Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1983

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1983 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1983, leading 85 of 200 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Bill Elliott rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1983

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1983

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		200	—	Running	85	185
2	11	+9	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	3	175
3	2	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		200	—	Running	10	170
4	1	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		200	—	Running	59	165
5	8	+3	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		200	—	Running	1	160
6	20	+14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	3	155
7	13	+6	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		199	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		199	—	Running	3	139
11	21	+10	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		199	—	Running	9	135
12	4	-8	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		198	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		198	—	Running	—	124
14	29	+15	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		197	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Bob Senneker	Terry Marra (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	115
17	27	+10	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		195	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	Mark Martin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		195	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		195	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	103
21	12	-9	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		193	—	Running	3	105
22	28	+6	Lennie Pond	Jimmy Means Racing		193	—	Running	—	0
23	19	-4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	94
24	17	-7	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		192	—	Running	—	91
25	26	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		191	—	Running	—	0
26	36	+10	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing		189	—	Running	—	85
27	9	-18	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		188	—	Running	—	82
28	37	+9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		186	—	Running	—	79
29	25	-4	Sterling Marlin	Hamby Racing		175	—	Running	—	76
30	16	-14	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		171	—	Running	—	73
31	5	-26	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	32	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		164	—	DNF	—	67
33	34	+1	D.K. Ulrich	Reeder Racing		158	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	15	-19	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		137	—	DNF - Engine	3	66
35	14	-21	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises		133	—	DNF	—	58
36	3	-33	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		92	—	DNF	21	60
37	31	-6	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Stacy Racing		63	—	DNF - Engine	—	52