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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway

July 4th, 1983

Race #16 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • Buick (9)
    • Chevrolet (17)
    • Chrysler (2)
    • Ford (6)
    • Oldsmobile (1)
    • Pontiac (5)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Daytona 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
0 Delma Cowart Buick Coastal Transmissions H.L. Waters
1 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Chevrolet UNO / Bull Frog Knits Hoss Ellington
10 Clark Dwyer Chevrolet Kings Inn Roger Hamby
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Pepsi Challenger Junior Johnson
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 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Buick ACM Equipment Sales Jim Stacy
21 Buddy Baker Ford Valvoline Wood Brothers
22 Bobby Allison Buick Miller High Life DiGard
24 Cecil Gordon Chrysler Native Tan Cecil Gordon
27 Tim Richmond Pontiac Old Milwaukee Raymond Beadle
28 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Piedmont Airlines Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Buick Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
39 Blackie Wangerin Ford Wangerin Racing Blackie Wangerin
4 Mark Martin Batesville, AR Oldsmobile Morgan-McClure Larry McClure
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 Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 Trevor Boys Calgary, Alberta Canada Chevrolet Hylton-McCaig James Hylton
5 Greg Sacks Mattituck, NY Chevrolet Sacks & Sons Arnie Sacks
51 Lennie Pond Buick Burger King Tom Beck
52 Jimmy Means Buick Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
55 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Copenhagen Johnny Hayes
6 Connie Saylor Chevrolet Native Tan D.K. Ulrich
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Chrysler Jim Peacock Buddy Arrington
7 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Pontiac 7-Eleven Petty Enterprises
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Dave Marcis
74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Bridgetender Inn Bobby Wawak
75 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Hodgdon RahMoc Enterprises
77 Ken Ragan Chevrolet Clinomint Marvin Ragan
8 Bobby Hillin Jr Buick Hillin Racing Bobby Hillin, Sr.
84 Jody Ridley Buick Cumberland Mills Robert McEntyre
88 Geoff Bodine Chemung, NY Pontiac Gatorade Cliff Stewart
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