| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 30 in the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 1983 Daytona 500 program cover | |||
| Date | February 20, 1983 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 155.979 miles per hour (251.024 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 115,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Qualifying race winners | |||
| Duel 1 Winner | Dale Earnhardt | Bud Moore Engineering | |
| Duel 2 Winner | Neil Bonnett | RahMoc Enterprises | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Joe Ruttman | Benfield Racing | |
| Laps | 57 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Cale Yarborough | Ranier-Lundy | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier and David Hobbs | ||
| Nielsen Ratings |
8.7/26 (11 million viewers) | ||
The 1983 Daytona 500, the 25th running of the event, was held February 20 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first race of the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup season.
- ^ "Weather of the 1983 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
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