Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Valleydale 500
Bristol Motor Speedway
May 21st, 1983
Race #11 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 500
- Drivers Entered: 28
- Makes
- Buick (8)
- Chevrolet (7)
- Chrysler (1)
- Ford (4)
- Pontiac (8)
- Last Bristol Motor Speedway
race (Busch 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Rick Newsom | Buick | Reeder Racing | Bud Reeder | ||
| 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Chevrolet | Pepsi Challenger | Junior Johnson | |
| 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Ford | Wrangler | Bud Moore | |
| 17 | Sterling Marlin | Columbia, TN | Pontiac | Hesco Exhaust | Roger Hamby | |
| 2 | Morgan Shepherd | Conover, NC | Buick | ACM Equipment Sales | Jim Stacy | |
| 22 | Bobby Allison | Buick | Miller High Life | DiGard | ||
| 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Buick | Food Country USA | Charlie Henderson | ||
| 27 | Tim Richmond | Pontiac | Old Milwaukee | Raymond Beadle | ||
| 3 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Chevrolet | Piedmont Airlines | Richard Childress | |
| 33 | Harry Gant | Buick | Skoal Bandit | Hal Needham | ||
| 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Pontiac | Advance Auto Parts | Ronnie Thomas | ||
| 43 | Richard Petty | Pontiac | STP | Petty Enterprises | ||
| 44 | Terry Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | Chevrolet | Budweiser | Billy Hagan | |
| 47 | Ron Bouchard | Buick | Race Hill Farm | Jack Beebe | ||
| 48 | Trevor Boys | Calgary, Alberta Canada | Chevrolet | Hylton-McCaig | James Hylton | |
| 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
| 6 | DK Ulrich | Buick | Ulrich Racing | D.K. Ulrich | ||
| 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Elmo Langley | ||
| 67 | Buddy Arrington | Chrysler | Direct Connection | Buddy Arrington | ||
| 7 | Kyle Petty | Trinity, NC | Pontiac | 7-Eleven | Petty Enterprises | |
| 70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | McDuffie Racing | J.D. McDuffie | ||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Chevrolet | W.H. Bolin | Dave Marcis | |
| 75 | Neil Bonnett | Chevrolet | Hodgdon | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
| 76 | Mike Potter | Buick | Larry's Nightclub | Mike Potter | ||
| 88 | Geoff Bodine | Chemung, NY | Pontiac | Gatorade | Cliff Stewart | |
| 9 | Bill Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Ford | Melling Oil Pumps | Harry Melling | |
| 90 | Dick Brooks | Ford | Chameleon Sunglasses | Junie Donlavey | ||
| 98 | Joe Ruttman | Upland, CA | Pontiac | Levi Garrett | Ron Benfield |