1983 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race 20 of 30

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:42:42
Average speed of winner: 147.511 mph
Margin of victory: 0.5 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 7 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-26, Elliott 27-29, Bodine 30, Labonte 31-38, Bodine 39-44, Labonte 45-46, Brooks 47-49, Marcis 50-52, Bodine 53-60, Labonte 61-72, Bodine 73-78, Elliott 79-85, Labonte 86-93, Yarborough 94-96, Labonte 97, Yarborough 98, Labonte 99, Yarborough 100-122, Waltrip 123, Richmond 124, Allison 125-127, Marcis 128-133, Yarborough 134-166, Waltrip 167-168, Labonte 169, Baker 170-172, R. Petty 173-175, Yarborough 176-200

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		200	5	85	running	26100	185
2	11	Darrell Waltrip	11	Pepsi/Burger King	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		200	2	3	running	23775	175
3	2	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Oil Pumps	Ford	Melling	Elliott		200	2	10	running	17205	170
4	1	Terry Labonte	44	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman	162.437	200	8	59	running	13245	165
5	8	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Brewer		200	1	1	running	10205	160
6	20	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Pemberton		200	1	3	running	11640	155
7	13	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		200	0	0	running	12140	146
8	24	Lake Speed	1	UNO/Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		199	0	0	running	4640	142
9	6	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			199	0	0	running	4140	138
10	18	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		199	1	3	running	4340	139
11	21	Dave Marcis	71	Throttles Food & Fuel	Chevrolet	Marcis			199	2	9	running	11240	135
12	4	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		198	0	0	running	6530	127
13	10	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		198	0	0	running	3140	124
14	29	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Pontiac	Petty			197	0	0	running	5895	121
15	22	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			197	0	0	running	2740	118
16	33	Bob Senneker	80	Elk Custom Vans	Pontiac	Marra			196	0	0	running	2440	115
17	27	Greg Sacks	5	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			195	0	0	running	2740	112
18	35	Mark Martin	4	Morgan-McClure Chevrolet	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure			195	0	0	running	3140	109
19	23	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			195	0	0	running	5375	106
20	30	Dean Combs	77	Best Products	Buick	Sanderson			194	0	0	running	2090	103
21	12	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			193	1	3	running	4515	105
22	28	Lennie Pond	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			193	0	0	running	4155	0
23	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Tom Prange Chrysler-Plymouth	Dodge	Arrington			192	0	0	running	3845	94
24	17	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		192	0	0	running	3585	91
25	26	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		191	0	0	running	1490	0
26	36	Eddie Bierschwale	03	Mission Ice/Lone Star Beer	Buick	Bierschwale			189	0	0	running	1440	85
27	9	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		188	0	0	running	3165	82
28	37	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			186	0	0	running	3105	79
29	25	Sterling Marlin	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			175	0	0	running	3045	76
30	16	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		171	0	0	running	9040	73
31	5	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Brother	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes			169	0	0	engine	1190	70
32	32	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			164	0	0	overheating	2875	67
33	34	D.K. Ulrich	02	Reeder Racing	Pontiac	Reeder			158	0	0	engine	2090	64
34	15	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		137	1	3	engine	9040	66
35	14	Neil Bonnett	75	Hodgdon Tool	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		133	0	0	piston	6995	58
36	3	Geoff Bodine	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			92	4	21	push rod	3635	60
37	31	Morgan Shepherd	2	ACM Equipment Sales	Buick	Stacy			63	0	0	valve	8560	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	3013	20	0	3	11	16
2	Darrell Waltrip	2952	20	3	4	14	15
3	Bill Elliott	2847	20	0	0	8	15
4	Richard Petty	2759	20	0	2	7	14
5	Harry Gant	2751	20	0	1	10	13
6	Neil Bonnett	2541	20	2	1	6	9
7	Terry Labonte	2467	20	2	0	3	11
8	Dale Earnhardt	2455	20	0	2	5	10
9	Joe Ruttman	2417	20	1	0	4	9
10	Ricky Rudd	2385	20	4	1	4	9
11	Tim Richmond	2341	20	2	1	6	10
12	Dave Marcis	2250	20	0	0	0	6
13	Kyle Petty	2192	20	0	0	0	2
14	Ron Bouchard	2090	19	1	0	1	4
15	Buddy Arrington	2064	20	0	0	0	1
16	Dick Brooks	2055	20	0	0	2	6
17	Geoff Bodine	2032	20	1	0	2	6
18	Sterling Marlin	2022	20	0	0	0	1
19	Jimmy Means	1933	18	0	0	0	2
20	Ronnie Thomas	1724	18	0	0	0	0
21	Tommy Gale	1678	19	0	0	0	0
22	Morgan Shepherd	1665	16	0	0	3	8
23	Lake Speed	1655	14	0	0	2	5
24	Buddy Baker	1616	13	1	1	4	8
25	Cale Yarborough	1511	12	3	4	4	6