| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| TranSouth 500 | Darlington International Raceway | |||||||||
| April 10, 1983 | Race 5 of 30 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 130.406 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.5 seconds | Time of Race: 03:50:40 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 20 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 5 for 37 laps. | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 5 | #33 | Harry Gant | Buick | Skoal Bandit | 180/5 | 367 | Running | $30,050 |
| 2 | 2 | #11 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | Pepsi Challenger | 175/5 | 367 | Running | $24,525 |
| 3 | 10 | #2 | Mark Martin | Buick | Acm Equipment Sales | 170/5 | 367 | Running | $17,530 |
| 4 | 8 | #3 | Ricky Rudd | Chevrolet | Piedmont Airlines | 160/0 | 366 | Running | $9,905 |
| 5 | 12 | #9 | Bill Elliott | Ford | Melling Oil Pumps | 155/0 | 365 | Running | $9,255 |
| 6 | 14 | #28 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | Hardee's | 150/0 | 365 | Running | $5,050 |
| 7 | 13 | #75 | Neil Bonnett | Chevrolet | Hodgdon Tool | 151/5 | 363 | Running | $7,610 |
| 8 | 9 | #22 | Bobby Allison | Buick | Miller High Life | 147/5 | 359 | Running | $12,450 |
| 9 | 3 | #88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Pontiac | Gatorade | 148/10 | 353 | Accident | $11,375 |
| 10 | 28 | #6 | D.k. Ulrich | Buick | Ulrich Racing | 134/0 | 353 | Running | $7,130 |
| 11 | 35 | #17 | Sterling Marlin * | Chevrolet | Hesco Exhaust Systems | 130/0 | 352 | Running | $7,185 |
| 12 | 31 | #52 | Jimmy Means | Pontiac | Broadway Motors | 127/0 | 349 | Running | $5,910 |
| 13 | 17 | #15 | Dale Earnhardt | Ford | Wrangler Jeans | 129/5 | 348 | Engine Failure | $7,890 |
| 14 | 26 | #64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | 121/0 | 344 | Running | $4,900 |
| 15 | 34 | #46 | Travis Tiller | Buick | Morgan-McClure Chevrolet | 118/0 | 337 | Running | $2,750 |
| 16 | 23 | #74 | Bobby Wawak | Buick | Bridgetender Inn | 115/0 | 336 | Ignition | $2,480 |
| 17 | 30 | #70 | J.D. McDuffie | Pontiac | McDuffie Racing | 112/0 | 320 | Running | $4,490 |
| 18 | 11 | #47 | Ron Bouchard | Buick | Race Hill Farm | 109/0 | 318 | Running | $4,230 |
| 19 | 20 | #90 | Dick Brooks | Ford | Sunny King Ford | 106/0 | 314 | Engine Failure | $3,840 |
| 20 | 4 | #98 | Joe Ruttman | Buick | Levi Garrett | 108/5 | 307 | Valve | $3,730 |
| 21 | 32 | #02 | Dick May | Buick | Price Racing | PE | 301 | Running | $1,670 |
| 22 | 16 | #16 | David Pearson | Chevrolet | Chattanooga Chew | 97/0 | 294 | Engine Failure | $1,850 |
| 23 | 27 | #67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Arrington Racing | 94/0 | 288 | Engine Failure | $2,870 |
| 24 | 33 | #41 | Ronnie Thomas | Pontiac | Advance Auto Parts | 91/0 | 275 | Running | $1,700 |
| 25 | 18 | #43 | Richard Petty | Pontiac | STP | 88/0 | 269 | Accident | $7,675 |
| 26 | 29 | #24 | Morgan Shepherd | Chrysler | Lynch's Auto Sales | 85/0 | 263 | Ignition | $1,650 |
| 27 | 15 | #84 | Jody Ridley | Buick | Cumberland Carpets | 82/0 | 214 | Valve | $1,630 |
| 28 | 6 | #1 | Lake Speed | Chevrolet | Uno | 79/0 | 194 | Clutch | $1,610 |
| 29 | 24 | #18 | Slick Johnson | Buick | Satterfield Racing | 76/0 | 110 | Accident | $1,590 |
| 30 | 36 | #26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Chevrolet | Food Country USA | 73/0 | 82 | Engine Failure | $1,570 |
| 31 | 22 | #7 | Kyle Petty | Pontiac | 7-Eleven | 70/0 | 81 | Cylinder Head | $3,210 |
| 32 | 21 | #21 | Buddy Baker | Ford | Valvoline | 67/0 | 29 | Steering | $2,530 |
| 33 | 25 | #71 | Dave Marcis | Chevrolet | Hudson | 64/0 | 4 | Accident | $8,810 |
| 34 | 19 | #55 | Benny Parsons | Buick | Skoal | 61/0 | 1 | Accident | $1,390 |
| 35 | 1 | #27 | Tim Richmond | Pontiac | Old Milwaukee | 58/0 | 0 | Engine Failure | $2,945 |
| 36 | 7 | #44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 55/0 | 0 | Accident | $2,350 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||