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ARCA 500

ARCA Stock Car race
Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
April 30, 1983
117 laps on 2.66 mile paved oval; 311.22 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Davey Allison	22		1977 Pontiac Ventura	117		running	56
2	5	Marvin Smith	1		Oldsmobile	116		running
3	10	Curtis Payne	16		Oldsmobile	115		running
4	6	Duane Pierson	76		Buick	115		running
5	18	Howard Rose	66		Pontiac	114		running
6	20	Bob Dotter	40		Oldsmobile	112
7	4	Scott Stovall	0		Oldsmobile Cutlass	111		engine
8	9	Bill Venturini	35		Pontiac	111
9	14	L.T. Wechtel	26		Oldsmobile	109
10	22	Stuart Huffman	52		Pontiac	108
11	16	Mike Riley	8		Pontiac	104
12	17	Phil Barkdoll	00		Dodge	100
13	3	Ferrel Harris	69		1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass	95		engine	56
14	25	Red Farmer	97		Buick	91
15	13	Jerry Churchill	25		Oldsmobile	87
16	30	Bill Scott	07		Buick	80
17	35	Bobby Wawak	74		Buick	67
18	21	Billy McGinnis	86		Pontiac	53
19	7	Buddy Fannon	90		Buick	43
20	15	Glenn Walker	44		Buick	41
21	2	Rick Roland	55		Pontiac	38
22	33	Mike Potter	19		Oldsmobile	36
23	26	Jack Wallace	02		Pontiac	35
24	8	Bob Brevak	82		Pontiac Ventura	23		accident
25	23	Bob Slawinski	56		Buick	23
26	12	Lee Raymond	99		Buick	22
27	24	David Conway	93		Oldsmobile	22
28	36	Rick Newsom	12		Buick	17
29	19	Mark Gibson	10		Pontiac	14
30	31	Don Satterfield	18		Buick	12
31	32	Travis Tiller	46		Buick	11
32	11	Rick O'Brien	70		Pontiac	11
33	28	Dean Roper	2		Pontiac	9
34	34	J.D. McDuffie	7		Pontiac	4
35	29	Ken Kalla	57		Buick	2		accident
36	27	Dave Mader III	08		Buick	1
37	37	Frank Bird	03		Oldsmobile	0		did not start	0
38	38	Jim Southard	73		Oldsmobile	0		did not start	0

Notes: Ken Kalla was killed in an accident on the third lap. He suffered skull injuries when his car hit the guard rail.
Bob Brevak was hospitalized with first, second, and third dergee burns after his accident.
9 cars were running at the finish.
Time of race: 02:06:16
Average Speed: 147.887 MPH
Pole Speed: 47.988 seconds
5 cautions for 29 laps