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1983 - Firecracker 400 Race Results


Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1983
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 196.635 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 16
Average Race Speed - 167.44 mph
Lead Changes - 39
Total Race Purse - $266,650
Race Number - 16
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Buddy Baker 21 Valvoline (Wood Brothers) 160 Ford 45 $32,950
2 31 Morgan Shepherd 2 ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy) 160 Buick 2 $27,175
3 15 David Pearson 16 Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) 160 Chevrolet 0 $13,275
4 10 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 160 Buick 8 $13,380
5 3 Terry Labonte 44 Budweiser (Billy Hagan) 160 Chevrolet 43 $13,545
6 5 Geoffrey Bodine 88 Gatorade (Cliff Stewart) 159 Pontiac 0 $9,625
7 14 Bill Elliott 9 Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling) 159 Ford 0 $7,965
8 21 Jody Ridley 84 Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre) 158 Buick 0 $5,100
9 7 Dale Earnhardt 15 Wrangler (Bud Moore) 158 Ford 19 $11,900
10 37 Lennie Pond 51 Burger King (Tom Beck) 157 Buick 3 $3,550
11 25 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 157 Buick 0 $11,300
12 23 Ken Ragan 77 Clinomint (Marvin Ragan) 157 Chevrolet 0 $3,400
13 26 Dave Marcis 71 Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) 156 Chevrolet 0 $10,600
14 13 Bobby Allison 22 Miller High Life (DiGard) 156 Buick 5 $11,250
15 40 Bobby Hillin Jr 8 Hillin Racing (Bobby Hillin Sr) 155 Buick 0 $3,500
16 28 Sterling Marlin 17 Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby) 155 Chevrolet 0 $5,555
17 32 Trevor Boys 48 HyltonMcCaig (James Hylton) 153 Chevrolet 0 $5,235
18 17 Connie Saylor 6 Native Tan (DK Ulrich) 153 Chevrolet 0 $4,875
19 16 Mark Martin 4 MorganMcClure (Larry McClure) 153 Oldsmobile 0 $2,100
20 24 Darrell Waltrip 11 Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson) 152 Chevrolet 0 $11,950
21 6 Ricky Rudd 3 Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) 149 Chevrolet 0 $4,315
22 35 Cecil Gordon 24 Native Tan (Cecil Gordon) 148 Chrysler 0 $1,800
23 39 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 148 Ford 0 $3,905
24 27 Ronnie Thomas 41 Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas) 147 Pontiac 0 $1,725
25 29 Clark Dwyer 10 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 147 Chevrolet 0 $1,650
26 4 Benny Parsons 55 Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes) 145 Chevrolet 16 $2,250
27 33 Bobby Wawak 74 Bridgetender Inn (Bobby Wawak) 128 Chevrolet 0 $1,500
28 9 Neil Bonnett 75 Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises) 124 Chevrolet 0 $7,450
29 19 Lake Speed 1 UNO Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington) 115 Chevrolet 0 $1,400
30 18 Kyle Petty 7 7Eleven (Petty Enterprises) 112 Pontiac 0 $3,395
31 11 Tim Richmond 27 Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) 102 Pontiac 0 $3,075
32 12 Dick Brooks 90 Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey) 78 Ford 16 $3,765
33 30 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 78 Pontiac 0 $7,225
34 20 Buddy Arrington 67 Jim Peacock (Buddy Arrington) 74 Chrysler 0 $2,905
35 34 Delma Cowart 0 Coastal Transmissions (HL Waters) 69 Buick 0 $1,125
36 38 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 69 Buick 0 $2,835
37 2 Joe Ruttman 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 30 Chevrolet 2 $2,675
38 22 Greg Sacks 5 Sacks Sons (Arnie Sacks) 19 Chevrolet 0 $1,150
39 36 Blackie Wangerin 39 Wangerin Racing (Blackie Wangerin) 9 Ford 0 $1,025
40 1 Cale Yarborough 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 5 Chevrolet 1 $3,250