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Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 Race Results
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North Carolina Speedway
March 13, 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 | 12 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 492 | 180 | 24,150 | Running | |
| 2 | 6 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 492 | 175 | 14,990 | Running | |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet | 492 | 170 | 17,760 | Running | |
| 4 | 17 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO Chevrolet | 490 | 160 | 5,110 | Running | |
| 5 | 7 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 489 | 155 | 12,335 | Running | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 489 | 155 | 8,465 | Running | |
| 7 | 13 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 488 | 151 | 3,235 | Running | |
| 8 | 19 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 486 | 147 | 6,645 | Running | |
| 9 | 5 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Chevrolet | 486 | 148 | 7,335 | Running | |
| 10 | 3 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Chevrolet | 484 | 139 | 10,695 | Running | |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring Buick | 484 | 130 | 8,510 | Running | |
| 12 | 2 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 483 | 132 | 5,155 | Rear End | |
| 13 | 27 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Pontiac | 477 | 124 | 5,190 | Running | |
| 14 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 473 | 121 | 4,480 | Running | |
| 15 | 15 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 468 | 118 | 4,370 | Running | |
| 16 | 34 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping Buick | 466 | 115 | 1,840 | Running | |
| 17 | 23 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA Buick | 457 | 112 | 1,785 | Running | |
| 19 | 18 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 401 | 111 | 4,750 | Accident | |
| 20 | 9 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 395 | 103 | 3,550 | Running | |
| 21 | 28 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 382 | 100 | 3,195 | Accident | |
| 22 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing Chrysler | 355 | 97 | 3,145 | Rear End | |
| 23 | 20 | 18 | Slick Johnson | Satterfield Racing Buick | 307 | 94 | 1,425 | Rear End | |
| 24 | 14 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 279 | 91 | 3,055 | Engine | |
| 25 | 26 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Hillin Racing Buick | 250 | 0 | 1,345 | Rear End | |
| 26 | 24 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing Buick | 238 | 0 | 2,965 | Oil Pump | |
| 27 | 25 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts Pontiac | 219 | 82 | 1,265 | Engine | |
| 28 | 33 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Bull Frog Knits Chevrolet | 199 | 79 | 1,225 | Engine | |
| 29 | 10 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Buick | 176 | 76 | 3,685 | Accident | |
| 31 | 21 | 48 | Lennie Pond | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 141 | 0 | 2,655 | Engine | |
| 32 | 16 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 108 | 67 | 1,390 | Engine | |
| 33 | 4 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 73 | 69 | 8,000 | Accident | |
| 34 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Chevrolet | 38 | 61 | 8,410 | Engine | |
| 35 | 35 | 06 | Ernie Cline | Brochure Furniture Pontiac | 35 | 58 | 910 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 25 Minutes 30 Seconds
Average Speed .:113.055
Margin of Victory .: 0.500 Second
