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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 20th, 1983

Race #1 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 42
  • Makes
    • Buick (12)
    • Chevrolet (15)
    • Chrysler (1)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (5)
    • Pontiac (8)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Firecracker 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
01 Delma Cowart Buick Coastal Transmissions H.L. Waters
04 Rick Baldwin Dodge Baldwin Racing Rick Baldwin
1 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Chevrolet UNO Hoss Ellington
10 Clark Dwyer Chevrolet Kings Inn Roger Hamby
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Pepsi Challenger Junior Johnson
14 AJ Foyt Chevrolet Valvoline A.J. Foyt
15 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Ford Wrangler Bud Moore
16 David Pearson Chevrolet Chattanooga Chew Bobby Hawkins
17 Sterling Marlin Columbia, TN Chevrolet Hesco Exhaust Roger Hamby
2 Mark Martin Batesville, AR Buick Valvring Jim Stacy
21 Buddy Baker Ford Valvoline Wood Brothers
22 Bobby Allison Chevrolet Miller High Life DiGard
23 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick Yurika Foods Dick Bahre
26 Ronnie Hopkins Buick Food Country USA Charlie Henderson
27 Tim Richmond Pontiac Old Milwaukee Raymond Beadle
28 Cale Yarborough Pontiac Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Piedmont Airlines Richard Childress
32 Bosco Lowe Buick Clinomint Bill Terry
33 Harry Gant Buick Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
41 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Advance Auto Parts Ronnie Thomas
43 Richard Petty Pontiac STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Budweiser Billy Hagan
47 Ron Bouchard Buick Foster Grant Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
51 Lennie Pond Buick Native Tan Tom Beck
52 Jimmy Means Buick Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
53 Tom Sneva Chevrolet Simoniz BodyGard Bay Darnell
55 Benny Parsons Buick Skoal Johnny Hayes
6 Jim Sauter Chevrolet Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Phil Parsons Denver, NC Buick Skoal Johnny Hayes
67 Buddy Arrington Chrysler Arrington Racing Buddy Arrington
7 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Pontiac 7-Eleven Petty Enterprises
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac McDuffie Racing J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Dave Marcis
75 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Hodgdon RahMoc Enterprises
84 Jody Ridley Buick Cumberland Mills Robert McEntyre
88 Geoff Bodine Chemung, NY Pontiac Gatorade Cliff Stewart
89 Dean Roper Pontiac Evinrude Motors Mueller Brothers
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Ford Melling Oil Pumps Harry Melling
90 Dick Brooks Ford Chameleon Sunglasses Junie Donlavey
98 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Chevrolet Levi Garrett Ron Benfield