1983 Miller Time 300 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1983 Miller Time 300
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	October 8th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1983 Miller Time 300 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1983 Miller Time 300, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Sam Ard	0	10	$30,000	200	running	Howard Thomas
2	Dale Earnhardt	15	2	$14,100	200	running
3	Ron Bouchard	74	7	$10,200	200	running
4	Bobby Allison	22	14	$7,500	200	running
5	Neil Bonnett	75	5	$6,550	200	running
6	Lake Speed	66	22	$5,000	200	running
7	Davey Allison	23	19	$7,500	199	running
8	Glenn Jarrett	24	11	$8,750	199	running
10	Rodney Combs	89	4	$6,500	199	running
11	Darrell Waltrip	17	6	$2,750	199	running
12	Tommy Ellis	12	13	$6,700	198	running
13	Jack Ingram	11	9	$6,750	198	running	Jack Ingram
14	Dale Jarrett	32	16	$3,050	198	running	Horace Isenhower
16	Charlie Luck	45	24	$2,650	194	running
21	Tommy Houston	6	12	$5,850	190	running	Mike Day
22	David Ray Boggs	3	31	$2,825	190	running
23	Morgan Shepherd	7	3	$1,450	179	rear end	Ed Whitaker
24	Tony Cunningham	94	32	$1,275	176	running
26	Lee Faulk	8	39	$2,725	121	radiator
27	L.D. Ottinger	26	17	$1,195	113	trans
28	John Anderson	5	21	$3,160	107	engine
29	Rodney Howard	40	42	$1,075	98	engine
30	Tim Richmond	77	18	$1,050	90	heating
31	Bosco Lowe	70	36	$1,000	88	oil leak
32	Phil Parsons	28	8	$2,985	86	engine	Johnny Hayes
33	Jimmy Hensley	39	40	$975	71	oil leak
34	Ricky Rudd	1	35	$865	70	engine
36	Ronnie Silver	14	20	$2,445	59	engine
37	Larry Pearson	21	1	$3,935	47	rear end	David Pearson
38	Mike Alexander	84	23	$2,425	35	oil pump
39	Kirk Bryant	2	25	$915	30	oil leak
40	Joe Kelly	34	30	$900	24	heating