Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Firecracker 400
Daytona International Speedway
July 4th, 1983
Race #16 of the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- 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:
| 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 |