| 1983 Holly Farms 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 26 of 30 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $154,655 | Race Date: | Oct 2, 1983 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2.700 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 28m 56s | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 8 | Average Speed: | 100.716 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 4 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Buick: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Jeff Hammond | Crew Chief: | Jeff Hammond | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 252 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 114.539 MPH | |||||
| Official 1983 Holly Farms 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 252 |
| 2 | 6 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 134 |
| 3 | 7 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | Running |  | 170 | 400 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps | Running | | 165 | 400 | 12 |
| 5 | 13 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Running | | 155 | 399 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines | Running | | 155 | 399 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 146 | 398 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales | Running | | 142 | 398 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Accident | | 138 | 398 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Running |  | 134 | 398 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade | Running | | 130 | 397 | 0 |
| 12 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 127 | 396 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Tool | Running | | 124 | 396 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett | Running | | 121 | 394 | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses | Running | | 118 | 394 | 0 |
| 16 | 15 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Running | | 115 | 393 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 17 | Sterling Marlin (R) | Hesco Exhaust Systems | Running | | 112 | 391 | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Skockley Motor Company | Running | Chrysler | 109 | 389 | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | 48 | Trevor Boys (R) | Hylton-McCaig | Running | | 106 | 388 | 0 |
| 20 | 22 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Running | | 103 | 384 | 0 |
| 21 | 20 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | McCord Gaskets | Running | | 100 | 383 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 97 | 381 | 0 |
| 23 | 30 | 82 | Mark Stahl | Auto Bell Car Washes | Running | | 94 | 366 | 0 |
| 24 | 23 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 91 | 365 | 0 |
| 25 | 17 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Ael Rentals | Cylinder Head | | 88 | 348 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Rumple Furniture Company | Rear Gear | | 85 | 280 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 96 | Jimmy Walker | Walker Enterprises | Rear Gear | | 82 | 239 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | 45 | John McFadden | Lebe's Tire Service | Ignition | | 79 | 234 | 0 |
| 29 | 27 | 2 | Mike Potter | Reeder Racing | Valves | | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | 68 | Ed Baugess | Baugess Racing | Oil Pressure | | 73 | 13 | 0 |
