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1983 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 30
Monday, July 4, 1983 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:23:20
Average Speed: 167.442 mph
Pole Speed: 196.635 mph

Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Margin of Victory: 29 sec
Attendance: 60,000
Lead changes: 39

Glossary 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1983 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	8	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	160	32,950	running	45	185
5	3	44	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	160	13,545	running	43	160
9	7	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Bud Moore)	Ford	158	11,900	running	19	143
26	4	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	145	2,250	engine	16	90
32	12	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	78	3,765	crash	16	72
4	10	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	160	13,380	running	8	165
14	13	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	156	11,250	running	5	126
10	37	51	Lennie Pond	Burger King (Tom Beck)	Buick	157	3,550	running	3	139
2	31	2	Morgan Shepherd	ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy)	Buick	160	27,175	running	2	175
37	2	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	30	2,675	engine	2	57
40	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	5	3,250	engine	1	48
3	15	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	160	13,275	running	0	165
6	5	88	Geoffrey Bodine	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	159	9,625	running	0	150
7	14	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling)	Ford	159	7,965	running	0	146
8	21	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Buick	158	5,100	running	0	142
11	25	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	157	11,300	running	0	130
12	23	77	Ken Ragan	Clinomint (Marvin Ragan)	Chevrolet	157	3,400	running	0	127
13	26	71	Dave Marcis	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	156	10,600	running	0	124
15	40	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Hillin Racing (Bobby Hillin, Sr.)	Buick	155	3,500	running	0	118
16	28	17	Sterling Marlin	Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	155	5,555	running	0	115
17	32	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	153	5,235	running	0	112
18	17	6	Connie Saylor	Native Tan (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	153	4,875	running	0	109
19	16	4	Mark Martin	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	153	2,100	running	0	106
20	24	11	Darrell Waltrip	Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	152	11,950	running	0	103
21	6	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	149	4,315	running	0	100
22	35	24	Cecil Gordon	Native Tan (Cecil Gordon)	Chrysler	148	1,800	running	0	97
23	39	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	148	3,905	running	0	94
24	27	41	Ronnie Thomas	Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	147	1,725	running	0	91
25	29	10	Clark Dwyer	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	147	1,650	running	0	88
27	33	74	Bobby Wawak	Bridgetender Inn (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	128	1,500	running	0	82
28	9	75	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	124	7,450	running	0	79
29	19	1	Lake Speed	UNO / Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	115	1,400	engine	0	76
30	18	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	112	3,395	engine	0	73
31	11	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	102	3,075	ignition	0	70
33	30	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	78	7,225	crash	0	64
34	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Jim Peacock (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	74	2,905	engine	0	61
35	34	0	Delma Cowart	Coastal Transmissions (H.L. Waters)	Buick	69	1,125	piston	0	58
36	38	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Buick	69	2,835	engine	0	55
38	22	5	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	19	1,150	engine	0	49
39	36	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing (Blackie Wangerin)	Ford	9	1,025	engine	0	46

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Ruttman	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	3	1
Benny Parsons	4	10	7
Ron Bouchard	11	11	1
Benny Parsons	12	13	2
Dick Brooks	14	14	1
Buddy Baker	15	15	1
Dick Brooks	16	17	2
Dale Earnhardt	18	21	4
Lennie Pond	22	24	3
Dale Earnhardt	25	25	1
Buddy Baker	26	26	1
Dale Earnhardt	27	27	1
Buddy Baker	28	28	1
Dale Earnhardt	29	30	2
Bobby Allison	31	32	2
Dale Earnhardt	33	33	1
Buddy Baker	34	34	1
Dale Earnhardt	35	37	3
Buddy Baker	38	48	11
Dick Brooks	49	50	2
Buddy Baker	51	55	5
Ron Bouchard	56	58	3
Dick Brooks	59	62	4
Bobby Allison	63	65	3
Dick Brooks	66	72	7
Buddy Baker	73	80	8
Dale Earnhardt	81	87	7
Terry Labonte	88	121	34
Ron Bouchard	122	122	1
Morgan Shepherd	123	124	2
Buddy Baker	125	128	4
Benny Parsons	129	135	7
Buddy Baker	136	142	7
Ron Bouchard	143	143	1
Buddy Baker	144	147	4
Ron Bouchard	148	149	2
Terry Labonte	150	158	9
Buddy Baker	159	160	2

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	2464
2	Darrell Waltrip	2252	-212
3	Bill Elliott	2234	-230
4	Harry Gant	2221	-243
5	Richard Petty	2194	-270
6	Neil Bonnett	2105	-359
7	Joe Ruttman	1973	-491
8	Terry Labonte	1959	-505
9	Ricky Rudd	1887	-577
10	Dale Earnhardt	1866	-598
11	Dick Brooks	1849	-615
12	Dave Marcis	1758	-706
13	Jimmy Means	1748	-716
14	Kyle Petty	1708	-756
15	Buddy Arrington	1703	-761
16	Tim Richmond	1661	-803
17	Geoffrey Bodine	1656	-808
18	Ron Bouchard	1630	-834
19	Sterling Marlin	1619	-845
20	Lake Speed	1428	-1036

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