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1984 Winston 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 30
Sunday, May 6, 1984 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 2:53:27
Average Speed: 172.988 mph
Pole Speed: 202.692 mph

Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 115,000
Lead changes: 75

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
5	4	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	188	19,650	running	56	165
3	7	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	188	22,250	running	43	170
1	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	188	42,300	running	19	180
6	13	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	187	18,495	running	18	155
2	11	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	188	31,780	running	14	175
4	14	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard)	Buick	188	31,250	running	13	165
25	3	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	156	6,045	engine	8	93
32	6	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	105	2,650	vibration	5	72
7	21	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	187	11,000	running	4	151
10	19	47	Ron Bouchard	Jim Testa (Jack Beebe)	Buick	186	11,525	running	3	139
27	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	149	10,475	running	3	87
9	2	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	187	14,600	running	1	143
31	31	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	107	4,580	steering	1	75
8	23	75	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	187	16,800	running	0	142
11	18	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	186	5,900	running	0	130
12	28	95	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	186	6,600	running	0	127
13	22	4	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	185	5,200	running	0	124
14	30	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	185	4,800	running	0	121
15	33	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	184	13,100	running	0	118
16	20	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Chevrolet	182	4,200	running	0	115
17	38	71	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	181	13,565	running	0	112
18	29	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	179	7,255	running	0	109
19	36	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	177	6,935	running	0	106
20	27	41	Ronnie Thomas	R.L. Monroe (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	177	7,025	running	0	103
21	24	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	172	6,115	running	0	100
22	10	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	165	11,000	valve	0	97
23	15	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	160	3,500	running	0	94
24	39	67	Buddy Arrington	Affordable Car Rentals (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	158	5,605	running	0	91
26	26	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	151	9,250	transmission	0	85
28	32	89	Dean Roper	Evinrude Motors (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	149	2,650	oil pump	0	79
29	17	17	Clark Dwyer	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	137	4,875	running	0	76
30	25	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	116	4,815	driveshaft	0	73
33	12	1	Lake Speed	Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	65	2,425	push rod	0	64
34	8	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Northwestern Security Life (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	61	8,900	crash	0	61
35	16	38	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Construction (Phil Barkdoll)	Chevrolet	60	2,375	engine	0	58
36	37	01	Doug Heveron	Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron)	Chevrolet	53	2,350	transmission	0	55
37	34	6	Jim Sauter	Alugard (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	34	4,585	engine	0	52
38	9	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	25	10,800	engine	0	49
39	40	2	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Red Roof Inns (Robert Harrington)	Buick	25	2,275	valve	0	46
40	35	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	6	3,750	oil pressure	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	1	1
Cale Yarborough	2	4	3
Dale Earnhardt	5	5	1
Benny Parsons	6	9	4
Buddy Baker	10	13	4
Benny Parsons	14	14	1
Buddy Baker	15	15	1
Dale Earnhardt	16	17	2
Buddy Baker	18	18	1
Benny Parsons	19	21	3
Buddy Baker	22	22	1
Benny Parsons	23	23	1
Buddy Baker	24	24	1
Benny Parsons	25	27	3
Buddy Baker	28	28	1
Benny Parsons	29	31	3
Bobby Allison	32	32	1
Cale Yarborough	33	33	1
Bobby Allison	34	34	1
Richard Petty	35	37	3
Bobby Allison	38	40	3
Richard Petty	41	43	3
Bobby Allison	44	45	2
Buddy Baker	46	48	3
Cale Yarborough	49	49	1
Richard Petty	50	50	1
Cale Yarborough	51	51	1
Bobby Allison	52	52	1
Buddy Baker	53	53	1
Bobby Allison	54	56	3
Richard Petty	57	57	1
Buddy Baker	58	60	3
Richard Petty	61	61	1
Buddy Baker	62	62	1
Rusty Wallace	63	63	1
Phil Parsons	64	67	4
Cale Yarborough	68	69	2
Benny Parsons	70	77	8
Terry Labonte	78	79	2
Richard Petty	80	83	4
David Pearson	84	88	5
Richard Petty	89	93	5
Bobby Allison	94	94	1
Buddy Baker	95	96	2
Benny Parsons	97	106	10
Ron Bouchard	107	107	1
Buddy Baker	108	108	1
Ron Bouchard	109	110	2
Benny Parsons	111	113	3
Cale Yarborough	114	116	3
Bobby Allison	117	117	1
Terry Labonte	118	119	2
Benny Parsons	120	122	3
Buddy Baker	123	125	3
Benny Parsons	126	127	2
Buddy Baker	128	130	3
Benny Parsons	131	131	1
Buddy Baker	132	137	6
Benny Parsons	138	138	1
Buddy Baker	139	140	2
Benny Parsons	141	142	2
Buddy Baker	143	145	3
Cale Yarborough	146	152	7
Terry Labonte	153	156	4
Benny Parsons	157	161	5
Buddy Baker	162	164	3
Benny Parsons	165	166	2
Buddy Baker	167	167	1
Benny Parsons	168	169	2
Buddy Baker	170	170	1
Benny Parsons	171	172	2
Harry Gant	173	173	1
Buddy Baker	174	174	1
Harry Gant	175	187	13
Cale Yarborough	188	188	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	1357
2	Bill Elliott	1328	-29
3	Terry Labonte	1327	-30
4	Dale Earnhardt	1299	-58
5	Ricky Rudd	1293	-64
6	Harry Gant	1266	-91
7	Richard Petty	1215	-142
8	Neil Bonnett	1129	-228
9	Bobby Allison	1125	-232
10	Ron Bouchard	1122	-235
11	Dave Marcis	1075	-282
12	Geoffrey Bodine	1062	-295
13	Joe Ruttman	977	-380
14	Phil Parsons	965	-392
15	Tim Richmond	933	-424
16	Trevor Boys	897	-460
17	Dick Brooks	892	-465
18	Clark Dwyer	873	-484
19	Kyle Petty	865	-492
20	Rusty Wallace	856	-501

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