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1984 Talladega 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 30
Sunday, July 29, 1984 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:12:04
Average Speed: 155.485 mph
Pole Speed: 202.474 mph

Cautions: 7 for 37 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.66 sec
Attendance: 94,000
Lead changes: 68

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	47,100	running	40	180
2	6	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	188	28,225	running	41	180
3	4	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	188	22,455	running	19	170
4	16	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	188	24,350	running	16	165
5	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	188	15,350	running	34	160
6	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	188	17,200	running	1	155
7	14	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	188	11,395	running	2	151
8	15	1	Lake Speed	Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	188	6,050	running	0	142
9	5	4	Tommy Ellis	Jim Magill (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	188	5,950	running	1	143
10	2	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	188	12,750	running	6	139
11	35	77	Ken Ragan	McCord Gaskets (Marvin Ragan)	Chevrolet	188	5,580	running	1	135
12	10	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	188	8,035	running	0	127
13	12	75	Dave Marcis	Rahilly & Grady (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	188	12,440	running	4	129
14	24	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	188	11,870	running	0	121
15	32	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	188	4,100	running	0	118
16	9	47	Ron Bouchard	Hawaiian Punch (Jack Beebe)	Buick	187	7,755	running	9	120
17	33	71	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	185	7,035	running	0	112
18	40	73	Steve Moore	Dryden (Steve Moore)	Chevrolet	184	3,470	running	0	109
19	8	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	178	5,295	running	1	111
20	17	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	164	4,925	running	0	103
21	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	163	6,055	engine	0	100
22	26	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	163	11,330	running	0	97
23	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	157	5,625	running	0	94
24	29	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	156	5,630	crash	6	96
25	21	38	Phil Barkdoll	Helen Rae Special (Phil Barkdoll)	Chevrolet	152	2,700	engine	0	88
26	28	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Northwestern Security Life (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	146	9,550	engine	6	90
27	30	41	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	145	4,880	running	0	82
28	37	17	Clark Dwyer	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	143	5,785	wheel bearing	1	84
29	22	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	141	2,460	engine	0	76
30	36	52	Morgan Shepherd	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	105	4,655	engine	0	73
31	38	03	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	Chevrolet	88	2,340	crash	0	70
32	20	95	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	81	3,280	engine	0	67
33	23	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	55	8,720	engine	0	64
34	13	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Chevrolet	54	2,160	crash	0	61
35	18	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	53	4,100	crash	0	58
36	19	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	47	2,040	steering	0	55
37	27	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	44	4,280	engine	0	52
38	39	2	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Red Roof Inns (Robert Harrington)	Chevrolet	32	1,920	crash	0	49
39	34	87	Randy Baker	Domino's Pizza (Buck Baker)	Buick	15	1,860	engine	0	46
40	31	29	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	1	1,800	engine	0	43

Failed to qualify: Delma Cowart, J.D. McDuffie, Blackie Wangerin, Tommy Gale

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Earnhardt	1	3	3
Cale Yarborough	4	5	2
Terry Labonte	6	6	1
Dale Earnhardt	7	7	1
Buddy Baker	8	8	1
Dale Earnhardt	9	10	2
Buddy Baker	11	11	1
Dale Earnhardt	12	13	2
Buddy Baker	14	14	1
Dale Earnhardt	15	16	2
Trevor Boys	17	18	2
Clark Dwyer	19	19	1
Bobby Allison	20	21	2
Dale Earnhardt	22	24	3
Cale Yarborough	25	26	2
Dale Earnhardt	27	33	7
Tommy Ellis	34	34	1
Trevor Boys	35	35	1
Dave Marcis	36	39	4
Bill Elliott	40	41	2
Buddy Baker	42	42	1
Dale Earnhardt	43	43	1
Buddy Baker	44	47	4
Dale Earnhardt	48	48	1
Buddy Baker	49	50	2
Cale Yarborough	51	52	2
Buddy Baker	53	54	2
Trevor Boys	55	56	2
Ken Ragan	57	57	1
Bobby Allison	58	60	3
Cale Yarborough	61	61	1
Neil Bonnett	62	62	1
Dale Earnhardt	63	63	1
Bobby Allison	64	65	2
Buddy Baker	66	66	1
Ron Bouchard	67	67	1
Buddy Baker	68	68	1
Bobby Allison	69	70	2
Cale Yarborough	71	71	1
Bobby Allison	72	72	1
Cale Yarborough	73	74	2
Buddy Baker	75	75	1
Bobby Allison	76	77	2
Terry Labonte	78	79	2
Buddy Baker	80	82	3
Terry Labonte	83	84	2
Buddy Baker	85	86	2
Cale Yarborough	87	91	5
Bobby Allison	92	94	3
Geoffrey Bodine	95	100	6
Cale Yarborough	101	106	6
Bill Elliott	107	110	4
Buddy Baker	111	113	3
Harry Gant	114	115	2
Bobby Allison	116	116	1
Dale Earnhardt	117	121	5
Terry Labonte	122	129	8
Cale Yarborough	130	142	13
Trevor Boys	143	143	1
Dale Earnhardt	144	154	11
Buddy Baker	155	157	3
Ron Bouchard	158	162	5
Darrell Waltrip	163	163	1
Buddy Baker	164	171	8
Ron Bouchard	172	174	3
Buddy Baker	175	181	7
Terry Labonte	182	187	6
Dale Earnhardt	188	188	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	2848
2	Terry Labonte	2778	-70
3	Bill Elliott	2764	-84
4	Darrell Waltrip	2734	-114
5	Harry Gant	2703	-145
6	Bobby Allison	2619	-229
7	Neil Bonnett	2456	-392
8	Geoffrey Bodine	2426	-422
9	Ricky Rudd	2425	-423
10	Ron Bouchard	2392	-456
11	Richard Petty	2340	-508
12	Tim Richmond	2204	-644
13	Joe Ruttman	2123	-725
14	Rusty Wallace	2089	-759
15	Dave Marcis	2063	-785
16	Kyle Petty	2002	-846
17	Dick Brooks	1891	-957
18	Trevor Boys	1853	-995
19	Clark Dwyer	1779	-1069
20	Cale Yarborough	1755	-1093

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