Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 20th, 1983

Race #1 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 155.979 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 36
  • Lead Changes: 58
Kyle Larson his wife, son and daughter
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 8 28 Cale Yarborough Pontiac 180 175 5 200 23 Running
2 17 9 Bill Elliott Ford 175 170 5 200 6 Running
3 5 21 Buddy Baker Ford 170 165 5 200 35 Running
4 11 98 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 170 160 10 200 57 Running
5 10 90 Dick Brooks Ford 160 155 5 199 15 Running
6 41 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 150 150 0 199 0 Running
7 22 53 Tom Sneva Chevrolet 146 146 0 199 0 Running
8 15 16 David Pearson Chevrolet 142 142 0 198 0 Running
9 35 22 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 138 138 0 198 0 Running
10 18 84 Jody Ridley Buick 134 134 0 197 0 Running
11 9 14 AJ Foyt Chevrolet 130 130 0 197 0 Running
12 39 51 Lennie Pond Buick 127 127 0 197 0 Running
13 32 66 Phil Parsons Buick 124 124 0 196 0 Running
14 42 52 Jimmy Means Buick 121 121 0 196 0 Running
15 27 89 Dean Roper Pontiac 118 118 0 194 0 Running
16 34 67 Buddy Arrington Chrysler 115 115 0 194 0 Running
17 36 41 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac 112 112 0 192 0 Running
18 20 6 Jim Sauter Chevrolet 109 109 0 191 0 Running
19 28 26 Ronnie Hopkins Buick 106 106 0 191 0 Running
20 30 04 Rick Baldwin Dodge 103 103 0 188 0 Running
21 40 10 Clark Dwyer Chevrolet 100 100 0 188 0 Running
22 4 75 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 102 97 5 187 9 Running
23 29 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 94 94 0 184 0 Running
24 1 3 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 96 91 5 182 1 Cam
25 16 1 Lake Speed Chevrolet 88 88 0 178 0 Engine
26 23 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 85 85 0 162 0 Engine
27 25 64 Tommy Gale Ford 82 82 0 149 0 Engine
28 12 2 Mark Martin Buick 79 79 0 136 0 Crash
29 37 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 76 76 0 132 0 Engine
30 2 88 Geoff Bodine Pontiac 78 73 5 106 14 Engine
31 38 01 Delma Cowart Buick 70 70 0 102 0 Crash
32 21 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 67 67 0 100 0 Piston
33 7 7 Kyle Petty Pontiac 69 64 5 99 9 Engine
34 33 17 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 61 61 0 69 0 Piston
35 3 15 Dale Earnhardt Ford 63 58 5 63 2 Engine
36 31 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 55 55 0 62 0 Crash
37 13 33 Harry Gant Buick 52 52 0 56 0 Engine
38 6 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 54 49 5 47 29 Engine
39 26 32 Bosco Lowe Buick 46 46 0 36 0 Crash
40 19 23 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick 43 43 0 36 0 Engine
41 24 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 40 40 0 24 0 Engine
42 14 55 Benny Parsons Buick 37 37 0 8 0 Push rod