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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 27, 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King Chevrolet | 419 | 185 | 30,400 | Running | |
| 2 | 6 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 419 | 175 | 15,725 | Running | |
| 3 | 13 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 419 | 165 | 13,360 | Running | |
| 4 | 9 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 418 | 160 | 7,370 | Running | |
| 5 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 418 | 160 | 5,770 | Running | |
| 6 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 418 | 155 | 8,875 | Running | |
| 7 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 418 | 151 | 4,450 | Running | |
| 8 | 11 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales Buick | 410 | 142 | 8,200 | Running | |
| 9 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 407 | 138 | 6,400 | Running | |
| 10 | 15 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 405 | 134 | 6,660 | Accident | |
| 11 | 19 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 405 | 130 | 3,590 | Running | |
| 12 | 28 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | McCord Gaskets Pontiac | 402 | 127 | 1,350 | Running | |
| 13 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing Chrysler | 399 | 124 | 3,320 | Running | |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 396 | 121 | 3,110 | Running | |
| 15 | 23 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Pontiac | 394 | 118 | 3,475 | Running | |
| 16 | 24 | 6 | Al Elmore | Ulrich Racing Buick | 393 | 0 | 2,765 | Running | |
| 17 | 18 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig Chevrolet | 389 | 112 | 2,705 | Running | |
| 18 | 1 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 380 | 109 | 3,620 | Running | |
| 19 | 27 | 18 | Don Satterfield | Satterfield Racing Buick | 368 | 0 | 925 | Running | |
| 20 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Chevrolet | 353 | 103 | 7,000 | Running | |
| 21 | 17 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 314 | 100 | 2,325 | Valve | |
| 22 | 3 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 271 | 102 | 2,000 | Accident | |
| 23 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 254 | 94 | 1,325 | Accident | |
| 24 | 25 | 02 | Mike Potter | Reeder Racing Pontiac | 253 | 91 | 1,300 | Running | |
| 26 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 147 | 85 | 1,250 | Rear End | |
| 27 | 10 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 135 | 82 | 1,225 | Clutch | |
| 28 | 16 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA Chevrolet | 67 | 79 | 1,200 | Rear End | |
| 29 | 29 | 45 | John McFadden | McFadden Racing Buick | 44 | 76 | 675 | Brakes |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 29 Minutes 50 Seconds
Average Speed .:89.43
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
