1983 World 600

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1983 World 600
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 12 of 30 in the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
Date May 29, 1983 (1983-May-29)
Official name World 600
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.414 km)
Distance 400 laps, 600 mi (965 km)
Weather Partly cloudy with a high around 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind out of the ESE at 7.48 miles per hour (12.04 km/h)
Average speed 140.707 miles per hour (226.446 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Wood Brothers
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Allison DiGard
Laps 188
Winner
No. 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network Mizlou
Announcers Ken Squier
Phil Parsons

The 1983 World 600, the 24th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 29, 1983, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina, US).

This event took four hours, fifteen minutes, and fifty-one seconds to complete.[2] Five cautions were waved for twenty-eight laps.[2] Neil Bonnett defeated Richard Petty[4] by a margin of 0.8 seconds in front of 137,000 people.[2] Notable speeds for this race were: 140.707 miles per hour (226.446 km/h) as the average speed and 162.841 miles per hour (262.067 km/h) as the pole position speed.[2] Bonnett had previously won the 1982 running of the same event and would repeat his success as result of winning this race.[5] However, he would never win another World 600 race after this one ever again in his NASCAR career. Canadian driver Trevor Boys started in 33rd and finished in 20th during this race in his #48 Chevrolet machine.[2] Total winnings for this race were $407,190 in American dollars ($967,433.37 when adjusted for inflation).[3]

Other notable racers included: Mark Martin (in his #01 Activision Chevrolet), Ricky Rudd (in his #3 Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet), Terry Labonte (in his #44 Budweiser Chevrolet), and Cale Yarborough (in his #28 Hardee's Chevrolet).[2][3] Margaret Claud Padgett was the designated Miss Winston for this race in addition to every NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held from 1981 to 1985.[6]

Background

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the Bank of America 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

Finishers

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  1. Neil Bonnett[7]
  2. Richard Petty (highest finishing Pontiac vehicle)
  3. Bobby Allison
  4. Darrell Waltrip
  5. Dale Earnhardt† (highest finishing Ford vehicle)
  6. Lake Speed
  7. Buddy Baker†
  8. Kyle Petty
  9. Morgan Shepherd
  10. Dave Marcis
  11. Bobby Hillin, Jr.
  12. Buddy Arrington
  13. Dean Combs
  14. Joe Ruttman
  15. Tommy Ellis
  16. Bill Elliott
  17. Ken Ragan
  18. Bobby Wawak†
  19. Sterling Marlin
  20. Trevor Boys
  21. Jim Vandiver
  22. H. B. Bailey†
  23. D. K. Ulrich
  24. Slick Johnson†
  25. Harry Gant
  26. J. D. McDuffie†
  27. Bob Senneker*
  28. Cale Yarborough*
  29. Mark Martin*
  30. Phillip Duffie*
  31. Rick Newsom
  32. Ricky Rudd
  33. Terry Labonte*
  34. Benny Parsons*†
  35. Tommy Gale*†
  36. Geoffrey Bodine*
  37. Dick Brooks*†
  38. Jimmy Means*
  39. David Pearson*
  40. Tim Richmond*†
  41. Ron Bouchard* (finished in last place due to an oil seal problem on lap 14)

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

Standings after the race

Pos Driver Points[2]
1 Bobby Allison 1881
2 Darrell Waltrip 1696
3 Neil Bonnett 1681
4 Bill Elliott 1675
5 Harry Gant 1665

References

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Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series races
1983		 Succeeded by
1983 Budweiser 400
Preceded by World 600 races
1983		 Succeeded by
1984
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