slorydn1
11th November 2010, 07:57
In 1983, Bobby Allison finally got it done and won his first and only Winston Cup Championship, besting ole DW by 47 points. Both Bobby and DW lead the series with 6 wins each, DW had the edge in top 5's 22-18, and they both had 25 top 10's. DW was the Lap Leader again, leading 2363 laps, which is 25.13 % of the laps he completed that year.
The full Winston Cup standings are available here:
http://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet?s=5&yr=1983&series=W
Let's see how the FIA Cup standings shake out:
001 Darrell Waltrip........414
002 Bobby Allison..........360
003 Bill Elliot............238
004 Neil Bonnett...........197
005 Richard Petty..........194
006 Terry Labonte..........189
007 Dale Earnhardt.........168
008 Harry Gant.............165
009 Tim Richmond...........155
010 Ricky Rudd.............152
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011 Buddy Baker............119
012 Cale Yarborough........117
013 Morgan Shepard.........085
014 Geoff Bodine...........082
015 Joe Ruttman............078
As you can see for only the second time since 1975 has the FIA Cup been won by a different driver than the Winston Cup (the first being 1980).
36 drivers scored at least 1 point this year, including Canadian driver Trevor Boys who many of today's fans may recognize for his qualifying attempts at races in the western US. DW pulled it out for 3rd straight time in this deal, by 54 points over Allison. DW averaged 13.8 points per race this year. The average PPR of the top 15 rose to 6.4, up 0.3 from last year.
The group averaged starting 28.1 races out of the 30, the highest it had been to date. The groups avg start was 9.8, and avg finish was 13.8. 25 of the 30 race wins were in the top 10, and all 30 were in the top 12 (12th place Cale Yarborough only ran in 16 races, but won 4 of them, or 25 % of the races he participated in.
The groups reliability numbers are looking better, with their RAF up to 19.7 races of 30 (70.31%) and the average DNF's down to 8.3 (still high, but down 2.0 from the previous year's record). The groups lead lap finish's are up to an avg of 8.5 of the 30 races, cracking 30% for the first time (30.17%)....
The Bud Pole Award winner is Darrell Waltrip, with 7 poles....
:beer: Congrats to Bobby Allison, the 1983 Winston Cup Champion
:beer: Congrats to Darrell Waltrip, the 1983 FIA Cup Champion
The full Winston Cup standings are available here:
http://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet?s=5&yr=1983&series=W
Let's see how the FIA Cup standings shake out:
001 Darrell Waltrip........414
002 Bobby Allison..........360
003 Bill Elliot............238
004 Neil Bonnett...........197
005 Richard Petty..........194
006 Terry Labonte..........189
007 Dale Earnhardt.........168
008 Harry Gant.............165
009 Tim Richmond...........155
010 Ricky Rudd.............152
____________________________
011 Buddy Baker............119
012 Cale Yarborough........117
013 Morgan Shepard.........085
014 Geoff Bodine...........082
015 Joe Ruttman............078
As you can see for only the second time since 1975 has the FIA Cup been won by a different driver than the Winston Cup (the first being 1980).
36 drivers scored at least 1 point this year, including Canadian driver Trevor Boys who many of today's fans may recognize for his qualifying attempts at races in the western US. DW pulled it out for 3rd straight time in this deal, by 54 points over Allison. DW averaged 13.8 points per race this year. The average PPR of the top 15 rose to 6.4, up 0.3 from last year.
The group averaged starting 28.1 races out of the 30, the highest it had been to date. The groups avg start was 9.8, and avg finish was 13.8. 25 of the 30 race wins were in the top 10, and all 30 were in the top 12 (12th place Cale Yarborough only ran in 16 races, but won 4 of them, or 25 % of the races he participated in.
The groups reliability numbers are looking better, with their RAF up to 19.7 races of 30 (70.31%) and the average DNF's down to 8.3 (still high, but down 2.0 from the previous year's record). The groups lead lap finish's are up to an avg of 8.5 of the 30 races, cracking 30% for the first time (30.17%)....
The Bud Pole Award winner is Darrell Waltrip, with 7 poles....
:beer: Congrats to Bobby Allison, the 1983 Winston Cup Champion
:beer: Congrats to Darrell Waltrip, the 1983 FIA Cup Champion