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1983 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	8	28	Cale Yarborough	200	$119,600	Pontiac
2	17	9	Bill Elliott	200	$66,425	Ford
3	5	21	Buddy Baker	200	$59,650	Ford
4	11	98	Joe Ruttman	200	$55,980	Chevrolet
5	10	90	Dick Brooks	199	$44,545	Ford
6	41	44	Terry Labonte	199	$33,175	Chevrolet
7	22	53	Tom Sneva	199	$27,900	Chevrolet
8	15	16	David Pearson	198	$25,100	Chevrolet
9	35	22	Bobby Allison	198	$29,400	Chevrolet
10	18	84	Jody Ridley	197	$20,900	Buick
11	9	14	A.J. Foyt	197	$20,000	Chevrolet
12	39	51	Lennie Pond	197	$15,000	Buick
13	32	66	Phil Parsons	196	$13,700	Buick
14	42	52	Jimmy Means	196	$15,965	Buick
15	27	89	Dean Roper	194	$12,800	Pontiac
16	34	67	Buddy Arrington	194	$14,055	Chrysler
17	36	41	Ronnie Thomas	192	$10,500	Pontiac
18	20	6	Jim Sauter	191	$13,735	Chevrolet
19	28	26	Ronnie Hopkins	191	$9,400	Buick
20	30	4	Rick Baldwin	188	$8,900	Dodge
21	40	10	Clark Dwyer	188	$7,100	Chevrolet
22	4	75	Neil Bonnett	187	$32,400	Chevrolet
23	29	48	James Hylton	184	$9,400	Chevrolet
24	1	3	Ricky Rudd	182	$16,515	Chevrolet
25	16	1	Lake Speed	178	$7,550	Chevrolet
26	23	47	Ron Bouchard	162	$9,205	Buick
27	25	64	Tommy Gale	149	$8,795	Ford
28	12	2	Mark Martin	136	$15,000	Buick
29	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	132	$7,375	Pontiac
30	2	88	Geoff Bodine	106	$12,065	Pontiac
31	38	0	Delma Cowart	102	$4,300	Buick
32	21	71	Dave Marcis	100	$13,650	Chevrolet
33	7	7	Kyle Petty	99	$19,666	Pontiac
34	33	17	Sterling Marlin	69	$6,485	Chevrolet
35	3	15	Dale Earnhardt	63	$37,011	Ford
36	31	11	Darrell Waltrip	62	$16,100	Chevrolet
37	13	33	Harry Gant	56	$14,050	Buick
38	6	43	Richard Petty	47	$22,600	Pontiac
39	26	32	Bosco Lowe	36	$5,350	Buick
40	19	23	E. Forbes-Robinson	36	$5,550	Buick
41	24	27	Tim Richmond	24	$5,350	Pontiac
42	14	35	Benny Parsons	8	$5,950	Buick

Time of Race:	3 hours, 12 minutes, 20 seconds
Average Speed:	155.979 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Ricky Rudd, 198.864 mph
Pole:	Ricky Rudd
Margin of Victory:	1 car length
Caution Flags:	6 for 36 laps
Lead Changes:	59 lead changes among 11 drivers. Lap Leaders: Ricky Rudd 1, Geoff Bodine 2, Richard Petty 3-4, Bodine 5, R. Petty 6, Dale Earnhardt 7, Kyle Petty 8-13, Joe Ruttman 14-15, K. Petty 16-18, R. Petty 19, Dick Brooks 20, R. Petty 21-35, Brooks 36-37, R. Petty 38-47, Brooks 48-53, Bill Elliott 54-58, Ruttman 59-60, Earnhardt 61, Brooks 62, Cale Yarborough 63, Brooks 64-65, Elliott 66, Ruttman 67-76, Yarborough 77-78, Brooks 79, Bodine 80-84, Ruttman 85, Bodine 86-87, Ruttman 88, Bodine 89-93, Ruttman 94-95, Buddy Baker 96-97, Ruttman 98, Neil Bonnett 99-107, Yarborough 108-109, Ruttman 110-115, Brooks 116, Ruttman 117, Brooks 118, Yarborouogh 119-122, Ruttman 123-124, Yarborough 125, Baker 126, Yarborough 127-134, Ruttman 135-141, Baker 142-149, Ruttman 150-151, Baker 152, Ruttman 153-159, Baker 160, Ruttman 161, Yarborough 162-163, Ruttman 164-174, Baker 175-183, Ruttman 184, Baker 185-186, Yarborough 187-188, Baker 189-199, Yarborough 200.
Total Laps Led:	Joe Ruttman 58, Buddy Baker 34, Richard Petty 29, Cale Yarborough 23, Dick Brooks 15, Geoff Bodine 14, Neil Bonnett 9, Kyle Petty 9, Bill Elliott 6, Dale Earnhardt 2, Ricky Rudd 1.