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1983 Champion Spark Plug 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 30 Sunday, August 21, 1983 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:42:42 Average speed: 147.511 mph Pole speed: 162.437 mph Cautions: 2 for 7 laps Margin of victory: .86 sec Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 27 Glossary    1983 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 26100 running 85 185 2 11 11   Darrell Waltrip Pepsi / Burger King   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 200 23775 running 3 175 3 2 9   Bill Elliott Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 200 17205 running 10 170 4 1 44   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 200 13245 running 59 165 5 8 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 200 10205 running 1 160 6 20 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 200 11640 running 3 155 7 13 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 12140 running 0 146 8 24 1   Lake Speed UNO / Bull Frog Knits   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 199 4640 running 0 142 9 6 16   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 199 4140 running 0 138 10 18 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 199 4340 running 3 139 11 21 71   Dave Marcis Throttle's Food & Fuel   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 199 11240 running 9 135 12 4 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 198 6530 running 0 127 13 10 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 198 3140 running 0 124 14 29 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 197 5895 running 0 121 15 22 84   Jody Ridley Cumberland Mills   (Robert McEntyre) Chevrolet 197 2740 running 0 118 16 33 80   Bob Senneker Elk Custom Vans   (Terry Marra) Pontiac 196 2440 running 0 115 17 27 5   Greg Sacks Sacks & Sons   (Arnie Sacks) Chevrolet 195 2740 running 0 112 18 35 4   Mark Martin Morgan-McClure   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 195 3140 running 0 109 19 23 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 195 5375 running 0 106 20 30 77   Dean Combs Best Products   (Irv Sanderson) Buick 194 2090 running 0 103 21 12 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 193 4515 running 3 105 22 28 52   Lennie Pond Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 193 4155 running 0 97 23 19 67   Buddy Arrington Prange Chrysler-Plymouth   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 192 3845 running 0 94 24 17 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 192 3585 running 0 91 25 26 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) Buick 191 1490 running 0 88 26 36 03   Eddie Bierschwale Mission Ice / Lone Star   (Don Bierschwale) Buick 189 1440 running 0 85 27 9 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 3165 running 0 82 28 37 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 186 3105 running 0 79 29 25 17   Sterling Marlin Hesco Exhaust   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 175 3045 running 0 76 30 16 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 171 9040 running 0 73 31 5 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 169 1190 engine 0 70 32 32 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 164 2875 overheating 0 67 33 34 02   D.K. Ulrich Reeder Racing   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 158 2090 engine 0 64 34 15 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 137 9040 engine 3 66 35 14 75   Neil Bonnett Hodgdon   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 133 6995 piston 0 58 36 3 88   Geoffrey Bodine Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 92 3635 push rod 21 60 37 31 2   Morgan Shepherd ACM Equipment Sales   (Jim Stacy) Buick 63 8560 valve 0 52

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Al Elmore 6 Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich Buick Clark Dwyer 10 Kings Inn Roger Hamby Chevrolet Jeff Halverson 13 Halverson Racing Jeff Halverson Buick Joe Booher 18 Booher Farms Leon Satterfield Buick Billie Harvey 31 Billie Harvey Buick H.B. Bailey 36 Almeda Auto Parts H.B. Bailey Pontiac Blackie Wangerin 39 Wangerin Racing Blackie Wangerin Ford Ronnie Thomas 41 McCord Gaskets Ronnie Thomas Pontiac David Simko 54 Mound Steel & Supplies Elmer Simko Buick Natz Peters 60 Seminole Mall Natz Peters Buick Bobby Wawak 74 Superior Piping Bobby Wawak Buick Mike Potter 76 Cam Farm / Larry's Mike Potter Pontiac Maurice Randall 93 Beacon Sales Maurice Randall Chrysler Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 71 71     72 74 3   debris   75 84 10     85 88 4   debris   89 200 112       Percent of race run under caution: 3.5%             Average green flag run: 64.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 26 26   Bill Elliott 27 29 3   Geoffrey Bodine 30 30 1   Terry Labonte 31 38 8   Geoffrey Bodine 39 44 6   Terry Labonte 45 46 2   Dick Brooks 47 49 3   Dave Marcis 50 52 3   Geoffrey Bodine 53 60 8   Terry Labonte 61 72 12   Geoffrey Bodine 73 78 6   Bill Elliott 79 85 7   Terry Labonte 86 93 8   Cale Yarborough 94 96 3   Terry Labonte 97 97 1   Cale Yarborough 98 98 1   Terry Labonte 99 99 1   Cale Yarborough 100 122 23   Darrell Waltrip 123 123 1   Tim Richmond 124 124 1   Bobby Allison 125 127 3   Dave Marcis 128 133 6   Cale Yarborough 134 166 33   Darrell Waltrip 167 168 2   Terry Labonte 169 169 1   Buddy Baker 170 172 3   Richard Petty 173 175 3   Cale Yarborough 176 200 25 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3013     2   Darrell Waltrip 2952   -61   3   Bill Elliott 2847   -166   4   Richard Petty 2759   -254   5   Harry Gant 2751   -262   6   Neil Bonnett 2541   -472   7   Terry Labonte 2467   -546   8   Dale Earnhardt 2455   -558   9   Joe Ruttman 2417   -596   10   Ricky Rudd 2385   -628   11   Tim Richmond 2341   -672   12   Dick Brooks 2339   -674   13   Dave Marcis 2250   -763   14   Kyle Petty 2192   -821   15   Ron Bouchard 2090   -923   16   Buddy Arrington 2064   -949   17   Geoffrey Bodine 2032   -981   18   Sterling Marlin 2022   -991   19   Jimmy Means 1933   -1080   20   Ronnie Thomas 1724   -1289   21   Tommy Gale 1678   -1335