1983 Like Cola 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 18 of 30 in the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
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1983 Like Cola 500 program cover | |||
| Date | July 24, 1983 | ||
| Official name | Like Cola 500 | ||
| Location | Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.500 mi (3.400 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 501.0 mi (804 km) | ||
| Weather | Mild with temperatures of 75.9 °F (24.4 °C); wind speeds of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 114.818 mph (184.782 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 65,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
| Blue Max Racing | |
| Time | 59.218 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Allison | DiGard Motorsports | |
| Laps | 56 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 27 | Tim Richmond | Blue Max Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Mizlou | ||
| Announcers |
Ken Squier Buddy Baker | ||
The 1983 Like Cola 500, the 10th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on July 24, 1983, at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Like Cola, the sponsor of the race, was an unsuccessful cola soft drink that was distributed and sold through the United States of America from 1982 to approximately 1985.
During the early 1980s, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series was plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.
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