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Firecracker 400 Race Results
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Daytona International Speedway
July 04, 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.5-Mile Superspeedway 160 Laps/400 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline Ford | 160 | 185 | 32,950 | Running | |
| 2 | 31 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales Buick | 160 | 175 | 27,175 | Running | |
| 3 | 15 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew Chevrolet | 160 | 165 | 13,275 | Running | |
| 4 | 10 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 160 | 165 | 13,380 | Running | |
| 5 | 3 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 160 | 160 | 13,545 | Running | |
| 6 | 5 | 88 | Geoff Bodine | Gatorade Pontiac | 159 | 150 | 9,625 | Running | |
| 7 | 14 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps Ford | 159 | 146 | 7,965 | Running | |
| 8 | 21 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills Buick | 158 | 142 | 5,100 | Running | |
| 9 | 7 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Ford | 158 | 143 | 11,900 | Running | |
| 10 | 37 | 51 | Lennie Pond | Burger King Buick | 157 | 139 | 3,550 | Running | |
| 11 | 25 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 157 | 130 | 11,300 | Running | |
| 12 | 23 | 77 | Ken Ragan | Clinomint Chevrolet | 157 | 127 | 3,400 | Running | |
| 13 | 26 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 156 | 124 | 10,600 | Running | |
| 14 | 13 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 156 | 126 | 11,250 | Running | |
| 15 | 40 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Hillin Racing Buick | 155 | 0 | 3,500 | Running | |
| 16 | 28 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust Chevrolet | 155 | 115 | 5,555 | Running | |
| 17 | 32 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig Chevrolet | 153 | 112 | 5,235 | Running | |
| 18 | 17 | 6 | Connie Saylor | Native Tan Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | 4,875 | Running | |
| 19 | 16 | 4 | Mark Martin | Morgan-McClure Oldsmobile | 153 | 106 | 2,100 | Running | |
| 20 | 24 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet | 152 | 103 | 11,950 | Running | |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 149 | 100 | 4,315 | Running | |
| 22 | 35 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Native Tan Chrysler | 148 | 97 | 1,800 | Running | |
| 23 | 39 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 148 | 94 | 3,905 | Running | |
| 24 | 27 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts Pontiac | 147 | 91 | 1,725 | Running | |
| 25 | 29 | 10 | Clark Dwyer | Kings Inn Chevrolet | 147 | 88 | 1,650 | Running | |
| 26 | 4 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen Chevrolet | 145 | 90 | 2,250 | Engine | |
| 27 | 33 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Bridgetender Inn Chevrolet | 128 | 82 | 1,500 | Running | |
| 28 | 9 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon Chevrolet | 124 | 79 | 7,450 | Running | |
| 29 | 19 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO / Bull Frog Knits Chevrolet | 115 | 76 | 1,400 | Engine | |
| 30 | 18 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Pontiac | 112 | 73 | 3,395 | Engine | |
| 31 | 11 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 102 | 70 | 3,075 | Ignition | |
| 32 | 12 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses Ford | 78 | 72 | 3,765 | Accident | |
| 33 | 30 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 78 | 64 | 7,225 | Accident | |
| 34 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Jim Peacock Chrysler | 74 | 61 | 2,905 | Engine | |
| 35 | 34 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions Buick | 69 | 58 | 1,125 | Piston | |
| 36 | 38 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Buick | 64 | 55 | 2,835 | Engine | |
| 37 | 2 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 30 | 57 | 2,675 | Engine | |
| 38 | 22 | 5 | Greg Sacks | Sacks & Sons Chevrolet | 19 | 49 | 1,150 | Engine | |
| 39 | 36 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing Ford | 9 | 46 | 1,025 | Engine | |
| 40 | 1 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Chevrolet | 5 | 48 | 3,250 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 23 Minutes 20 Seconds
Average Speed .:167.442
Margin of Victory .: 29.000 Seconds
