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Official NASCAR Race Results

Buddy Baker won the 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

07-04-1983 | Firecracker 400 | Daytona International Speedway

Table initially ordered on Finish Position. Click a column header to re-sort by that value.

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

Race Recap

  • Date: 07-04-1983
  • Track: Daytona International Speedway
  • Race: Firecracker 400
  • Race #: 16
  • Cars: 40
  • Winner: Buddy Baker
  • Start Position: 8th
  • Car Make: Ford
  • Avg Speed: 167.442 mph
  • Distance: 400 miles
  • Purse: $266,650
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 16
  • Lead Changes: 39
  • Pole: 196.635 mph

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