| 1983 Busch 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 21 of 30 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Official 1983 Busch 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King | Running |  | 185 | 419 | 215 |
| 2 | 6 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running |  | 175 | 419 | 197 |
| 3 | 13 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Running |  | 165 | 419 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Running |  | 160 | 418 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Running | | 155 | 418 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 155 | 418 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 151 | 418 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales | Running | | 142 | 410 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 138 | 407 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Tool | Accident | | 139 | 405 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Running | | 130 | 405 | 0 |
| 12 | 28 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | McCord Gaskets | Running | | 127 | 402 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Running | Chrysler | 124 | 399 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Running | | 121 | 396 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | 17 | Sterling Marlin (R) | Hesco Exhaust Systems | Running | | 118 | 394 | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | 6 | Al Elmore | Ulrich Racing | Running | | 0 | 393 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 48 | Trevor Boys (R) | Hylton-McCaig | Running | | 112 | 389 | 0 |
| 18 | 1 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Running | | 109 | 380 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 18 | Don Satterfield | Satterfield Racing | Running | | 0 | 368 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Chevrolet | Running | | 103 | 353 | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses | Valves | | 100 | 314 | 0 |
| 22 | 3 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Accident | | 102 | 271 | 3 |
| 23 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Accident | | 94 | 254 | 0 |
| 24 | 25 | 2 | Mike Potter | Reeder Racing | Running | | 91 | 253 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running | | 88 | 198 | 0 |
| 26 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Rear Gear | | 85 | 147 | 0 |
| 27 | 10 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Clutch | | 82 | 135 | 0 |
| 28 | 16 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins (R) | Food Country USA | Rear Gear | | 79 | 67 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 45 | John McFadden | McFadden Racing | Brakes | | 76 | 44 | 0 |
