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Atlanta Journal 500 Race Results
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
November 06, 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.54-Mile Oval 328 Laps/505 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 328 | 180 | 36,975 | Running | |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 328 | 175 | 15,800 | Running | |
| 3 | 8 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 328 | 175 | 31,025 | Running | |
| 4 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 327 | 165 | 12,955 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 326 | 160 | 12,100 | Running | |
| 6 | 7 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 326 | 150 | 8,295 | Running | |
| 7 | 31 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | My Car Buick | 325 | 146 | 13,900 | Running | |
| 8 | 23 | 97 | Dean Combs | Best Products Oldsmobile | 324 | 142 | 3,800 | Running | |
| 9 | 6 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King Chevrolet | 323 | 138 | 13,150 | Running | |
| 10 | 19 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills Chevrolet | 323 | 134 | 3,500 | Running | |
| 11 | 20 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig Chevrolet | 323 | 130 | 6,675 | Running | |
| 12 | 17 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO / Bull Frog Knits Chevrolet | 321 | 127 | 2,400 | Running | |
| 13 | 33 | 71 | Dave Marcis | AEL Rentals Oldsmobile | 321 | 124 | 9,675 | Running | |
| 14 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing Chrysler | 320 | 121 | 5,240 | Running | |
| 15 | 25 | 80 | Bob Senneker | Elk Custom Vans Pontiac | 319 | 118 | 2,175 | Running | |
| 16 | 26 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Chevrolet | 319 | 115 | 4,925 | Running | |
| 17 | 37 | 77 | Ken Ragan | Clinomint Chevrolet | 319 | 112 | 1,875 | Running | |
| 18 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 311 | 109 | 4,610 | Accident | |
| 19 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 310 | 106 | 4,350 | Running | |
| 20 | 30 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 308 | 103 | 3,990 | Engine | |
| 22 | 38 | 02 | Mike Potter | Reeder Racing Pontiac | 280 | 97 | 3,395 | Accident | |
| 23 | 4 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Chevrolet | 258 | 99 | 1,800 | Engine | |
| 24 | 34 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions Buick | 233 | 91 | 1,275 | Cylinder Head | |
| 25 | 5 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen Chevrolet | 154 | 88 | 1,250 | Overheating | |
| 26 | 18 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 148 | 85 | 3,000 | Engine | |
| 27 | 27 | 04 | Rick Baldwin | Spirit of Corpus Christi Chrysler | 132 | 82 | 1,200 | Engine | |
| 28 | 16 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Chevrolet | 122 | 79 | 2,675 | Engine | |
| 29 | 1 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 120 | 81 | 5,115 | Engine | |
| 30 | 12 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 97 | 73 | 2,880 | Rear End | |
| 31 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 84 | 70 | 2,750 | Engine | |
| 33 | 2 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 49 | 69 | 7,995 | Clutch | |
| 34 | 36 | 03 | Eddie Bierschwale | Mission Ice Buick | 46 | 61 | 985 | Accident | |
| 35 | 13 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 30 | 58 | 1,975 | Engine | |
| 36 | 21 | 88 | Donnie Allison | Gatorade Pontiac | 21 | 0 | 1,965 | Engine | |
| 37 | 14 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 21 | 52 | 8,775 | Engine | |
| 38 | 24 | 5 | Greg Sacks | Uniden Force Chevrolet | 3 | 49 | 945 | Accident | |
| 39 | 39 | 18 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms Buick | 2 | 0 | 935 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 37 Minutes 37 Seconds
Average Speed .:137.643
Margin of Victory .: 0.500 Second
