|| *Comments on the 1983 Southern 500:* View the most recent comment <#6> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Jake posted: 05.14.2005 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was the last Southern 500 run on Labor Day. 2. MOST posted: 05.07.2006 - 7:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now it is just like everything else, a night race. Put it on a monday again, another Brian France F up. 3. Matthew Sullivan posted: 06.28.2006 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The DiGard team chiseled a vent hole in the roof of Bobby Allison's car to cool him off. NASCAR fined the team $500. 4. Tommy Hatcher posted: 05.24.2007 - 2:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember it was a very BIG hole and boy was it hot that day. I was sittting on the 4th turn in the Robert E Lee paddock. 5. Nick posted: 01.26.2011 - 10:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Elliott's last second place finish before he would finally get that elusive first win a few weeks later at Riverside. 6. RaceFanX posted: 10.11.2019 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was Bobby Allison's fourth and final Southern 500 win and his first since 1975. The Lady in Black wasn't too tough for Allison to tame as he won here five times in Cup series action. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: