Nashville
ASA winner Dick Trickle receives congratulations from track co-owner Gary Baker
while Tom Ryan of General Cigar and Tobacco Co., looks on.
Nashville, Tenn. (April 9, 1983) – Dick Trickle won a four-car sprint to the finish line to nail down top honors in Saturday night’s Southern Swing 250-lap ASA Circuit of Champions event at Nashville International Speedway.
Trickle took the lead from defending ASA champion Mike Eddy with 26 laps remaining and went on to edge Eddy by four feet at the checkered with Bob Senneker and Butch Miller tucked in right behind to claim third and fourth, respectively.
Rusty Wallace dominated the event’s early going, beating the pole sitting Trickle into the first turn at the drop of the green and charged into a half-lap lead by the 10-lap mark.
Most of the frontrunners pitted during a caution on lap 101 and another slowdown 11 laps later but Wallace remained on the track and continued to set the pace.
However, on lap 134, the transmission in Wallace’s mount locked up, sending him spinning into second-running Jim Sauter and then the fence. Sauter lost several positions but continued on while Wallace was through for the night.
Eddy inherited the lead from Wallace and set the pace until he pitted during a caution on lap 177. Trickle paced the 178th circuit but made his final pit stop a lap later, giving the lead to Senneker.
Senneker lost every cog in his transmission prior to a yellow flag on lap 205. When the caution expired on lap 210, Eddy overhauled Senneker to retake the lead he maintained until Trickle took charge for good.
Results –
1. Dick Trickle
2. Mike Eddy
3. Bob Senneker
4. Butch Miller
5. Tom Jones
6. Harold Fair
7. Bobby Dotter
8. Buddy Schrock
9. Mark Green
10.Don Gregory
11.Dennis Vogel
12.David Green
13.Gene Harsch
14.Jim Sauter
15.Dave Jackson
16.Tony Cunningham
17.Wayne Carden
18.Muttly Kurkowski
19.Dennis Lampman
20.Kent Stauffer
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