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Hodgdon Carolina 500 </span></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:100%; background-color:#efefef;">Race details<sup id="cite_ref-weather-information_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-information-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-subheader"> Race 3 of 30 in the <a href="/wiki/1983_NASCAR_Winston_Cup_Series" title="1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series">1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series</a> season</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rockingham_Speedway.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Layout of Rockingham Speedway"><img alt="Layout of Rockingham Speedway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rockingham_Speedway.svg/220px-Rockingham_Speedway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rockingham_Speedway.svg/330px-Rockingham_Speedway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rockingham_Speedway.svg/440px-Rockingham_Speedway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="314" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Layout of Rockingham Speedway</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> March 13, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-March-13</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Official name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Carolina 500</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Speedway" title="Rockingham Speedway">North Carolina Motor Speedway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockingham,_North_Carolina" title="Rockingham, North Carolina">Rockingham, North Carolina</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility<br />1.017 mi (1.636 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 492 laps, 500 mi (804 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Temperatures of 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds of 11.8 miles per hour (19.0 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Average speed</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 113.055 miles per hour (181.944 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 37,000<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rudd" title="Ricky Rudd">Ricky Rudd</a></span></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Childress_Racing" title="Richard Childress Racing">Richard Childress Racing</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Most laps led</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a></span></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ranier-Lundy_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranier-Lundy Racing">Ranier-Lundy Racing</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Laps</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 161</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Winner</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><span style="font-weight:normal;white-space:nowrap;">No. 43</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a></span></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Petty Enterprises</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Television in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_on_ESPN" title="NASCAR on ESPN">ESPN</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Announcers</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Jenkins" title="Bob Jenkins">Bob Jenkins</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Nuber" title="Larry Nuber">Larry Nuber</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500</b> was a <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="NASCAR Cup Series">Winston Cup Series</a> race that was scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 6, 1983, at <a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Speedway" title="Rockingham Speedway">North Carolina Motor Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rockingham,_North_Carolina" title="Rockingham, North Carolina">Rockingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. The race started on its scheduled date but the overcast skies opened up with steady rain soon after 100 laps were completed, forcing the race to be stopped for the day. The race concluded one week later on March 13, a pleasant sunny day. </p><p>Several hard crashes during the race sidelined drivers; <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ruttman" title="Joe Ruttman">Joe Ruttman</a> crashed his #98 Buick going into turn three, sending the windshield flying out of his car and over the outer wall. <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bodine" title="Geoff Bodine">Geoff Bodine</a> in Pontiac #50 had a fast car and led many laps, but crashed out while attempting to lap Cale Yarborough's #28 Chevy. With 42 laps to go Yarborough and Neil Bonnett in the #75 Chevy, who had been swapping the lead between them, tangled and crashed entering turn one when Bonnett ducked below Yarborough. Both cars spun and Yarborough slid back into the outside wall. The 28 car was heavily damaged in the rear and shortened by nearly five feet but limped home for a 9th-place finish, 6 laps down. Bonnett dropped out with damage from the wreck with 9 laps to go and finished 12th. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a> barely held off a hard-charging <a href="/wiki/Bill_Elliott" title="Bill Elliott">Bill Elliott</a> in a close side by side fight to the checkered flag. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_report">Race report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Race report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This 492-lap event lasted for four hours and twenty-five minutes; drivers at this event managed to average speeds up to 113.055 miles per hour (181.944 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the start of the race were 35 <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a>-born drivers; <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Cline" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernie Cline">Ernie Cline</a> was the last-place finisher due to a crash on lap 2. Crashes and engine problems would take out more than a dozen drivers; with <a href="/wiki/Neil_Bonnett" title="Neil Bonnett">Neil Bonnett</a> being the highest-finishing driver not to complete the race. Ruttman slammed the outside wall after spinning in oil. He spun backward and his left rear slammed the wall and Ruttman bounced off nearly getting airborne, almost flipping. His day would ultimately end on lap 176.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a> would end up beating <a href="/wiki/Bill_Elliott" title="Bill Elliott">Bill Elliott</a> by half a car length in one of the closest finishes at the speedway. Petty would acquire his only win in a race televised by ESPN.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This event was Richard Petty's 196th win in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in addition to his 900th Winston Cup Series start. The event was marred by 1.1 inches (28 mm) of rainfall forcing the race to be postponed for a week.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The leaders for the first 100 laps of the race would be <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rudd" title="Ricky Rudd">Ricky Rudd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt" title="Dale Earnhardt">Dale Earnhardt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Bonnett" title="Neil Bonnett">Neil Bonnett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Brooks" title="Dick Brooks">Dick Brooks</a> while the leaders during the last 100 laps would be Neil Bonnett, <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a>, Richard Petty, and Bill Elliott. With 15 laps to go, Neil Bonnett and Cale Yarborough crashed in Turn 1 while racing for the lead.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricky Rudd won the <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> with a speed of 143.413 miles per hour or 230.801 kilometres per hour.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of Ricky Rudd's three poles to start 1983 this was the only one that netted him a good finish, he did not finish at Daytona or Richmond but brought the #3 Chevrolet home with a top-10 finish here.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A crowd of 37,000 NASCAR fans attended. 94 of 492 laps were run under caution.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joe Ruttman would lose his championship lead to Bill Elliott after this event.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Individual winnings for this event ranged from the winner's share of $24,150 ($73,878 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's purse of $910 ($2,784 when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse offered was $199,065 ($608,967 when adjusted for inflation).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><small>Section reference: <sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <ul><li>Start: The race started with a green/yellow flag and Ricky Rudd having the pole position.</li> <li>Lap 39: First caution due to Dave Marcis' engine failure; ended on lap 48.</li> <li>Lap 73: Second caution due to Dale Earnhardt's accident; ended on lap 77.</li> <li>Lap 111: Third caution due to Buddy Baker spinning his tires; ended on lap 118.</li> <li>Lap 139: Fourth caution due to rain; ended on lap 149.</li> <li>Lap 179: Fifth caution due to a 3-car accident; ended on lap 190.</li> <li>Lap 271: Sixth caution due to debris; caution ended on lap 274.</li> <li>Lap 403: Seventh caution due to Geoffrey Bodine's accident; ended on lap 413.</li> <li>Lap 452: Eighth caution due to a 2-car accident; ended on lap 459.</li> <li>Lap 477: Ninth caution due to Tommy Gale's accident; ended on lap 479.</li> <li>Finish: Richard Petty was officially declared the winner of the race.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_10_finishers">Top 10 finishers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Top 10 finishers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Grid </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Manufacturer </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Laps completed">Laps</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number of laps led">Laps led</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number of points earned towards championship standings">Points</span> </th> <th>Time/Status </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>12</td> <td>43</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a></td> <td>Pontiac</td> <td>492</td> <td>48</td> <td>180</td> <td>4:25:30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Elliott" title="Bill Elliott">Bill Elliott</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></td> <td>492</td> <td>10</td> <td>175</td> <td>+0.5 car lengths </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a></td> <td>492</td> <td>3</td> <td>170</td> <td>Lead lap under green flag </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Speed" title="Lake Speed">Lake Speed</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a></td> <td>489</td> <td>0</td> <td>160</td> <td>+3 laps </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>7</td> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gant" title="Harry Gant">Harry Gant</a></td> <td>Buick</td> <td>489</td> <td>0</td> <td>155</td> <td>+3 laps </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rudd" title="Ricky Rudd">Ricky Rudd</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a></td> <td>489</td> <td>30</td> <td>155</td> <td>+3 laps </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>13</td> <td>27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Richmond" title="Tim Richmond">Tim Richmond</a></td> <td>Pontiac</td> <td>488</td> <td>2</td> <td>151</td> <td>+4 laps </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>19</td> <td>60</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Brooks" title="Dick Brooks">Dick Brooks</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></td> <td>486</td> <td>1</td> <td>147</td> <td>+6 laps </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>5</td> <td>28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a></td> <td>486</td> <td>161</td> <td>148</td> <td>+6 laps </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>3</td> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Allison" title="Bobby Allison">Bobby Allison</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a></td> <td>484</td> <td>21</td> <td>139</td> <td>+8 laps </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standings_after_the_race">Standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Standings after the race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Points<sup id="cite_ref-rr_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Differential </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Elliott" title="Bill Elliott">Bill Elliott</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>500</b> </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Allison" title="Bobby Allison">Bobby Allison</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">457 </td> <td>-43 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Brooks" title="Dick Brooks">Dick Brooks</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">431 </td> <td>-69 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Bonnett" title="Neil Bonnett">Neil Bonnett</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">404 </td> <td>-96 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Ruttman" title="Joe Ruttman">Joe Ruttman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">402 </td> <td>-98 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">376 </td> <td>-124 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Baker" title="Buddy Baker">Buddy Baker</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">371 </td> <td>-129 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gant" title="Harry Gant">Harry Gant</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">367 </td> <td>-133 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Speed" title="Lake Speed">Lake Speed</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">366 </td> <td>-134 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/1rightarrow.png/10px-1rightarrow.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/1rightarrow.png/15px-1rightarrow.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/1rightarrow.png/20px-1rightarrow.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Means" title="Jimmy Means">Jimmy Means</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">357 </td> <td>-143 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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Hodgdon Carolina 500</i></a> at The Old Farmers' Almanac</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rr-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rr_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500/W"><i>1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500</i> racing information</a> at Racing Reference</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sr_papers/history_sr/srhistory_2007/greene2712.pdf">Richard Petty's 196th Cup Series Win</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104513/http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sr_papers/history_sr/srhistory_2007/greene2712.pdf">Archived</a> 2014-10-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at University of North Carolina at Asheville</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NC/Rockingham/1983-03-06">Rain information for the <i>1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500</i></a> at The Old Farmers' Almanac</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1983&race=3&series_id=2"><i>1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500</i> racing information</a> at Race Database</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/results/1983/north-carolina-speedway/warner-w-hodgdon-carolina-500/1594"><i>1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500</i> racing information</a> at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Richmond_400&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Richmond 400 (page does not exist)">1983 Richmond 400</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> NASCAR Winston Cup Season </b><br />1983 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Coca-Cola_500&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Coca-Cola 500 (page does not exist)">1983 Coca-Cola 500</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_Champion_Spark_Plug_400&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 Champion Spark Plug 400 (page does not exist)">1981 Champion Spark Plug 400</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Richard Petty's Career Wins </b><br />1960-1984 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/1983_Winston_500" title="1983 Winston 500">1983 Winston 500</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&oldid=1131018985">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1983_Warner_W._Hodgdon_Carolina_500&oldid=1131018985</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1983_NASCAR_Winston_Cup_Series" title="Category:1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series">1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1983_in_sports_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:1983 in sports in North Carolina">1983 in sports in North Carolina</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:NASCAR_races_at_Rockingham_Speedway" title="Category:NASCAR races at Rockingham Speedway">NASCAR races at Rockingham Speedway</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 04:20<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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