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Daytona International Speedway
February 20, 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.5-Mile Superspeedway 200 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Pontiac | 200 | 180 | 119,600 | Running | |
| 2 | 17 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 200 | 175 | 66,425 | Running | |
| 3 | 5 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 200 | 170 | 59,650 | Running | |
| 4 | 11 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 200 | 170 | 55,980 | Running | |
| 5 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 199 | 0 | 44,545 | Running | |
| 6 | 41 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 199 | 150 | 33,175 | Running | |
| 7 | 22 | 53 | Tom Sneva | Simoniz BodyGard Chevrolet | 199 | 146 | 27,900 | Running | |
| 8 | 15 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew Chevrolet | 198 | 142 | 25,100 | Running | |
| 9 | 35 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Chevrolet | 198 | 138 | 29,400 | Running | |
| 10 | 18 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills Buick | 197 | 134 | 20,900 | Running | |
| 12 | 39 | 51 | Lennie Pond | Native Tan Buick | 197 | 127 | 15,000 | Running | |
| 13 | 32 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Buick | 196 | 124 | 13,700 | Running | |
| 14 | 42 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Buick | 196 | 121 | 15,965 | Running | |
| 15 | 27 | 89 | Dean Roper | Evinrude Motors Pontiac | 194 | 118 | 12,800 | Running | |
| 16 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing Chrysler | 194 | 115 | 14,055 | Running | |
| 17 | 36 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts Pontiac | 192 | 112 | 10,500 | Running | |
| 18 | 20 | 6 | Jim Sauter | Ulrich Racing Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | 13,735 | Running | |
| 19 | 28 | 26 | Ronnie Hopkins | Food Country USA Buick | 191 | 106 | 9,400 | Running | |
| 20 | 30 | 04 | Rick Baldwin | Baldwin Racing Dodge | 188 | 0 | 8,900 | Running | |
| 21 | 40 | 10 | Clark Dwyer | Kings Inn Chevrolet | 188 | 100 | 7,100 | Running | |
| 22 | 4 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 187 | 102 | 32,400 | Running | |
| 23 | 29 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Chevrolet | 184 | 94 | 9,400 | Running | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 182 | 96 | 16,515 | Cam | |
| 25 | 16 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO Chevrolet | 178 | 88 | 7,550 | Engine | |
| 26 | 23 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Foster Grant Buick | 162 | 85 | 9,205 | Engine | |
| 27 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 149 | 82 | 8,795 | Engine | |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Mark Martin | Valvring Buick | 136 | 79 | 15,000 | Accident | |
| 30 | 2 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 106 | 78 | 12,065 | Engine | |
| 31 | 38 | 01 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions Buick | 102 | 70 | 4,300 | Accident | |
| 32 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 100 | 67 | 13,650 | Piston | |
| 33 | 7 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 99 | 69 | 19,666 | Engine | |
| 34 | 33 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Chevrolet | 69 | 61 | 6,485 | Piston | |
| 35 | 3 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 63 | 63 | 37,011 | Engine | |
| 36 | 31 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet | 62 | 55 | 16,100 | Accident | |
| 37 | 13 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 56 | 52 | 14,050 | Engine | |
| 38 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 47 | 54 | 22,600 | Engine | |
| 39 | 26 | 32 | Bosco Lowe | Clinomint Buick | 36 | 46 | 5,350 | Accident | |
| 40 | 19 | 23 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Yurika Foods Buick | 36 | 43 | 5,550 | Engine | |
| 41 | 24 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 24 | 40 | 5,350 | Engine | |
| 42 | 14 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Skoal Buick | 8 | 37 | 5,950 | Push Rod |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 12 Minutes 20 Seconds
Average Speed .:155.979
Margin of Victory .: 5.000 Seconds