1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

American motorsport season February 2025 March 2026 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1982 1984 thumb|Darrell Waltrip, finished second in points. thumb|Bill Elliott, future champion, finished third in the standings. thumb|Richard Petty, the seven time champion finished fourth in the standings. thumb|Sterling Marlin, the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. The 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 35th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 12th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on Sunday, February 20 and ended on Sunday, November 20. Bobby Allison was crowned Winston Cup champion at the end of the season finishing 47 points ahead of Darrell Waltrip.Bolton Clyde He's a grand National Champion now https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news/192564573/ 3 March 2026 The Birmingham News 21 November 1983 21 Teams and drivers TeamMakeNo.DriverCar OwnerCrew Chief Arrington Racing Chrysler ImperialDodge Mirada 67 Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Benfield Racing Buick Regal 98 Joe Ruttman Ron Benfield Buddy Parrott Blue Max Racing Pontiac Grand PrixPontiac LeMans 27 Tim Richmond Raymond Beadle Tim Brewer Bobby Hawkins Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 16 David Pearson Bobby Hawkins Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird 15 Dale Earnhardt Bud Moore Bud Moore Cliff Stewart Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 88 Geoff Bodine Cliff Stewart DiGard Motorsports Chevrolet Monte CarloBuick Regal 22 Bobby Allison Bill Gardner Gary Nelson Donlavey Racing Ford Thunderbird 90 Dick Brooks Junie Donlavey Ellington Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1 Lake Speed Hoss Ellington Runt Pittman Hagan Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 44 Terry Labonte Billy Hagan Dale Inman Hamby Motorsports Pontiac Grand Prix 17 Sterling Marlin (R) Roger Hamby Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo Buick Regal 26 Ronnie Hopkins (R) Charlie Henderson Hillin Racing Buick Regal 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. (R) Bobby Hillin Sr. Harry Hyde Hylton Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 48 Trevor Boys (R)/James Hylton James Hylton Jim Stacy Racing Buick Regal 2 Morgan Shepherd Jim Stacy Johnny Hayes Racing Buick Regal Chevrolet Monte Carlo 55 Benny Parsons Johnny Hayes Cliff Champion Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet Monte Carlo 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson Jeff Hammond Langley Racing Ford Thunderbird 64 Tommy Gale Elmo Langley Mach 1 Racing Buick Regal 33 Harry Gant Hal Needham Travis Carter Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 71 Dave Marcis Dave Marcis McDuffie Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 70 J. D. McDuffie J. D. McDuffie Means Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Melling Racing Ford Thunderbird 9 Bill Elliott Harry Melling Ernie Elliott Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 4 Mark Martin Larry McClure Petty Enterprises Pontiac Grand Prix 7 Kyle Petty Richard Petty Maurice Petty 43 Richard Petty Robin Pemberton Race Hill Farm Team Buick Regal 47 Ron Bouchard Jack Beebe David Ifft RahMoc Enterprises Chevrolet Monte Carlo 75 Neil Bonnett Bob Rahilly Bob Rahilly Ranier-Lundy Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 28 Cale Yarborough Harry Ranier Waddell Wilson Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 3 Ricky Rudd Richard Childress Kirk Shelmerdine Robert McEntyre Racing Buick Regal Chevrolet Monte Carlo 84 Jody Ridley Robert McEntyre Thomas Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 41 Ronnie Thomas Ronnie Thomas Ulrich Racing Buick Regal 6 D. K. Ulrich D. K. Ulrich Wood Brothers Racing Ford Thunderbird 21 Buddy Baker Glen Wood Leonard Wood Schedule No. Race title Track DateBusch ClashDaytona International Speedway, Daytona BeachFebruary 13–14* UNO Twin 125 QualifiersFebruary 17Daytona 500 Consolation Race February 181Daytona 500February 202Richmond 400Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, RichmondFebruary 273Hodgdon Carolina 500North Carolina Motor Speedway, RockinghamMarch 6 & 134Coca-Cola 500Atlanta International Raceway, HamptonMarch 275TranSouth 500Darlington Raceway, DarlingtonApril 106Northwestern Bank 400North Wilkesboro Speedway, North WilkesboroApril 177Virginia National Bank 500Martinsville Speedway, RidgewayApril 248Winston 500Alabama International Motor Speedway, TalladegaMay 19Marty Robbins 420Nashville Speedway, NashvilleMay 810Mason-Dixon 500Dover Downs International Speedway, DoverMay 1511Valleydale 500Bristol International Raceway, BristolMay 2212World 600Charlotte Motor Speedway, ConcordMay 2913Budweiser 400Riverside International Raceway, RiversideJune 514Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500Pocono International Raceway, Long PondJune 1215Gabriel 400Michigan International Speedway, BrooklynJune 1916Firecracker 400Daytona International Speedway, Daytona BeachJuly 417Busch Nashville 420Nashville Speedway, NashvilleJuly 1618Like Cola 500Pocono International Raceway, Long PondJuly 2419Talladega 500Alabama International Motor Speedway, TalladegaJuly 3120Champion Spark Plug 400Michigan International Speedway, BrooklynAugust 2121Busch 500Bristol International Raceway, BristolAugust 2722Southern 500Darlington Raceway, DarlingtonSeptember 523Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, RichmondSeptember 1124Budweiser 500Dover Downs International Speedway, DoverSeptember 1825Goody's 500Martinsville Speedway, RidgewaySeptember 2526Holly Farms 400North Wilkesboro Speedway, North WilkesboroOctober 227Miller High Life 500Charlotte Motor Speedway, ConcordOctober 928Warner W. Hodgdon American 500North Carolina Motor Speedway, RockinghamOctober 3029Atlanta Journal 500Atlanta International Raceway, HamptonNovember 630Winston Western 500Riverside International Raceway, RiversideNovember 20 The Busch Clash was scheduled for Sunday, February 13 but rain forced the race to be postponed until Monday, February 14. Season Results Races Rd. Race Name Pole position Most laps led Winningdriver Winningmanufacturer ReportNCBusch ClashBill ElliottDarrell WaltripNeil BonnettChevrolet Monte CarloReportFirst UNO Twin 125 QualifierRicky RuddDale EarnhardtFord ThunderbirdReportSecond UNO Twin 125 QualifierGeoff BodineNeil BonnettChevrolet Monte CarloReportDaytona 500 Consolation RaceDarryl SageBlackie WangerinBlackie WangerinFord ThunderbirdReport 1 Daytona 500 Ricky Rudd Joe Ruttman Cale Yarborough Pontiac LeMans Report 2 Richmond 400 Ricky Rudd Joe Ruttman Bobby Allison Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 3 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 Ricky Rudd Cale Yarborough Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Report 4 Coca-Cola 500 Geoff Bodine Neil Bonnett Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 5 TranSouth 500 Tim Richmond Geoff Bodine Harry Gant Buick Regal Report 6 Northwestern Bank 400 Neil Bonnett Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 7 Virginia National Bank 500 Ricky Rudd Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 8 Winston 500 Cale Yarborough Richard Petty Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Report 9 Marty Robbins 420 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 10 Mason-Dixon 500 Joe Ruttman Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Buick Regal Report 11 Valleydale 500 Neil Bonnett Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 12 World 600 Buddy Baker Bobby Allison Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 13 Budweiser 400 Darrell Waltrip Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 14 Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500 Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Buick Regal Report 15 Gabriel 400 Terry Labonte Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 16 Firecracker 400 Cale Yarborough Buddy Baker Buddy Baker Ford Thunderbird Report 17 Busch Nashville 420 Ron Bouchard Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt Ford Thunderbird Report 18 Like Cola 500 Tim Richmond Bobby Allison Tim Richmond Pontiac LeMans Report 19 Talladega 500 Cale Yarborough Dale EarnhardtTim Richmond Dale Earnhardt Ford Thunderbird Report 20 Champion Spark Plug 400 Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough Ford Thunderbird Report 21 Busch 500 Joe Ruttman Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 22 Southern 500 Neil Bonnett Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Buick Regal Report 23 Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Buick Regal Report 24 Budweiser 500 Terry Labonte Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Buick Regal Report 25 Goody's 500 Darrell Waltrip Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 26 Holly Farms 400 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 27 Miller High Life 500 Tim Richmond Tim Richmond Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Report 28 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 Neil Bonnett Tim Richmond Terry Labonte Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 29 Atlanta Journal 500 Tim Richmond Bobby Allison Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Monte Carlo Report 30 Winston Western 500 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Bill Elliott Ford Thunderbird Report Bold indicates a NASCAR Crown Jewel race. The Busch 500 was shortened to 419 of 500 laps due to rain. Final Points Standings List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 1982 Owner's points. * – Most laps led. Pos. Position Driver DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RIV POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RIV Pts Points scored 1 Bobby Allison 9 1 10 25 8 2 3 10 2 1* 2 3* 22 1* 2 14 4 3* 9 34 3 1* 1* 1* 2 3 7 16 3* 9 4667 2 Darrell Waltrip 3629 3 40 2 1* 1* 33 1* 2 1* 47 2 420 2 2 2 2 1* 3 3 5 3 1* 2596* 4620 3 Bill Elliott2623052121 5 5 4 8 16 2 625 7 7 6 8 327 2 4 814 4 821 6 1 4279 4 Richard Petty38815251017 1*67 5 210 3 1133 1910 469 12699 12126 510 4042 5 Terry Labonte6222483666 6831633319 5 5 11 12 29 4 5 5 5 424 5 41 47 4004 6 Neil Bonnett22 312 27 416 15 1328 41 13731 286 4 353510 4876 13 26 41 3 3842 7 Harry Gant37 5 5 111 3 2 4 39 27 25 3 188 118 5 5 306 2220178929233731 3790 8 Dale Earnhardt35 23333132926 242489 5 48 159 135 1*7 2 112235 4 2 141733 4 3732 9 Ricky Rudd2428 6 10 427 5 8 14 2426 32 131 6 21 5 7 16 27 14 25 2 13 1 6 9 3 26 37 3693 10 Tim Richmond 41 17 7 9 35 28 15 27 10 30 10 40 28 4 3 31 3 1* 3* 5 22 26 23 3 26 10 5 2 29 5 3612 11 Dave Marcis 32 9 34 13 33 9 19 9 27 16 12 10 12 11 30 13 9 8 32 11 20 14 18 22 28 25 17 7 13 12 3361 12 Joe Ruttman4* 7 29 4 20 7 4 11 7 3 23 14 34 10 33 37 22 9 15 24 18 38 27 20 7 14 13 30 30 41 3342 13 Kyle Petty3314153531301130171111 8 61316302011111411351226121618242013 3261 14 Dick Brooks513 8 61920 814251521375281232141572121311332161537183134 3230 15 Buddy Arrington16202216231592316191612171729342432182313181423101834121423 3158 16 Ron Bouchard26122012181172093474134284271312127322516715623113113 17 Geoff Bodine304194195252120352536293096163963641321251128333019 18 Jimmy Means1416143212141071212143818202136123526202421152223918162983 19 Sterling Marlin (R)3418133111221241111018192529201615182129152426272717401516172980 20 Morgan Shepherd DNQ312632174639815102101927378916629825277332733 21 Buddy Baker310323323125577 128106725226292202621 22 Ronnie Thomas1723272424171835152515DNQ33212424232020DNQ12301724212119DNQ272515 23 Tommy Gale273221231419221328272035252623282438282329302819243110192507 24 D. K. Ulrich181013131813231616223017331610121820201121262400 25 Trevor Boys (R)2919322220321418171314171917289311119163211242293 26 J. D. McDuffie2925303617DNQDNQ1823242624193417252332253711361326DNQ1432302197 27 Lake Speed25154152882336121929268151128122114 28 Cale Yarborough 19 1629222827 14024 171036231960 29 Benny Parsons4214342293451326312213832521657 30 Mark Martin282411732627362129271910181733DNQ1627 31 Ronnie Hopkins (R)191721302430292617261728401147 32 Jody Ridley10172732DNQ831153312101050 33 David Pearson82231393532591039943 34 Lennie Pond1231121419DNQ102239288887 35 Ken Ragan (R)2712171214193817836 36 Bobby WawakDNQDNQ161816DNQDNQ1837272734DNQDNQ21825 37 Bobby Hillin Jr. (R)DNQ2519DNQ16113715161325411136DNQ737 38 Slick JohnsonDNQ27233429252824372720905 39 Mike PotterDNQDNQ2822DNQ2130DNQ24361920293122662 40 Cecil GordonDNQDNQ16212322233315 649 41 Rick NewsomDNQDNQ28DNQDNQ20DNQ23141931573 42 Dean Combs132033328500 43 Phil Parsons1328311928458 44 Bob Senneker2827141615436 45 Jerry BowmanDNQDNQ1336283025419 46 Clark Dwyer21DNQ392540DNQ10411 47 Greg Sacks3829173038359 48 Rick McCray23242739313 49 Delma Cowart31353524277 50 Philip DuffieDNQ38303427265 51 Eddie Bierschwale26DNQ2634231 52 Jim Robinson1121 230 53 Hershel McGriff268227 54 Dean Roper1518227 55 Summer McKnight1519224 56 Butch Lindley1125223 57 John McFaddenDNQ292835213 58 Doug Wheeler2118209 59 Glenn Francis1428200 60 Jocko MaggiacomoDNQ363526198 61 H. B. Bailey2222DNQDNQ194 62 Bob Riley323829192 63 Don Waterman2025191 64 Dick May2133DNQ332322191 65 Steve MooreDNQ2223191 66 Mark Stahl2323DNQ188 67 Bill Schmitt940181 68 Jim Sauter1819262921176 69 Rick Baldwin2042DNQ361327174 70 Randy Becker3615173 71 Scott Miller3022170 72 John Callis2033DNQDNQ167 73 Travis TillerDNQ15DNQ39DNQDNQ164 74 Jim Bown2335152 75 Tom Sneva732146 76 A. J. Foyt113834 Wth130 77 Pat Mintey3729128 78 Joe Fields261514121 79 Tommy Ellis15118 80 Blackie WangerinDNQDNQ39DNQ34115 81 Jimmy Ingalls1718DNQ112 82 Bobby Gerhart3834110 83 Ron Esau3538107 84 Bob Kennedy19DNQ106 85 Darryl SageDNQDNQ202626103 86 Steve Gray222421100 87 Rodney CombsWth2297 88 Jim Vandiver392188 89 Jimmy WalkerDNQ29DNQ2782 90 Ed BaugessDNQ30DNQ73 91 Dave Dion30DNQ73 92 John Krebs3267 93 Natz PetersDNQ34DNQ61 94 Ernie Cline3558 95 Grant Adcox3655 96 Glenn JarrettDNQ3655 97 Roy Smith3655 98 David SimkoDNQ37DNQDNQ52 99 Rick Wilson3752 100 Bosco Lowe39DNQ46 101 Connie SaylorDNQ401843 102 Dick Skillen DNQ4043 103 Elliott Forbes-Robinson4043 104 Jimmy Insolo4237 105 Al Elmore182219DNQ16 106 Don SatterfieldDNQ251929 107 Laurent RiouxDNQ1917DNQ 108 James Hylton2321 109 Donnie Allison3614 110 Joe MillikanDNQ18 111 John Anderson24 112 Lowell CowellDNQ26 113 Billie Harvey37DNQ 114 Joe BooherDNQDNQDNQ39 115 Bruce JacobiDNQ 116 Ronnie SandersDNQ 117 Ferrel HarrisDNQ 118 Alan WestDNQ 119 Mike KemptonDNQ 120 Rusty WallaceDNQ 121 Ralph JonesDNQ 122 Bill ScottDNQDNQDNQ 123 Ken KallaDNQDNQ 124 Jim HurlbertWthDNQ 125 Jeff HalversonDNQ 126 Maurice RandallDNQ 127 Randy BakerDNQ 128 Wayne PetersonDNQDNQ 129 John IngallsDNQ 130 Dennis DeVeaDNQ 131 Jim SouthardDNQ 132 Graham DuxburyDNQ 133 John HaverWthDNQ 134 Mark PerryDNQ 134 St. James DavisDNQ 135 Steve PfeiferDNQ 136 Harry GoularteDNQ 137 Dan NobleDNQ 138 Tony SettemberDNQ 139 Al LoquastoWth 140 Chet FillipWth 141 Howard MarkWth 142 Mike Alexander Wth Pos. Position Driver DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RIV POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RIV Pts Points scored Rookie of the year Sterling Marlin was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. He beat Trevor Boys, Bobby Hillin Jr., Ronnie Hopkins, and Ken Ragan for the award. Of the drivers that competed for the award, only Marlin ran all 30 races. The closest a driver got to competing in all 30 races was Trevor Boys competing in 23 races (skipped rounds 1–6, and 8). See also 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series 1983 NASCAR Winston West Series References External links Winston Cup Standings and Statistics for 1983 * Category:NASCAR Cup Series seasons