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Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 Race Results
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North Carolina Speedway
October 30, 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.02-Mile paved track 492 Laps/502 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 492 | 180 | 25,505 | Running | |
| 2 | 11 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 492 | 180 | 18,490 | Running | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 491 | 170 | 11,370 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 490 | 0 | 13,410 | Running | |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King Chevrolet | 489 | 160 | 14,335 | Running | |
| 6 | 31 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 486 | 150 | 6,085 | Running | |
| 7 | 33 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 486 | 151 | 11,435 | Running | |
| 8 | 25 | 42 | Lennie Pond | Parker Homes Buick | 476 | 142 | 2,835 | Running | |
| 9 | 23 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 475 | 138 | 5,215 | Running | |
| 10 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 471 | 134 | 5,155 | Running | |
| 12 | 35 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Henwood Video Dodge | 460 | 127 | 4,330 | Running | |
| 13 | 28 | 04 | Rick Baldwin | Riverside Raceway Chrysler | 457 | 0 | 1,935 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Pontiac | 443 | 118 | 4,215 | Running | |
| 16 | 6 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 437 | 120 | 9,635 | Running | |
| 17 | 16 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 436 | 117 | 9,330 | Engine | |
| 18 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 414 | 114 | 3,165 | Engine | |
| 19 | 20 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | McCord Gaskets Pontiac | 414 | 106 | 1,435 | Running | |
| 20 | 19 | 96 | Slick Johnson | Precision Tune Chevrolet | 397 | 0 | 1,395 | Engine | |
| 21 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 387 | 100 | 3,035 | Running | |
| 22 | 36 | 35 | Dick May | Hanover Printing Ford | 381 | 97 | 1,315 | Running | |
| 23 | 12 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 350 | 94 | 9,075 | Head Gasket | |
| 24 | 13 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 344 | 91 | 2,905 | Valve | |
| 25 | 29 | 58 | Jerry Bowman | Bowman Racing Ford | 333 | 88 | 1,195 | Accident | |
| 26 | 17 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 208 | 85 | 7,205 | Accident | |
| 27 | 32 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | My Car Buick | 205 | 82 | 8,715 | Timing Chain | |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO / Bull Frog Knits Chevrolet | 184 | 79 | 1,075 | Wheel Bearing | |
| 29 | 14 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 155 | 76 | 1,035 | Ignition | |
| 30 | 4 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 139 | 78 | 2,655 | Accident | |
| 31 | 26 | 02 | Mike Potter | Reeder Racing Pontiac | 139 | 70 | 1,955 | Rear End | |
| 32 | 18 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig Chevrolet | 54 | 67 | 1,940 | Accident | |
| 33 | 15 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 45 | 64 | 2,875 | Accident | |
| 34 | 27 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing Ford | 39 | 61 | 835 | Rear End | |
| 35 | 30 | 45 | John McFadden | Bean Auto Buick | 11 | 58 | 810 | Ignition | |
| 36 | 2 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Chevrolet | 10 | 60 | 1,035 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 11 Minutes 36 Seconds
Average Speed .:119.324
Margin of Victory .: 0.680 Second
