| 1983 Warner Hodgdon Carolina 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 30 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $199,065 | Race Date: | Mar 13, 1983 | Rockingham Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 492 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 4Hr 25Min 30Sec. | Rockingham, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 60 | Average Speed: | 113.055 MPH | 1.017 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 10 For 94 Laps | rockingham-speedway.com/ | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Driver: | Ricky Rudd R. Rudd | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Pontiac | Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Larry Pollard | Crew Chief: | Buick: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 48 of 492 | Pole Speed: | 143.413 MPH | |||||
| Official 1983 Warner Hodgdon Carolina 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 12 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 180 | 492 | 48 |
| 2 | 6 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Running |  | 175 | 492 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger | Running |  | 170 | 492 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | 1 | Lake Speed | Uno | Running | | 160 | 489 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running |  | 155 | 489 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Running | | 155 | 489 | 30 |
| 7 | 13 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Running | | 151 | 488 | 2 |
| 8 | 19 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 147 | 486 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Running | | 148 | 486 | 161 |
| 10 | 3 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Running | | 139 | 484 | 21 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring Oil Corporation | Running | | 130 | 484 | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Tool | Rear Gear | | 132 | 483 | 153 |
| 13 | 27 | 17 | Sterling Marlin (R) | Hesco Exhaust Systems | Running | | 124 | 477 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 121 | 473 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Running | | 118 | 468 | 0 |
| 16 | 34 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping | Running | | 115 | 466 | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins (R) | Food Country USA | Running | | 112 | 457 | 0 |
| 18 | 32 | 2 | D.K. Ulrich | Price Racing | Running | | 109 | 416 | 0 |
| 19 | 18 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Accident | | 111 | 401 | 57 |
| 20 | 9 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 103 | 395 | 0 |
| 21 | 28 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Accident | | 100 | 382 | 0 |
| 22 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Rear Gear | Chrysler | 97 | 355 | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 18 | Slick Johnson | Satterfield Racing | Rear Gear | | 94 | 307 | 0 |
| 24 | 14 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Engine | | 91 | 279 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. (R) | Hillin Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 250 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing | Oil Pump | | 0 | 238 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Racing | Engine | | 82 | 219 | 0 |
| 28 | 33 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Bull Frog Knits | Engine | | 79 | 199 | 0 |
| 29 | 10 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Accident | | 76 | 176 | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Engine | | 73 | 157 | 0 |
| 31 | 21 | 48 | Lennie Pond | Palatine Automotive | Engine | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 32 | 16 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline | Engine | | 67 | 108 | 0 |
| 33 | 4 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Accident | | 69 | 73 | 6 |
| 34 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Chevrolet | Engine | | 61 | 38 | 0 |
| 35 | 35 | 6 | Ernie Cline | Brochure Furniture | Accident | | 58 | 35 | 0 |
