Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Champion Spark Plug 400
Michigan International Speedway
August 21st, 1983
Race #20 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Drivers Entered: 37
- Makes
- Buick (7)
- Chevrolet (16)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (5)
- Oldsmobile (1)
- Pontiac (7)
- Last Michigan International Speedway
race (Gabriel 400)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | DK Ulrich | Pontiac | Reeder Racing | Bud Reeder | ||
| 03 | Eddie Bierschwale | Buick | Mission Ice / Lone Star | Don Bierschwale | ||
| 1 | Lake Speed | Jackson, MS | Chevrolet | UNO / Bull Frog Knits | Hoss Ellington | |
| 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Chevrolet | Pepsi / Burger King | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 4 | Mark Martin | Batesville, AR | Oldsmobile | Morgan-McClure | Larry McClure | |
| 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 | |
| 52 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
| 55 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | Copenhagen | Johnny Hayes | ||
| 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Elmo Langley | ||
| 66 | Phil Parsons | Denver, NC | Chevrolet | Skoal | Johnny Hayes | |
| 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Prange Chrysler-Plymouth | Buddy Arrington | ||
| 7 | Kyle Petty | Trinity, NC | Pontiac | 7-Eleven | Petty Enterprises | |
| 70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | Bailey Excavating | J.D. McDuffie | ||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Chevrolet | Throttle's Food & Fuel | Dave Marcis | |
| 75 | Neil Bonnett | Chevrolet | Hodgdon | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
| 77 | Dean Combs | Buick | Best Products | Irv Sanderson | ||
| 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Buick | Trap Rock Industries | Bobby Hillin, Sr. | ||
| 80 | Bob Senneker | Pontiac | Elk Custom Vans | Terry Marra | ||
| 84 | Jody Ridley | Chevrolet | 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 |