Entry List

The official 1983 Champion Spark Plug 400 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Michigan International Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Champion Spark Plug 400

Sunday, August 21st, 1983

Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

  • 5 Ford
  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 7 Pontiac
  • 1 Oldsmobile
  • 7 Buick
  • 1 Dodge

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 147.511
  • Cautions: 2 for 7 laps
  • Lead Changes: 27
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM

1
9
Dawsonville, GA
Oct 8, 1955
27
Ford
Melling Oil Pumps
2
5
Mattituck, NY
Nov 3, 1952
30
Chevrolet
Sacks & Sons
3
7
Trinity, NC
Jun 2, 1960
23
Pontiac
7-Eleven
4
4
Batesville, AR
Jan 9, 1959
24
Oldsmobile
Morgan-McClure
5
2
Conover, NC
Oct 21, 1941
41
Buick
ACM Equipment Sales
6
3
Chesapeake, VA
Sep 12, 1956
26
Chevrolet
Piedmont Airlines
7
17
Columbia, TN
Jun 30, 1957
26
Chevrolet
Hesco Exhaust
8
44
Corpus Christi, TX
Nov 16, 1956
26
Chevrolet
Budweiser
9
55
 
 
Chevrolet
Copenhagen
10
80
 
 
Pontiac
Elk Custom Vans
11
22
 
 
Buick
Miller High Life
12
8
 
 
Buick
Trap Rock Industries
13
67
 
 
Dodge
Prange Chrysler-Plymouth
14
21
 
 
Ford
Valvoline
15
28
 
 
Chevrolet
Hardee's
16
02
 
 
Pontiac
Reeder Racing
17
15
Kannapolis, NC
Apr 29, 1951
32
Ford
Wrangler
18
11
Franklin, TN
Feb 5, 1947
36
Chevrolet
Pepsi / Burger King
19
71
Wausau, WI
Mar 1, 1941
42
Chevrolet
Throttle's Food & Fuel
20
16
 
 
Chevrolet
Chattanooga Chew
21
77
 
 
Buick
Best Products
22
90
 
 
Ford
Chameleon Sunglasses
23
03
 
 
Buick
Mission Ice / Lone Star
24
88
Chemung, NY
Apr 18, 1949
34
Pontiac
Gatorade
25
33
 
 
Buick
Skoal Bandit
26
70
 
 
Pontiac
Bailey Excavating
27
84
 
 
Chevrolet
Cumberland Mills
28
98
Upland, CA
Oct 28, 1944
38
Chevrolet
Levi Garrett
29
1
Jackson, MS
Jan 17, 1948
35
Chevrolet
UNO / Bull Frog Knits
30
52
 
 
Chevrolet
Broadway Motors
31
75
 
 
Chevrolet
Hodgdon
32
66
Denver, NC
Jun 21, 1957
26
Chevrolet
Skoal
34
47
 
 
Buick
Race Hill Farm
35
27
 
 
Pontiac
Old Milwaukee
36
64
 
 
Ford
Sunny King Ford & Honda
37
48
Calgary, Alberta Canada
Nov 3, 1957
25
Chevrolet
Hylton-McCaig