  | 134 | 197 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Valvoline | Running | | 130 | 197 | 0 |
| 12 | 39 | 51 | Lennie Pond | Native Tan | Running | | 127 | 197 | 0 |
| 13 | 32 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 124 | 196 | 0 |
| 14 | 42 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 121 | 196 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | 89 | Dean Roper | Evinrude Motors | Running | | 118 | 194 | 0 |
| 16 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Running | Chrysler | 115 | 194 | 0 |
| 17 | 36 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts | Running | | 112 | 192 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 19 | 28 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins (R) | Food Country USA | Running | | 106 | 191 | 0 |
| 20 | 30 | 4 | Rick Baldwin | Baldwin Racing | Running |  | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 21 | 40 | 10 | Clark Dwyer | Kings Inn Daytona | Running | | 100 | 188 | 0 |
| 22 | 4 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon | Running | | 102 | 187 | 9 |
| 23 | 29 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 94 | 184 | 0 |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Camshaft | | 96 | 182 | 1 |
| 25 | 16 | 1 | Lake Speed | Uno | Engine | | 88 | 178 | 0 |
| 26 | 23 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Foster Grant | Engine | | 85 | 162 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford | Engine | | 82 | 149 | 0 |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring Oil Corporation | Accident | | 79 | 136 | 0 |
| 29 | 37 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Engine | | 76 | 132 | 0 |
| 30 | 2 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Engine | | 78 | 106 | 14 |
| 31 | 38 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmission | Accident | | 70 | 102 | 0 |
| 32 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited | Piston | | 67 | 100 | 0 |
| 33 | 7 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Engine | | 69 | 99 | 9 |
| 34 | 33 | 17 | Sterling Marlin (R) | Hesco Exhaust Systems | Piston | | 61 | 69 | 0 |
| 35 | 3 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Engine | | 63 | 63 | 2 |
| 36 | 31 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger | Accident | | 55 | 62 | 0 |
| 37 | 13 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Engine | | 52 | 56 | 0 |
| 38 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Engine | | 54 | 47 | 29 |
| 39 | 26 | 32 | Bosco Lowe | Clinomint Toothpaste | Accident | | 46 | 36 | 0 |
| 40 | 19 | 23 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Yurika Foods | Engine | | 43 | 36 | 0 |
| 41 | 24 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Engine | | 40 | 24 | 0 |
| 42 | 14 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Skoal | | 37 | 8 | 0 |
