1983 Firecracker 400

Race 16 of 30

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:23:20
Average speed of winner: 167.442 mph
Margin of victory: 29 sec.
Lead changes: 39 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Ruttman 1-2, Yarborough 3, Parsons 4-10, Bouchard 11, Parsons 12-13, Brooks 14, Baker 15, Brooks 16-17, Earnhardt 18-21, Pond 22-24, Earnhardt 25, Baker 26, Earnhardt 27, Baker 28, Earnhardt 29-30, Allison 31-32, Earnhardt 33, Baker 34, Earnhardt 35-37, Baker 38-48, Brooks 49-50, Baker 51-55, Bouchard 56-58, Brooks 59-62, Allison 63-65, Brooks 66-72, Baker 73-80, Earnhardt 81-87, Labonte 88-121, Bouchard 122, Shepherd 123-124, Baker 125-128, Parsons 129-135, Baker 136-142, Bouchard 143, Baker 144-147, Bouchard 148-149, Labonte 150-158, Baker 159-160

Race notes: Last win for Buddy Baker. Debut for Greg Sacks.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		160	11	45	running	32950	185
2	31	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			160	1	2	running	27175	175
3	15	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			160	0	0	running	13275	165
4	10	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		160	5	8	running	13380	165
5	3	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		160	2	43	running	13545	160
6	5	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			159	0	0	running	9625	150
7	14	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		159	0	0	running	7965	146
8	21	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Buick	McEntyre			158	0	0	running	5100	142
9	7	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		158	7	19	running	11900	143
10	37	Lennie Pond	51	Burger King	Buick	Tom Beck			157	1	3	running	3550	139
11	25	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		157	0	0	running	11300	130
12	23	Ken Ragan	77	Clinomint Toothpaste	Chevrolet	Ragan			157	0	0	running	3400	127
13	26	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Marcis			156	0	0	running	10600	124
14	13	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		156	2	5	running	11250	126
15	40	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Hillin Racing	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		155	0	0	running	3500	0
16	28	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			155	0	0	running	5555	115
17	32	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			153	0	0	running	5235	112
18	17	Connie Saylor	6	Native Tan	Chevrolet	Ulrich			153	0	0	running	4875	0
19	16	Mark Martin	4	Morgan-McClure Chevrolet	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure			153	0	0	running	2100	106
20	24	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi Challenger	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		152	0	0	running	11950	103
21	6	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		149	0	0	running	4315	100
22	35	Cecil Gordon	24	Native Tan	Chrysler	Cecil Gordon			148	0	0	running	1800	97
23	39	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			148	0	0	running	3905	94
24	27	Ronnie Thomas	41	Advance Auto Parts	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			147	0	0	running	1725	91
25	29	Clark Dwyer	10	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			147	0	0	running	1650	88
26	4	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		145	3	16	engine	2250	90
27	33	Bobby Wawak	74	Bridgetender Inn	Chevrolet	Wawak			128	0	0	running	1500	82
28	9	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		124	0	0	running	7450	79
29	19	Lake Speed	1	UNO/Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		115	0	0	engine	1400	76
30	18	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			112	0	0	engine	3395	73
31	11	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		102	0	0	ignition	3075	70
32	12	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			78	5	16	accident	3765	72
33	30	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		78	0	0	accident	7225	64
34	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Peacock Dodge	Chrysler	Arrington			74	0	0	engine	2905	61
35	34	Delma Cowart	0	Coastal Transmission	Buick	H.L. Waters			69	0	0	piston	1125	58
36	38	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Buick	Means			69	0	0	engine	2835	55
37	2	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		30	1	2	engine	2675	57
38	22	Greg Sacks	5	Sacks & Sons Farm	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			19	0	0	engine	1150	49
39	36	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin Racing	Ford	Wangerin			9	0	0	engine	1025	46
40	1	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	196.635	5	1	1	engine	3250	48

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2464	16	0	3	9	13
2	Darrell Waltrip	2252	16	3	4	10	11
3	Bill Elliott	2234	16	0	0	7	11
4	Harry Gant	2221	16	0	1	8	10
5	Richard Petty	2194	16	0	2	6	11
6	Neil Bonnett	2105	16	2	1	5	7
7	Joe Ruttman	1973	16	1	0	4	8
8	Terry Labonte	1959	16	1	0	2	10
9	Ricky Rudd	1887	16	4	1	3	7
10	Dale Earnhardt	1866	16	0	0	3	7
11	Dave Marcis	1758	16	0	0	0	4
12	Jimmy Means	1748	16	0	0	0	2
13	Kyle Petty	1708	16	0	0	0	2
14	Buddy Arrington	1703	16	0	0	0	1
15	Tim Richmond	1661	16	1	0	2	6
16	Geoff Bodine	1656	16	1	0	2	5
17	Ron Bouchard	1630	15	0	0	1	4
18	Sterling Marlin	1619	16	0	0	0	1
19	Dick Brooks	1565	16	0	0	2	5
20	Lake Speed	1428	12	0	0	2	4
21	Ronnie Thomas	1419	15	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Baker	1393	11	1	1	4	7
23	Tommy Gale	1380	15	0	0	0	0
24	Morgan Shepherd	1291	12	0	0	3	7
25	Cale Yarborough	1230	10	2	3	3	5