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Coca-Cola 500 Race Results
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 27, 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 | 22 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Chevrolet | 328 | 180 | 33,300 | Running | |
| 2 | 6 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 328 | 180 | 34,530 | Running | |
| 3 | 2 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 328 | 165 | 12,125 | Running | |
| 4 | 5 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Buick | 328 | 165 | 13,620 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 328 | 160 | 12,650 | Running | |
| 6 | 14 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Simoniz Ford | 328 | 155 | 8,575 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring Buick | 328 | 146 | 12,400 | Running | |
| 8 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 328 | 142 | 7,265 | Running | |
| 9 | 16 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 327 | 138 | 5,000 | Running | |
| 10 | 20 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 326 | 134 | 6,805 | Running | |
| 11 | 19 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 326 | 130 | 10,475 | Running | |
| 12 | 15 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 325 | 127 | 5,360 | Running | |
| 13 | 29 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Atlantic Building System Chevrolet | 324 | 124 | 9,800 | Running | |
| 14 | 17 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Skoal Buick | 323 | 126 | 2,300 | Engine | |
| 15 | 26 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO Chevrolet | 323 | 118 | 2,375 | Running | |
| 16 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Landmark Dodge | 323 | 120 | 4,725 | Running | |
| 17 | 23 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills Buick | 320 | 112 | 1,965 | Running | |
| 18 | 33 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping Buick | 320 | 109 | 1,830 | Running | |
| 19 | 35 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | B.J. Racing Buick | 318 | 106 | 2,225 | Running | |
| 20 | 36 | 86 | Darryl Sage | Sage Racing Chevrolet | 318 | 103 | 1,620 | Running | |
| 21 | 31 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA Buick | 315 | 100 | 1,515 | Running | |
| 23 | 13 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 312 | 94 | 3,770 | Running | |
| 24 | 41 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts Pontiac | 311 | 91 | 1,300 | Running | |
| 25 | 4 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 303 | 88 | 9,270 | Engine | |
| 26 | 39 | 03 | Eddie Bierschwale | Indian Hill Park Buick | 289 | 85 | 1,240 | Engine | |
| 27 | 40 | 57 | Ken Ragan | Clinomint Buick | 281 | 82 | 1,210 | Accident | |
| 28 | 25 | 80 | Bob Senneker | Elk Vans Pontiac | 277 | 0 | 1,180 | Accident | |
| 29 | 27 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing Chevrolet | 275 | 76 | 3,400 | Accident | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 272 | 73 | 3,165 | Engine | |
| 31 | 28 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Chevrolet | 270 | 70 | 2,880 | Accident | |
| 32 | 38 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Buick | 270 | 67 | 2,855 | Accident | |
| 33 | 8 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 246 | 69 | 8,075 | Engine | |
| 34 | 18 | 18 | Slick Johnson | Buick | 242 | 61 | 1,060 | Running | |
| 35 | 21 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 204 | 63 | 2,800 | Oil Pump | |
| 37 | 30 | 54 | David Simko | Mound Steel Oldsmobile | 154 | 52 | 1,315 | Engine | |
| 39 | 32 | 24 | Jim Vandiver | J.S. Dismuke Chrysler | 79 | 0 | 1,985 | Accident | |
| 40 | 7 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet | 40 | 43 | 10,920 | Engine | |
| 41 | 1 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 18 | 45 | 5,905 | Valve |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 1 Minute 27 Second
Average Speed .:124.055
Margin of Victory .: 2.500 Seconds
