Charlotte 1983

Charlotte Motor Speedway 1983 Dale Earnhardt Winners Circle NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman
Charlotte Motor Speedway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 May 28-Saturday: Dale Earnhardt (15) Robert Gee Pontiac Ventura driver celebrates in Winners Circle with his family, wife Teresa, daughter Kelley, and son Dale Jr after winning the NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Mello Yello 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

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Pocono 1983

Pocono Raceway 1983 Mike Potter Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National
Pocono Raceway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 July 24-Sunday: Mike Potter (76) Oldsmobile Cutlass leads Dale Earnhardt (15) Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird across the tunnel turn in the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Potter finished nine positions ahead of Earnhardt at the checkered flag.

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Pocono 1983

Pocono Raceway 1983 Dale Earnhardt Morgan Shepherd NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National
Pocono Raceway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 July 24-Sunday: Dale Earnhardt (15) Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird leads Morgan Shepherd (2) JD Stacy Buick Regal and Ricky Rudd (3) Richard Childress Racing (RCR) Chevrolet Monte Carlo through turn one during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

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Charlotte 1983

Charlotte Motor Speedway 1983 Tommy Houston Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman
Charlotte Motor Speedway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 May 28-Saturday: Tommy Houston (6) Mike Day Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme races Dale Earnhardt (15) Robert Gee Pontiac Ventura during the NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Mello Yello 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

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Pocono Raceway 1983

Pocono Raceway 1983 Tim Richmond Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National
Pocono Raceway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 July 24-Sunday: Tim Richmond (27) Raymond Beadle Blue Max Pontiac Grand Prix leads Dale Earnhardt (15) Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird through the tunnel turn during the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

Rights Managed (RM) original photography ©1983 David Allio

Charlotte 1983

Charlotte Motor Speedway 1983 Sam Ard Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 October 08 – Saturday: Sam Ard (00) Thomas Brothers Oldsmobile Omega races side-by-side with Dale Earnhardt (15) Pontiac Ventura in the Miller 300 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Harrisburg, North Carolina. Ard went on to win the superspeedway event.

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Martinsville 1983

Martinsville Speedway 1983 Dale Earnhardt Tim Richmond Rick McCray Richard Petty NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National
Martinsville Speedway | ©1983 David Allio

1983 April 24 – Sunday: Dale Earnhardt (15) Bud Moore Ford Thunderbird leads Tim Richmond (27) Blue Max Pontiac Grand Prix, Rick McCray (08) Pontiac LeMans, and Richard Petty (43) Pontiac Grand Prix in the 34th Annual Virginia National Bank 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Series race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.

Rights Managed (RM) original photography ©1983 David Allio