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1984 Delaware 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 30
Sunday, September 16, 1984 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:28:12
Average speed: 111.856 mph
Pole speed: no time trials

Cautions: 10 for 73 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: 44000
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	500	40005	running	281	185
2	1	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	500	17870	running	104	175
3	7	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	498	17200	running	1	170
4	13	75	Dave Marcis	Rahilly & Grady (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	497	15020	running	0	160
5	2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	497	11710	running	35	160
6	8	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	497	5805	running	0	150
7	16	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	497	6685	running	0	146
8	10	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	495	6265	running	68	147
9	9	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Northwestern Security Life (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	492	9000	running	0	138
10	18	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	491	6530	running	7	139
11	5	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	491	10740	running	1	135
12	21	71	Lennie Pond	Jim Testa (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	489	5315	running	0	127
13	34	01	Doug Heveron	Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron)	Chevrolet	485	2450	crash	0	124
14	17	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	483	10240	running	0	121
15	25	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	477	5155	running	0	118
16	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Wilder's (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	477	5445	running	0	115
17	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Affordable Car Rentals (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	475	4185	running	0	112
18	22	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	473	3815	running	0	109
19	35	35	Dick May	Lockhart Ford-Mercury (Wayne Beahr)	Ford	450	1440	running	0	106
20	29	50	Jim Southard	Commodore Properties (Jim Southard)	Buick	440	1690	running	0	103
21	28	23	Gene Coyle	Bahre Racing (Dick Bahre)	Chevrolet	435	1240	running	0	100
22	19	17	Morgan Shepherd	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	429	3405	oil leak	0	97
23	33	13	Johnny Coy, Jr.	Halverson Racing (Jeff Halverson)	Buick	416	1090	running	0	94
24	32	00	Phil Good	Good Racing (Phil Good)	Chrysler	331	1065	crash	0	91
25	23	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	329	1040	engine	0	88
26	26	21	Buddy Baker	Valvoline (Wood Brothers)	Ford	315	1015	valve	0	85
27	40	85	Tommie Crozier	Leonard Racing (Bill Leonard)	Pontiac	277	990	overheating	0	82
28	12	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	274	7465	crash	0	79
29	36	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Chevrolet	274	940	crash	0	76
30	14	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	273	3170	crash	2	78
31	37	92	Joe Fields	Hobart Sales & Service (Joe Fields)	Buick	264	890	crash	0	70
32	4	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	242	7580	crash	0	67
33	15	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	212	3105	valve	0	64
34	24	4	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	198	860	engine	0	61
35	30	41	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	192	2350	crash	0	58
36	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	118	11790	crash	1	60
37	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	92	2250	oil pump	0	52
38	31	96	Jerry Bowman	Milford Fertilizer (Grimes Holcomb)	Ford	84	750	engine	0	49
39	39	59	Bobby Gerhart	Frederick (Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart)	Chevrolet	72	750	exhaust	0	46
40	27	6	Jimmy Ingalls	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	32	2250	crash	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Stavola Brothers	Buick
	Buddie Boys	24	Jim Testa	Buddie Boys	Buick
	Maurice Randall	93	Randall Racing	Maurice Randall	Chrysler

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10
	11	16	6	#9 oil on track
	17	18	2
	19	21	3	#50 spun turn 3
	22	32	11
	33	36	4	#6 accident turn 4
	37	71	35
	72	80	9	debris turn 2
	81	90	10
	91	98	8	#96 accident turn 1
	99	120	22
	121	130	10	#22 accident turn 4
	131	138	8
	139	144	6	#43 oil on track
	145	277	133
	278	294	17	#4,9,13,27,41,84,88 accident turn 3
	295	364	70
	365	371	7	#00 accident turn 4
	372	497	126
	498	500	3	#01 accident turn 2
Percent of race run under caution: 14.6% Average green flag run: 42.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Terry Labonte	1	9	9
Dale Earnhardt	10	33	24
Rusty Wallace	34	35	2
Trevor Boys	36	36	1
Bobby Allison	37	37	1
Dale Earnhardt	38	48	11
Terry Labonte	49	85	37
Harry Gant	86	121	36
Trevor Boys	122	127	6
Terry Labonte	128	178	51
Harry Gant	179	224	46
Darrell Waltrip	225	225	1
Terry Labonte	226	230	5
Ricky Rudd	231	231	1
Harry Gant	232	278	47
Terry Labonte	279	279	1
Harry Gant	280	297	18
Ron Bouchard	298	365	68
Terry Labonte	366	366	1
Harry Gant	367	500	134

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Terry Labonte	3612
2	Harry Gant	3531	-81
3	Dale Earnhardt	3512	-100
4	Darrell Waltrip	3387	-225
5	Bill Elliott	3370	-242
6	Bobby Allison	3216	-396
7	Ricky Rudd	3167	-445
8	Neil Bonnett	3048	-564
9	Geoffrey Bodine	3014	-598
10	Ron Bouchard	2982	-630
11	Richard Petty	2873	-739
12	Tim Richmond	2767	-845
13	Dave Marcis	2704	-908
14	Rusty Wallace	2618	-994
15	Dick Brooks	2600	-1012
16	Joe Ruttman	2568	-1044
17	Kyle Petty	2543	-1069
18	Trevor Boys	2395	-1217
19	Clark Dwyer	2237	-1375
20	Buddy Arrington	2216	-1396
21	Cale Yarborough	2143	-1469