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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 13th, 1983

Race #3 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 113.055 mph
  • Cautions: 10
  • Caution Laps: 94
  • Lead Changes: 30
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 12 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 180 175 5 492 48 Running
2 6 9 Bill Elliott Ford 175 170 5 492 10 Running
3 11 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 492 3 Running
4 17 1 Lake Speed Chevrolet 160 160 0 489 0 Running
5 7 33 Harry Gant Buick 155 155 0 489 0 Running
6 1 3 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 155 150 5 489 30 Running
7 13 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 151 146 5 488 2 Running
8 19 90 Dick Brooks Ford 147 142 5 486 1 Running
9 5 28 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 148 138 10 486 161 Running
10 3 22 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 139 134 5 484 21 Running
11 8 2 Mark Martin Buick 130 130 0 484 0 Running
12 2 75 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 132 127 5 483 153 Rear end
13 27 17 Sterling Marlin Pontiac 124 124 0 477 0 Running
14 29 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 121 121 0 473 0 Running
15 15 7 Kyle Petty Pontiac 118 118 0 468 0 Running
16 34 74 Bobby Wawak Buick 115 115 0 466 0 Running
17 23 26 Ronnie Hopkins Buick 112 112 0 457 0 Running
18 32 02 DK Ulrich Buick 109 109 0 416 0 Running
19 18 88 Geoff Bodine Pontiac 111 106 5 401 57 Crash
20 9 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 103 103 0 395 0 Running
21 28 64 Tommy Gale Ford 100 100 0 382 0 Crash
22 31 67 Buddy Arrington Chrysler 97 97 0 355 0 Rear end
23 20 18 Slick Johnson Buick 94 94 0 307 0 Rear end
24 14 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 91 91 0 279 0 Engine
25 26 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Buick 88 88 0 250 0 Rear end
26 24 6 Jim Sauter Buick 85 85 0 238 0 Oil pump
27 25 41 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac 82 82 0 219 0 Engine
28 33 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet 79 79 0 199 0 Engine
29 10 98 Joe Ruttman Buick 76 76 0 176 0 Crash
30 30 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 73 73 0 157 0 Engine
31 21 48 Lennie Pond Pontiac 70 70 0 141 0 Engine
32 16 21 Buddy Baker Ford 67 67 0 108 0 Engine
33 4 15 Dale Earnhardt Ford 69 64 5 73 6 Crash
34 22 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 61 61 0 38 0 Engine
35 35 06 Ernie Cline Pontiac 58 58 0 35 0 Crash