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1984 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 30
Sunday, February 19, 1984 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:18:41
Average Speed: 150.994 mph
Pole Speed: 201.848 mph

Cautions: 7 for 39 laps
Margin of Victory: 8 cl
Attendance: 135,000
Lead changes: 34

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
31	34	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	92	10,150	camshaft	24	75
34	4	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	61	38,250	camshaft	17	66
25	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Jim Peacock Dodge (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	170	11,875	con rod	0	88
26	12	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	158	12,465	crash	0	85
27	18	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	158	11,905	crash	0	82
28	31	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	146	8,345	crash	0	79
30	27	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	95	10,025	crash	0	73
29	8	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	108	10,500	cylinder head	0	76
21	42	71	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	187	10,955	engine	0	100
32	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	69	9,765	engine	0	67
33	10	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	66	11,055	engine	0	64
35	22	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	60	7,600	engine	0	58
40	15	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	21	15,800	engine	0	43
41	35	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	17	5,600	engine	0	40
42	39	75	Dave Marcis	Simoniz (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	3	14,300	engine	0	37
23	23	01	Doug Heveron	Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron)	Chevrolet	173	9,150	ignition	0	94
36	21	42	Dick Trickle	Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews)	Chevrolet	53	7,500	ignition	0	55
22	36	29	Connie Saylor	Adcox Chevrolet (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	186	6,900	overheating	0	97
37	16	1	Lake Speed	Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	46	9,835	push rod	0	52
1	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	200	160,300	running	89	185
2	29	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	81,825	running	19	175
3	26	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	68,650	running	39	170
4	7	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	50,000	running	1	165
5	3	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	200	58,700	running	1	160
6	6	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	200	48,755	running	1	155
7	14	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	199	38,700	running	0	146
8	9	5	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	199	27,650	running	0	142
9	11	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	198	25,655	running	0	138
10	33	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Chevrolet	198	23,950	running	0	134
11	13	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	198	18,950	running	0	130
12	2	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	198	29,845	running	9	132
13	24	4	Lennie Pond	Jim Testa Chevrolet (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	197	17,150	running	0	124
14	17	77	Ken Ragan	McCord Gaskets (Marvin Ragan)	Chevrolet	197	16,350	running	0	121
15	40	10	Sterling Marlin	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	197	15,150	running	0	118
16	19	89	Dean Roper	Evinrude Motors (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	196	13,850	running	0	115
17	41	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	196	14,775	running	0	112
18	20	51	Greg Sacks	Native Tan (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	195	12,450	running	0	109
19	25	97	Dean Combs	Best Products (Irv Sanderson)	Oldsmobile	194	7,050	running	0	106
20	37	17	Clark Dwyer	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	191	13,365	running	0	103
24	38	41	Ronnie Thomas	Food Country USA (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	173	9,735	rear end	0	91
39	32	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	24	5,450	suspension	0	46
38	5	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	30	14,100	vibration	0	49

Failed to qualify: Jack Ingram (#92), Rick Newsom (#20), Jim Southard (#50), Delma Cowart (#0), Tom Sneva (#2), Randy LaJoie (#07), Joe Booher (#18), Elliott Forbes-Robinson (#23), Jerry Churchill (#25), Connie Saylor (#37), Ronnie Sanders (#31), Jim Hurlbert (#34), Ramo Stott (#38), Blackie Wangerin (#39), Mark Stahl (#82), Donny Paul (#53), J.D. McDuffie (#70), Natz Peters (#60), Jerry Bowman (#58), Jocko Maggiacomo (#63), David Simko (#54), Ferrel Harris (#65), Laurent Rioux (#68), Steve Moore (#73), Bobby Wawak (#74), Lowell Cowell (#76), Randy Baker (#87), Philip Duffie (#99), Wayne Peterson (#06), Jim Sauter (#6)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	9	5	#75 spun turn 2
	10	63	54
	64	67	4	#8 engine
	68	72	5
	73	78	6	#64 engine
	79	98	20
	99	104	6	#88 accident turn 2
	105	149	45
	150	153	4	#98 accident turn 4
	154	159	6
	160	167	8	#47,90 accident turn 4
	168	176	9
	177	182	6	#67 engine
	183	200	18
Percent of race run under caution: 19.5% Average green flag run: 20.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	14	14
Bobby Allison	15	15	1
Cale Yarborough	16	17	2
Bobby Allison	18	18	1
Cale Yarborough	19	19	1
Bobby Allison	20	20	1
Cale Yarborough	21	21	1
Bobby Allison	22	25	4
Cale Yarborough	26	28	3
Bobby Allison	29	32	4
Cale Yarborough	33	37	5
Dale Earnhardt	38	38	1
Richard Petty	39	40	2
Dale Earnhardt	41	43	3
Bobby Allison	44	49	6
Richard Petty	50	64	15
Dale Earnhardt	65	67	3
Richard Petty	68	68	1
Cale Yarborough	69	86	18
Richard Petty	87	92	6
Cale Yarborough	93	99	7
Dale Earnhardt	100	104	5
Neil Bonnett	105	105	1
Terry Labonte	106	112	7
Dale Earnhardt	113	116	4
Cale Yarborough	117	135	19
Dale Earnhardt	136	136	1
Terry Labonte	137	138	2
Harry Gant	139	139	1
Dale Earnhardt	140	141	2
Darrell Waltrip	142	142	1
Cale Yarborough	143	160	18
Bill Elliott	161	161	1
Darrell Waltrip	162	199	38
Cale Yarborough	200	200	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	185
2	Dale Earnhardt	175	-10
3	Darrell Waltrip	170	-15
4	Neil Bonnett	165	-20
5	Bill Elliott	160	-25
6	Harry Gant	155	-30
7	Ricky Rudd	146	-39
8	Geoffrey Bodine	142	-43
9	David Pearson	138	-47
10	Jody Ridley	134	-51
11	Terry Labonte	132	-53
12	Phil Parsons	130	-55
13	Lennie Pond	124	-61
14	Ken Ragan	121	-64
15	Sterling Marlin	118	-67
16	Dean Roper	115	-70
17	Jimmy Means	112	-73
18	Greg Sacks	109	-76
19	Dean Combs	106	-79
20	Clark Dwyer	103	-82

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