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1984 Northwestern Bank 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30
Sunday, April 8, 1984 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:33:19
Average speed: 97.83 mph
Pole speed: 113.487 mph

Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Margin of victory: 3.59 sec
Attendance: 26000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	17	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	400	24780	running	28	180
2	18	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	400	16455	running	1	175
3	1	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	400	22190	running	290	175
4	8	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	400	7355	running	2	165
5	14	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	400	11220	running	0	155
6	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	399	13060	running	0	150
7	16	47	Ron Bouchard	Fast Fare (Jack Beebe)	Buick	399	5110	running	1	151
8	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	399	7260	running	0	142
9	2	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	399	1810	running	77	143
10	5	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	399	7710	running	0	134
11	20	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	399	4060	running	0	130
12	13	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	397	1330	running	0	127
13	3	75	Dave Marcis	Pontiac (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	396	8180	running	0	124
14	7	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Northwestern Security Life (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	396	3750	running	0	121
15	12	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	394	1680	running	0	118
16	22	17	Clark Dwyer	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Pontiac	393	3515	running	0	115
17	27	48	Trevor Boys	Jim Testa (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	392	3430	running	0	112
18	29	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	390	1105	running	0	109
19	26	6	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	389	3270	running	0	106
20	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Affordable Car Rentals (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	386	3335	running	0	103
21	11	71	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	386	2675	running	0	100
22	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	377	9935	running	0	97
23	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	353	2615	running	0	94
24	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	347	2630	engine	0	91
25	28	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	333	2545	engine	0	88
26	25	41	Ronnie Thomas	R.L. Monroe (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	266	1910	running	0	85
27	30	72	Brent Elliott	J & S Trucking (Kermit Elliott)	Buick	203	835	oil leak	0	82
28	21	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	167	1860	cylinder head	0	79
29	15	4	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	125	835	engine	0	76
30	9	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	105	2335	valve	1	78
31	19	97	Dean Combs	Best Products (Irv Sanderson)	Oldsmobile	3	760	crash	0	70

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	12	8	#43,71,97 accident turn 1
	13	84	72
	85	87	3	#64 accident turn 2
	88	110	23
	111	113	3	#64 spun turn 4
	114	288	175
	289	292	4	#52 accident backstretch
	293	372	80
	373	377	5	#66 spun turn 2
	378	400	23
Percent of race run under caution: 5.8% Average green flag run: 62.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ricky Rudd	1	2	2
Neil Bonnett	3	77	75
Ricky Rudd	78	84	7
Neil Bonnett	85	85	1
Joe Ruttman	86	86	1
Ricky Rudd	87	110	24
Neil Bonnett	111	111	1
Ricky Rudd	112	267	156
Terry Labonte	268	269	2
Ron Bouchard	270	270	1
Ricky Rudd	271	289	19
Harry Gant	290	290	1
Ricky Rudd	291	372	82
Tim Richmond	373	400	28

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Terry Labonte	963
2	Darrell Waltrip	953	-10
3	Ricky Rudd	939	-24
4	Dale Earnhardt	914	-49
5	Bill Elliott	869	-94
6	Harry Gant	817	-146
7	Richard Petty	782	-181
8	Geoffrey Bodine	763	-200
9	Neil Bonnett	746	-217
10	Ron Bouchard	701	-262
11	Dave Marcis	698	-265
12	Tim Richmond	693	-270
13	Bobby Allison	687	-276
14	Dick Brooks	619	-344
15	Joe Ruttman	616	-347
16	Rusty Wallace	585	-378
17	Clark Dwyer	579	-384
18	Mike Alexander	576	-387
18	Trevor Boys	576	-387
20	Phil Parsons	557	-406
21	Ronnie Thomas	519	-444