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1983 Champion Spark Plug 400

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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