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Compiled by Bill Vanselow

Series Stats : 1983
The following data is compiled from all races run with this series.



ChampionSteve Kinser
Driver Count439
Race Count68
Average Car Count28.8
Driver Count at every race0
Driver Count running half of the races11

6 Winning Feature Starting Positions
PositionCount
2nd3
4th2
5th1

68 Winning Time Trial Positions
Time Trial (Average: 3.3)Count
65
2nd1
3rd1
5th1

Count: 68
Race DateTrackRaceCar CountWinnerStartStory
Saturday, February 5, 1983Jax,FL39Jeff SwindellJeff Swindell wins WoO at Jax
Wednesday, February 9, 1983East Bay,FL69Doug WolfgangDoug Wolfgang wins WoO at East Bay
Friday, February 11, 1983East Bay,FL68Danny SmithDanny Smith wins WoO at East Bay
Monday, February 14, 1983East Bay,FL30Keith KauffmanKeith Kauffman wins WoO at East Bay
Tuesday, February 15, 1983East Bay,FL35Steve KinserSteve Kinser wins WoO at East Bay
Friday, March 18, 1983Houston,TX45Sammy Swindell
Friday, April 15, 1983Lakeside,KS24Sammy Swindell
Saturday, April 16, 1983Knoxville,IASeason Opener47Sammy Swindell4Sammy Swindell wins WoO at Knoxville
Wednesday, April 20, 1983Houston,TX22Steve Kinser
Friday, April 22, 1983Devils Bowl,TX24Doug Wolfgang
Saturday, April 23, 1983State Fair,OK24Brad Doty
Saturday, April 30, 1983Husets,SD22Sammy Swindell
Wednesday, May 11, 1983Bloomington,IN22Steve Kinser
Friday, May 13, 1983US 131,MI20Tim Gee
Wednesday, May 18, 1983US 131,MI22Bobby Allen
Saturday, May 21, 1983Eldora,OH19Steve Kinser
Sunday, May 22, 1983Eldora,OH21Brad DotyBrad Doty wins WoO at Eldora
Thursday, May 26, 1983Williams Grove,PA30Bobby Davis JrBobby Davis Jr wins WoO at Williams Grove
Friday, May 27, 1983Williams Grove,PA24Bobby Davis JrBobby Davis Jr wins WoO at Williams Grove
Monday, May 30, 1983Lincoln,PA24Brad Doty
Tuesday, May 31, 1983Grandview,PA24Doug WolfgangDoug Wolfgang wins WoO at Grandview
Wednesday, June 1, 1983Bridgeport,NJ26Steve KinserSteve Kinser wins WoO at Bridgeport
Saturday, June 4, 1983Orange County,NY24Steve Kinser
Tuesday, June 7, 1983Rolling Wheels,NY26Steve Kinser
Wednesday, June 8, 1983Land of Legends,NY21Steve Kinser
Thursday, June 9, 1983Lebanon Valley,NY21Bobby Davis Jr
Friday, June 10, 1983Lernerville,PA29Sammy SwindellSammy Swindell wins WoO at Lernerville
Saturday, June 11, 1983Lernerville,PA23Sammy SwindellSammy Swindell wins WoO at Lernerville
Wednesday, June 22, 1983Houston,TX22Sammy Swindell
Friday, June 24, 1983Devils Bowl,TX34Ron Shuman
Saturday, June 25, 1983Lawton,OK20Steve Kinser
Sunday, June 26, 1983State Fair,OK24Steve Kinser
Tuesday, June 28, 198381,KS22Sammy Swindell
Friday, July 1, 1983Rocky Mountain,CO22Steve Kinser
Saturday, July 2, 1983Rocky Mountain,CO22Steve Kinser
Monday, July 4, 1983Black Hills,SD22Steve Kinser
Wednesday, July 6, 1983Husets,SD20Steve Kinser
Friday, July 8, 1983Red River Valley,ND20Sammy Swindell
Saturday, July 9, 1983Red River Valley,ND23Sammy Swindell
Monday, July 11, 1983Cedar Lake,WI22Steve Kinser
Wednesday, July 13, 1983Paragon,IN22Tim GeeTim Gee wins WoO at Paragon
Wednesday, July 27, 1983Knoxville,IA39Sammy Swindell5Swindell Takes Second ’83 Knoxville Feature
Thursday, July 28, 1983Santa Fe,IL18Doug Wolfgang
Tuesday, August 2, 1983Lernerville,PA24Steve KinserSteve Kinser wins WoO at Lernerville
Wednesday, August 3, 1983Lernerville,PA27Bobby Davis JrBobby Davis Jr wins WoO at Lernerville
Thursday, August 4, 1983Williams Grove,PA25Steve Kinser
Friday, August 5, 1983Williams Grove,PA24Sammy SwindellSammy Swindell wins WoO at Williams Grove
Saturday, August 6, 1983Lincoln,PA23Steve Kinser
Sunday, August 7, 1983Hagerstown,MD21Keith KauffmanKeith Kauffman wins WoO at Hagerstown
Saturday, August 13, 1983Knoxville,IAKnoxville Nationals97Sammy Swindell4Elusive Knoxville Nationals Crown Finally Claimed by Swindell
Tuesday, August 16, 1983Santa Fe,IL22Ron Shuman
Wednesday, August 17, 1983Kokomo,IN20Steve KinserSteve Kinser wins WoO at Kokomo
Friday, August 19, 1983Bloomington,IN20Sammy Swindell
Friday, September 2, 1983I-70,MO20Steve Kinser
Saturday, September 3, 1983I-70,MO20Jeff Swindell
Sunday, September 4, 1983I-70,MO22Sammy Swindell
Friday, September 9, 1983Santa Maria,CA22Steve Kinser
Saturday, September 10, 1983Santa Maria,CA20Sammy Swindell
Sunday, September 11, 1983San Jose Fairgrounds,CA22Steve Kinser
Thursday, September 15, 1983Baylands,CA22Steve KinserSteve Kinser wins WoO at Baylands
Friday, September 16, 1983Baylands,CA22Sammy SwindellSammy Swindell wins WoO at Baylands
Saturday, September 17, 1983Baylands,CA34Sammy SwindellSammy Swindell wins WoO at Baylands
Thursday, September 22, 1983Silver Dollar,CAGold Cup Race of Champions Prelim15Ron ShumanRon Shuman wins WoO at Silver Dollar
Friday, September 23, 1983Silver Dollar,CAGold Cup Race of Champions Prelim15Shane CarsonShane Carson wins WoO at Silver Dollar
Saturday, September 24, 1983Silver Dollar,CAGold Cup Race of Champions48Steve Kinser
Saturday, October 8, 1983State Fairgrounds,NY54Doug Wolfgang2
Friday, October 14, 1983Knoxville,IA86Keith Kauffman2Kinser Lands Skoal Dash $, Kauffman Takes Friday Night Feature
Sunday, October 16, 1983Knoxville,IA55Sammy Swindell2WoO Grand Finale to Swindell

Drivers running at least half of the races (11)
DriverRacesWinsAvg FinishTop 5Top 10
1Steve Kinser64246.04954
2Sammy Swindell62197.94248$15,000
3Doug Wolfgang6557.73651
4Brad Doty64310.92640
5Ron Shuman63310.12744
6Jeff Swindell64210.32242
7Tim Gee55215.2721
8Shane Carson6619.51844
9Bobby Allen5219.12343
10Danny Smith47111.1828
11Jac Haudenschild3909.21026

Drivers NOT running at least half of the races (428)
DriverRacesWinsAvg FinishTop 5Top 10
1Bobby Davis Jr23416.1811
2Keith Kauffman3138.51322
3Richard Lupo26011.8213
4Rick Ungar23014.319
5Randy Smith19014.427
6TJ Giddings19015.128
7Rick Ferkel17018.803
8Tim Green1609.9910
9Rickey Hood16012.628
10Brent Kaeding14013.616
11Randy Wolfe14018.425
12Bobby Marshall14018.513
13Scott Ritchhart13014.733
14Steve Siegel12012.615
15Kelly Kinser12014.806
16Junior Parkinson12019.102
17Rocky Hodges12020.214
18Greg Wooley12021.900
19Jimmy Sills1109.227
20Jimmy Horton11017.313
21Randy Kinser10011.815
22Steve Smith10014.924
23Van May10015.411
24Paul Lotier10018.412
25Steve Stambaugh10019.500
26Terry Gray10024.001
27Jack Hewitt9014.603
28Lee James9016.702
29Cliff Woodward9018.601
30Spike Lempelius9041.700
31Rich Vogler809.024
32Lealand McSpadden8013.323
33George Bischoff7010.134
34Lee Osborne7014.414
35Mike Kwiatkowski7017.100
36Dan Dietrich7017.700
37Billy Robison7020.301
38Dave Blaney7021.312
39John Sernett7021.401
40Danny Lasoski7022.101
41Jim Moulis7023.901
42Greg Staab7027.601
43Jerry Richert Jr7028.600
44Mike Johnson7035.901
45Chuck Gurney606.026
46Dave Strickland Jr6012.701
47Cris Criswell6013.300
48Frankie Kerr6014.312
49Richard Summers6015.300
50Bobby Weaver6015.802
51Cecil Walker6019.201
52Edd French6024.500
53Ronnie Daniels6027.500
54Rick Weld6029.200
55John Stevenson5011.802
56Steve Perry5014.601
57Steve Butler5015.001
58Nick LoSasso5015.600
59Bob Hop5016.001
60Garey Fauver5018.200
61Linus Mack5018.600
62Kramer Williamson5020.400
63Gary Bradley5020.800
64Tracy Rodden5026.200
65Mark Shaffer5026.400
66Glenn Hughes Jr5028.200
67Gerry Robison5032.000
68Mike Thomas5032.600
69Gary Wright5033.600
70Bill Wagner5036.600
71Carmen Manzardo5040.001
72Donnie Clarkson5044.600
73Bill Hetrick Jr5045.000
74L Merrill Jacob5048.000
75Tim Deaver5051.200
76Billy Kennelly4012.001
77Rendy Boldrini4013.002
78Fred Linder4015.312
79Joe Herrera4016.500
80George Ferguson Jr4016.801
81Ed Organ4017.801
82Johnny Beaber4018.502
83Mike Keller4019.800
84Keith Frantsen4020.500
85Greg Bloxom4020.800
86Robert Smith4021.500
87Allen Barr4025.000
88Dan Atwell4025.300
89Dave Wickham4026.500
90CD Coville4028.000
91Paul Rochelle4029.000
92Marlon Jones4029.000
93Chuck Starr4031.300
94Ken Chapman4035.000
95Johnny Coogan4035.800
96Dick Byerly4038.300
97Dean Shirley4038.500
98Don Miller4039.800
99Ken Schrader4041.301
100Mike Fulper4042.000
101Denny Houseman4042.500
102Johnny Johnson4045.000
103Robert Houseman4047.300
104Allen Winker4056.800
105John McCoy4057.500
106Jimmy Boyd309.002
107Bill Marshall309.302
108Bill Stief309.702
109Bryan Bullard3012.311
110Darrell Hanestad3012.302
111Larry Bell3012.701
112Dave Kelly3013.700
113Paul Kline3013.700
114Milan Garrett3014.000
115Kenny Jacobs3015.002
116Jim Richardson3015.000
117Mike Ward3015.001
118Randy Roberts3015.001
119Jack Sodeman Sr3016.000
120Andy Hillenburg3017.300
121Joe Saldana3017.702
122Gary Hylton3017.700
123Vic Cousins3017.700
124Dick Ruth3018.300
125Barry Camp3018.301
126Craig Rankin3018.700
127Rod George3018.700
128Mike Horner3020.700
129Darrell Dodd3021.000
130Brian Crockett3021.701
131Gary Zobel3021.701
132Davey Jones3022.000
133Ron Semelka3022.301
134Roger Hurst3026.700
135Johnny Suggs3027.300
136Jack McCorkell3029.000
137Cliff Blundy3029.700
138Denny Donaldson3029.700
139Dave Leckonby3030.300
140Tod Bishop3030.700
141Sonny Smyser3031.700
142Art Boune3033.000
143Randy Sears3034.300
144Larry Schild3038.000
145Tim Baker3038.300
146Gary Zitterich3040.000
147George Streaker3040.700
148Rick Montgomery3041.300
149Mike Peters3041.700
150Mike Brooks3042.700
151Stacy Redmond3045.700
152David Dwyer3047.700
153Mackie Heimbaugh3055.300
154Lloyd Beckman3061.300
155Mike Proffitt3062.000
156Jimmy Bell3062.300
157Rick Sorem3063.000
158Alan Bradway2010.002
159Randy Ruth2010.501
160Don Reiners2011.000
161Jim Eiland2011.501
162Kerry Norris2012.000
163Lynn Paxton2012.511
164Todd Mack2012.500
165Dave Ekern2013.000
166Larry Helms2013.500
167Dwain Leiber2013.500
168Mark Kinser2013.501
169Chuck Reinert2013.501
170Mike Sweeney2013.500
171Gus Linder2014.500
172Brett Lacey2014.501
173Charlie Massey2015.001
174Gib Wiser2015.000
175Lou Kennedy Jr2015.000
176Len Seroka2016.000
177Rick Horton2016.001
178Randy Varney2016.000
179Mickey Smith2016.000
180Dave Bradway Jr2016.500
181Tres Gurney2017.000
182Ron Kramer2017.000
183Harry Garrett2017.000
184Rick Fries2017.000
185Joe Fote2017.500
186Chuck Starck2017.500
187Allen Klinger2017.500
188James Foster2018.000
189Brook Weibley2018.500
190Craig Keel2018.500
191Mike Murphy2019.000
192Bill Keester2020.001
193Bill Dollansky2020.500
194Nolan Wren2020.500
195Harvey Caulkins2020.500
196Wayne McNally2021.000
197John C Anderson2021.500
198Ed Wylie2021.500
199Burr Corbett2021.500
200Smokey Snellbaker2023.000
201Chuck Knuckey2023.500
202Ed McDonald Jr2024.000
203Ernie Rose2024.500
204Charles Caldwell2024.500
205Bruce Griffith2025.000
206Brad Marvel2025.001
207Hank Butcher2025.000
208Dudley Balmer2026.500
209Terry Doss2028.000
210Buddy Cochran2028.500
211Bob Thoman2028.500
212Rick Lemanski2029.000
213Bob Featherly2031.500
214Pat Rose2031.500
215Gary Lynch2031.500
216Kevin Darling2035.500
217Harry Johnson2038.500
218Jeff Tuttle2039.500
219Rodger Wright2040.500
220Dirk VanCott2044.000
221Bob Christian2044.500
222Mike Selberg2044.500
223John Tierney2045.500
224Dean Chadd2046.500
225Jeff Fleury2047.000
226Bob Warren2051.000
227Bob Thompson2052.500
228Tony Weyant2053.500
229Frank Hollingsworth2056.000
230Bimbo Atkins2061.000
231Mike Houseman2063.000
232Rick Standridge2063.000
233Johnny Kemp2063.500
234Rich Brahmer2065.000
235Allen Griffin2065.500
236Eddie Polich2067.000
237Ned Fry2068.500
238Jeff Jones2080.500
239Larry Martin103.011
240Kevin Collins1010.001
241Bobby Smallwood1011.000
242Maynard Yingst1011.000
243Mitch Sue1012.000
244Jon Johnson1012.000
245Terry Moore1012.000
246Bill Liebig1013.000
247Mike Pinckney1014.000
248Mike Herbert1014.000
249Tony Beaber1014.000
250Don Kreitz Jr1014.000
251George McCord1014.000
252Jeff Thickstun1014.000
253Gene Kester1014.000
254Jackie Whitson1014.000
255Floyd Crisp1015.000
256Bob Higginbotham1015.000
257Charlie Palmer1015.000
258Steve Beitler1015.000
259Skylar Hinkle1015.000
260Sheldon Kinser1015.000
261Doug Banda1015.000
262Jim Starr1015.000
263Tighe Scott1015.000
264Bob Kinser1015.000
265Jon Backlund1015.000
266Rodney Ritter Jr1016.000
267French Grimes1016.000
268Jerry Matus1016.000
269Gary Gray1016.000
270Jim Nace1016.000
271Mark Cassella1016.000
272Mark Mead1016.000
273Bill Corkill1016.000
274Ken Rice1016.000
275Ricky Allen1017.000
276Bo Rawdon1017.000
277Rob McFarlin1017.000
278Jeff Taylor1017.000
279Doug Strong1017.000
280Bobby Geldner1017.000
281Scott Luhdorff1017.000
282Bill Landis1017.000
283Dale Devonshire1018.000
284Rick Hart1018.000
285Larry Slawson1018.000
286Bob Aton1018.000
287Frank Filskov1018.000
288Charlie Fisher1018.000
289Bob Herring1018.000
290Kim Trout1018.000
291Chip Slocum1018.000
292Bob Swavely1018.000
293Bob Nelson1018.000
294Doug Potts1018.000
295David Cahoon1018.000
296Mike Free1019.000
297Gary Howsare1019.000
298Greg Smith1019.000
299Nick Rescino Sr1019.000
300Denny Gross1019.000
301Chuck Amati1019.000
302Curt Kelley1019.000
303Tom Johnson1019.000
304Gerry Daneker1019.000
305Howie Sewell1019.000
306Daryl Walker1020.000
307Bryan Miller1020.000
308Johnny Lewis1020.000
309Mark Slade1020.000
310Ed Thompson1020.000
311Des Nash1020.000
312Ronnie Dunston1020.000
313Jerry Carman1020.000
314Dickie Larkin1020.000
315JN Fote1020.000
316Scott Murray1020.000
317Larry Kassel1020.000
318Gary Fedewa1020.000
319Steve Clevenger1021.000
320Leigh Earnshaw1021.000
321Dale Fulmer1021.000
322Ron Wipperman1021.000
323Kevin Smith (PA)1021.000
324Dave Fisher1021.000
325Davey Brown1021.000
326Tom Cummings1021.000
327Gary Griffith1021.000
328LeRoy VanConnett1022.000
329Garry Lee Maier1022.000
330Midge Miller1022.000
331Dennis Wheeler1022.000
332Larry Shellenberger1022.000
333Denny Bell1022.000
334Danny Mansfield1022.000
335Billy Crockett1023.000
336Mike Jablonski1023.000
337Ralph Spithaler1023.000
338Buck Buckley1023.000
339Alan Munn1024.000
340Joey Gravino1024.000
341Tom Corbin1024.000
342Tim Hershey1024.000
343Bob Murphy1024.000
344Ray Welnack1025.000
345Billy Eash1025.000
346Shane Scott1026.000
347Ed Taylor1026.000
348Rod Rettberg1026.000
349David Bergmann1027.000
350Anthony Simone1027.000
351Rip Williams1028.000
352Buddy Wallen1028.000
353Dick DeRock1029.000
354Tom Winter1029.000
355Rick Summers1030.000
356Brett Hearn1030.000
357Tommy Scott1030.000
358Johnny Anderson1031.000
359Benny Cordell1031.000
360Jimmy Allard1032.000
361Jerry Bumgarner1032.000
362Ed Lynch1032.000
363Ken Harbison1033.000
364Jerry Walkingstick1033.000
365John Carroll1034.000
366Mike McCreary1034.000
367Lyle Sylvester1034.000
368Ed Lynch Jr1034.000
369Mike Monahan1035.000
370Lonnie Dickinson1035.000
371Donnie Beechler1036.000
372Scott Tobias1037.000
373Bobby McMahan1037.000
374James McElreath1037.000
375Johnny Tiner1038.000
376Galen Martin1039.000
377Manny Rockhold1039.000
378Bill White1039.000
379Denny Frederickson1040.000
380Greg Curtis1040.000
381Michael Thomas1040.000
382Randy Reddick1040.000
383Ron Horton1041.000
384Terry Vann1042.000
385Dan Main1042.000
386Rob Hart1042.000
387Billy Koontz1043.000
388Doug Didero1043.000
389Brad Young1044.000
390Randy Noble1044.000
391Steve Dyer1044.000
392Wayne Kronk1044.000
393Charlie Correia1045.000
394Kenny Townsand1045.000
395Jeff Wilke1045.000
396Steve Barton1046.000
397Dan Burton1046.000
398Richie Haley1047.000
399Ron Standridge1048.000
400Jerry Richert1048.000
401Brett Barnett1048.000
402Gary Morton1049.000
403Gabby Lusk1051.000
404Steve Yodock1051.000
405Bobby Ensminger1052.000
406Vance Peterson1053.000
407RD Timmons1053.000
408Steve Celar1054.000
409Con Edwards1057.000
410Bill Bailey1057.000
411Tom Sexton1057.000
412Pat McKeehan1059.000
413Dick Colburn1061.000
414John Maynard1061.000
415Tim Gibbins1062.000
416Roger Lechtenberg1064.000
417Brian Madsen1067.000
418Ken McCarty1071.000
419Steve Johnson1075.000
420Gene Palmer1076.000
421Lynn McIntosh1078.000
422Jerry Potter1080.000
423Leonard Lee1083.000
424Rick Pennell1086.000
425Mark Schimming1087.000
426Al Liskai1093.000
427Bob Graybill1096.000
428Ken Biertzer1097.000