| 1983 NW Bank 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 6 of 30 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $150,825 | Race Date: | Apr 17, 1983 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 7.500 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 44Min 3Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 | Average Speed: | 91.436 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 7 For 49 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Driver: | Neil Bonnett N. Bonnett | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #75 Chevrolet | Buick: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Team: | RahMoc Entrprises | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Jeff Hammond | Crew Chief: | Chrysler: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 245 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 112.332 MPH | |||||
| Official 1983 NW Bank 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 10 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 245 |
| 2 | 4 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 170 | 400 | 26 |
| 4 | 1 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Tool | Running | | 165 | 400 | 89 |
| 5 | 3 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Running |  | 160 | 400 | 36 |
| 6 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Running | | 150 | 399 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Running | | 146 | 399 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | 1 | Lake Speed | Uno | Running | | 142 | 398 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Chevrolet | Running | | 138 | 398 | 0 |
| 10 | 23 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 139 | 398 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 130 | 396 | 0 |
| 12 | 24 | 48 | Lennie Pond | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 127 | 394 | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Mastin Pool | Running | | 124 | 392 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 121 | 391 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Running | Chrysler | 118 | 390 | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. (R) | Bj Racing | Running | | 115 | 388 | 0 |
| 17 | 28 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts | Running | | 112 | 386 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 35 | Joe Millikan | Millikan Racing | Running |  | 0 | 384 | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford | Running | | 106 | 381 | 0 |
| 20 | 17 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 103 | 369 | 0 |
| 21 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Running | | 105 | 357 | 1 |
| 22 | 20 | 17 | Sterling Marlin (R) | Hesco Exhaust Systems | Running | | 97 | 331 | 0 |
| 23 | 25 | 8 | Rick McCray | Coors | Engine | | 94 | 306 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins (R) | Food Country USA | Engine | | 91 | 219 | 0 |
| 25 | 18 | 18 | Slick Johnson | Seamless Machine | Oil Pump | | 88 | 190 | 0 |
| 26 | 6 | 2 | Mark Martin | ACM Equipment Sales | Transmission | | 85 | 163 | 0 |
| 27 | 7 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Accident | | 82 | 59 | 0 |
| 28 | 14 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | | 79 | 55 | 0 | |
| 29 | 11 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Engine | | 76 | 40 | 0 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Oil Cooler | | 73 | 19 | 0 |
