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1984 Atlanta Journal 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 30 Sunday, November 11, 1984 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:42:31 Average speed: 134.61 mph Pole speed: 170.198 mph Cautions: 7 for 44 laps Margin of victory: .56 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 26 Glossary    1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1984 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 328 40610 running 48 180 2 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 328 28085 running 55 175 3 13 15   Ricky Rudd Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 328 19350 running 0 165 4 17 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 328 7000 running 2 165 5 9 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 327 16850 running 4 160 6 7 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 327 13500 running 2 155 7 20 1   Lake Speed Bull Frog Knits   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 327 4475 running 0 146 8 15 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 327 8055 running 0 142 9 31 95   Sterling Marlin Sadler Racing   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 326 5325 running 0 138 10 19 75   Dave Marcis Rahilly & Grady   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 325 11950 running 14 139 11 4 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 325 12590 running 56 135 12 21 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 325 8475 running 1 132 13 14 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 324 8870 running 0 124 14 24 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 324 5960 running 0 121 15 16 88   Rusty Wallace Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 320 6640 running 0 118 16 32 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 320 5520 running 0 115 17 29 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 319 5390 running 0 112 18 38 01   Doug Heveron Syracuse Classic   (Tom Heveron) Chevrolet 319 1845 running 0 109 19 39 2   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Red Roof Inns   (Robert Harrington) Buick 319 1735 running 0 106 20 8 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 317 1975 running 0 103 21 18 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 316 3090 running 0 100 22 40 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Ford 313 9715 running 0 97 23 25 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 309 4770 running 0 94 24 3 5   Geoffrey Bodine Northwestern Security Life   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 293 19505 engine 125 101 25 12 16   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 290 1275 engine 0 88 26 5 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 289 3950 engine 0 85 27 23 64   Ken Schrader Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 272 3760 running 0 82 28 30 66   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 240 1185 vibration 0 79 29 27 03   Eddie Bierschwale B & B Racing   (Don Bierschwale) Buick 229 1155 engine 0 76 30 2 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 205 3400 engine 19 78 31 33 51   Greg Sacks Sacks & Sons   (Arnie Sacks) Chevrolet 177 1075 running 0 70 32 6 84   Jody Ridley Cumberland Carpet Mills   (Robert McEntyre) Chevrolet 157 1060 driveshaft 2 72 33 11 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 154 1045 handling 0 64 34 36 42   Terry Schoonover Restore Auto Care Products   (Terry Schoonover) Chevrolet 122 1030 crash 0 61 35 28 4   Joe Ruttman Morgan-McClure   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 106 1015 engine 0 58 36 22 97   Dean Combs Best Products   (Irv Sanderson) Chevrolet 96 1000 engine 0 55 37 26 71   Lennie Pond Jim Testa   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 74 3250 crash 0 52 38 35 82   Mark Stahl Auto Bell Car Wash   (Mark Stahl) Ford 70 970 battery 0 49 39 34 56   Bob Penrod Category Challenge   (Bob Penrod) Chevrolet 55 955 crash 0 46 40 37 77   Ken Ragan McCord Gaskets   (Marvin Ragan) Chevrolet 0 940 crash 0 43 41 41 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore-Foyt   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 0   did not start 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Joe Millikan 35 Hanover Printing Wayne Beahr Ford Ronnie Thomas 41 Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Buddy Arrington 67 Affordable Car Rentals Buddy Arrington Dodge J.D. McDuffie 70 Wilder's J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 6 4   #77,82 accident turn 2   7 59 53     60 67 8   #56 accident turn 2   68 77 10     78 83 6   #51,71 accident frontstretch   84 99 16     100 103 4   #97 engine   104 128 25     129 143 15   #8,42 accident backstretch   144 156 13     157 160 4   #7 stalled turn 3   161 207 47     208 210 3   #44 engine   211 328 118       Percent of race run under caution: 13.4%             Average green flag run: 35.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 60 60   Ron Bouchard 61 61 1   Geoffrey Bodine 62 68 7   Bill Elliott 69 76 8   Dale Earnhardt 77 77 1   Bill Elliott 78 100 23   Dave Marcis 101 101 1   Jody Ridley 102 103 2   Terry Labonte 104 122 19   Cale Yarborough 123 123 1   Dale Earnhardt 124 129 6   Cale Yarborough 130 130 1   Dave Marcis 131 143 13   Geoffrey Bodine 144 146 3   Dale Earnhardt 147 149 3   Geoffrey Bodine 150 157 8   Bobby Allison 158 161 4   Cale Yarborough 162 215 54   Bill Elliott 216 237 22   Geoffrey Bodine 238 269 32   Bill Elliott 270 271 2   Benny Parsons 272 273 2   Darrell Waltrip 274 275 2   Dale Earnhardt 276 277 2   Geoffrey Bodine 278 292 15   Dale Earnhardt 293 328 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Terry Labonte 4338     2   Harry Gant 4296   -42   3   Bill Elliott 4217   -121   4   Darrell Waltrip 4164   -174   5   Dale Earnhardt 4140   -198   6   Bobby Allison 3934   -404   7   Ricky Rudd 3800   -538   8   Neil Bonnett 3652   -686   9   Ron Bouchard 3555   -783   10   Geoffrey Bodine 3554   -784   11   Richard Petty 3522   -816   12   Tim Richmond 3335   -1003   13   Dave Marcis 3313   -1025   14   Rusty Wallace 3231   -1107   15   Dick Brooks 3174   -1164   16   Kyle Petty 3080   -1258   17   Trevor Boys 2913   -1425   18   Joe Ruttman 2811   -1527   19   Buddy Arrington 2504   -1834   20   Buddy Baker 2477   -1861   21   Cale Yarborough 2448   -1890