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Dover International Speedway
May 15, 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 500 | 185 | 28,500 | Running | |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 20,425 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Buick | 499 | 170 | 13,565 | Running | |
| 4 | 6 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 498 | 165 | 8,655 | Running | |
| 5 | 19 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 497 | 155 | 4,550 | Running | |
| 6 | 9 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales Buick | 493 | 155 | 11,000 | Running | |
| 7 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 493 | 151 | 9,000 | Running | |
| 8 | 17 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 491 | 147 | 10,500 | Running | |
| 9 | 16 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 490 | 138 | 10,200 | Running | |
| 10 | 26 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Pontiac | 483 | 134 | 6,260 | Running | |
| 11 | 15 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 482 | 135 | 5,060 | Running | |
| 12 | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 474 | 127 | 4,680 | Running | |
| 13 | 27 | 58 | Jerry Bowman | Aberdeen Travel Center Ford | 468 | 124 | 2,000 | Running | |
| 14 | 33 | 02 | Rick Newsom | Reeder Racing Chevrolet | 467 | 121 | 4,370 | Running | |
| 15 | 18 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 466 | 118 | 4,160 | Running | |
| 16 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | W.H. Bolin Chevrolet | 457 | 120 | 9,100 | Engine | |
| 17 | 31 | 87 | Jimmy Ingalls | Red Diamond Lines Buick | 454 | 112 | 1,600 | Running | |
| 19 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Direct Connection Chrysler | 436 | 106 | 3,540 | Running | |
| 20 | 36 | 96 | John Callis | Gailey Excavating Pontiac | 428 | 103 | 1,325 | Running | |
| 21 | 34 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Delaware Trans-Am Chrysler | 402 | 100 | 1,200 | Engine | |
| 22 | 11 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Chevrolet | 350 | 97 | 1,150 | Overheating | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 277 | 91 | 3,140 | Engine | |
| 25 | 21 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts Pontiac | 251 | 88 | 1,500 | Engine | |
| 26 | 23 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA Chevrolet | 244 | 85 | 975 | Accident | |
| 27 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 235 | 82 | 2,630 | Transmission | |
| 28 | 13 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 218 | 79 | 2,595 | Water Pump | |
| 29 | 12 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Skoal Buick | 190 | 76 | 900 | Engine | |
| 30 | 3 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 104 | 73 | 2,635 | Accident | |
| 31 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 97 | 70 | 1,850 | Engine | |
| 32 | 22 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Palatine Auto Parts Chevrolet | 91 | 67 | 1,840 | Engine | |
| 33 | 35 | 35 | Dick May | Hanover Printing Ford | 66 | 0 | 830 | Engine | |
| 34 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 60 | 61 | 1,820 | Engine | |
| 35 | 8 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 46 | 58 | 2,810 | Accident | |
| 36 | 32 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Tele-Video Oldsmobile | 39 | 55 | 800 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 21 Minutes 13 Seconds
Average Speed .:114.847
Margin of Victory .: 2.000 Seconds