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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 (500.000 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: 135000
Lead changes: 34

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	200	160300	running	89	185
2	29	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	81825	running	19	175
3	26	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	68650	running	39	170
4	7	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	50000	running	1	165
5	3	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	200	58700	running	1	160
6	6	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	200	48755	running	1	155
7	14	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	199	38700	running	0	146
8	9	5	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	199	27650	running	0	142
9	11	16	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	198	25655	running	0	138
10	33	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Chevrolet	198	23950	running	0	134
11	13	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	198	18950	running	0	130
12	2	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	198	29845	running	9	132
13	24	4	Lennie Pond	Burger King / Jim Testa Chevrolet (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	197	17150	running	0	124
14	17	77	Ken Ragan	McCord Gaskets (Marvin Ragan)	Chevrolet	197	16350	running	0	121
15	40	10	Sterling Marlin	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	197	15150	running	0	118
16	19	89	Dean Roper	Evinrude Motors (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	196	13850	running	0	115
17	41	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	196	14775	running	0	112
18	20	51	Greg Sacks	Native Tan (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	195	12450	running	0	109
19	25	97	Dean Combs	Best Products (Irv Sanderson)	Oldsmobile	194	7050	running	0	106
20	37	17	Clark Dwyer	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	191	13365	running	0	103
21	42	71	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	187	10955	engine	0	100
22	36	29	Connie Saylor	Adcox Chevrolet (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	186	6900	overheating	0	97
23	23	01	Doug Heveron	Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron)	Chevrolet	173	9150	ignition	0	94
24	38	41	Ronnie Thomas	Food Country USA (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	173	9735	rear end	0	91
25	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Jim Peacock Dodge (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	170	11875	con rod	0	88
26	12	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	158	12465	crash	0	85
27	18	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	158	11905	crash	0	82
28	31	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	146	8345	crash	0	79
29	8	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	108	10500	cylinder head	0	76
30	27	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	95	10025	crash	0	73
31	34	43	Richard Petty	STP "Son of a Gun!" (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	92	10150	camshaft	24	75
32	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	69	9765	engine	0	67
33	10	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	66	11055	engine	0	64
34	4	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	61	38250	camshaft	17	66
35	22	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	60	7600	engine	0	58
36	21	42	Dick Trickle	Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews)	Chevrolet	53	7500	ignition	0	55
37	16	1	Lake Speed	Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	46	9835	push rod	0	52
38	5	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	30	14100	vibration	0	49
39	32	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	24	5450	suspension	0	46
40	15	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	21	15800	engine	0	43
41	35	48	Trevor Boys	Hart Service / Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	17	5600	engine	0	40
42	39	75	Dave Marcis	Simoniz (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	3	14300	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Delma Cowart	0	Heyward Grooms Construction	H.L. Waters	Chevrolet
	Tom Sneva	2	Simoniz	Robert Harrington	Buick
	Wayne Peterson	06	Peterson Motors	Wayne Peterson	Buick
	Jim Sauter	6	Alugard	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet
	Randy LaJoie	07	Snellman Construction	Bob Johnson	Chevrolet
	Joe Booher	18	Booher Farms	Leon Satterfield	Chevrolet
	Rick Newsom	20	Tucker Racing	Rick Newsom	Chevrolet
	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	23	Bahre Racing	Dick Bahre	Oldsmobile
	Jerry Churchill	25	U.S. Marine Corps	Jerry Churchill	Chevrolet
	Ronnie Sanders	31	Gray Racing	Henley Gray	Chevrolet
	Jim Hurlbert	34	Univeristy of Illinois Fighting Illini	Jim Hurlbert	Buick
	Connie Saylor	37	Lain Racing	Chip Lain	Pontiac
	Ramo Stott	38	Helen Rae Special	Phil Barkdoll	Buick
	Blackie Wangerin	39	Don's Garage	Blackie Wangerin	Ford
	Jim Southard	50	Southard Realty	Jim Southard	Chevrolet
	Donny Paul	53	Paul Brothers	Donny Paul	Chevrolet
	David Simko	54	The Tom Co. / Mound Steel & Supply	Elmer Simko	Buick
	Jerry Bowman	58	J.B. Racing	Grimes Holcomb	Ford
	Natz Peters	60	Seminole Mall / Mitton Electric	Natz Peters	Buick
	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Linro Motorsports	Jim Rosenblum	Oldsmobile
	Ralph Jones	65	Spohn's Body Shops	Ron Spohn	Ford
	Laurent Rioux	68	Rioux Racing	Laurent Rioux	Chevrolet
	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's / Rumple Furniture	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac
	Steve Moore	73	C&E Enterprises	Steve Moore	Chevrolet
	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet
	Lowell Cowell	76	Cam Farm	Mike Potter	Oldsmobile
	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Wash	Mark Stahl	Ford
	Randy Baker	87	Domino's Pizza	Buck Baker	Buick
	Jack Ingram	92	Budweiser	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet
	Philip Duffie	99	Duffie Sand & Gravel	Philip Duffie	Buick
DC	Grant Adcox	29	Adcox Chevrolet	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet

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
21	Mike Alexander	100	-85