Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1983

Buddy Baker

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1983 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 45 of 160 laps. Morgan Shepherd finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		160	—	Running	45	185
2	31	+29	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		160	—	Running	2	175
3	15	+12	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		160	—	Running	—	165
4	10	+6	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		160	—	Running	8	165
5	3	-2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		160	—	Running	43	160
6	5	-1	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		159	—	Running	—	150
7	14	+7	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		159	—	Running	—	146
8	21	+13	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		158	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		158	—	Running	19	143
10	37	+27	Lennie Pond	Tom Beck (Owner)		157	—	Running	3	139
11	25	+14	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		157	—	Running	—	130
12	23	+11	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		157	—	Running	—	127
13	26	+13	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		156	—	Running	—	124
14	13	-1	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		156	—	Running	5	126
15	40	+25	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		155	—	Running	—	0
16	28	+12	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		155	—	Running	—	115
17	32	+15	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		153	—	Running	—	112
18	17	-1	Connie Saylor	Ulrich Racing		153	—	Running	—	0
19	16	-3	Mark Martin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		153	—	Running	—	106
20	24	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		152	—	Running	—	103
21	6	-15	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		149	—	Running	—	100
22	35	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chrysler	148	—	Running	—	97
23	39	+16	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		148	—	Running	—	94
24	27	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		147	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		147	—	Running	—	88
26	4	-22	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		145	—	DNF - Engine	16	90
27	33	+6	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		128	—	Running	—	82
28	9	-19	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		124	—	Running	—	79
29	19	-10	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	18	-12	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		112	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	11	-20	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		102	—	DNF	—	70
32	12	-20	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		78	—	DNF - Crash	16	72
33	30	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		78	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	20	-14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	74	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	34	-1	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		69	—	DNF	—	58
36	38	+2	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	2	-35	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		30	—	DNF - Engine	2	57
38	22	-16	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	36	-3	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	1	-39	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	1	48