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1984 Pepsi 420

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 30
Saturday, July 14, 1984 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN
420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles)

Time of race: 3:05:38
Average speed: 80.908 mph
Pole speed: 104.12 mph

Cautions: 3 for 34 laps
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Attendance: 24000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1984 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Northwestern Security Life (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	420	25800	running	327	185
2	12	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	420	16125	running	18	175
3	16	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	419	10775	running	33	170
4	11	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	419	6330	running	1	165
5	18	22	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (DiGard Racing)	Buick	419	13450	running	3	160
6	8	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	419	5505	running	0	150
7	2	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	419	7770	running	2	151
8	9	98	Joe Ruttman	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	417	4310	running	0	142
9	4	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	417	4725	running	0	138
10	10	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	416	4010	running	0	134
11	13	4	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	415	1960	running	0	130
12	17	71	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	415	3815	running	0	127
13	22	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes)	Chevrolet	413	2600	running	0	124
14	26	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	413	7135	running	0	121
15	15	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	413	8505	running	0	118
16	1	15	Ricky Rudd	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	413	9575	running	36	120
17	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Hardcastle Motors (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	412	3295	running	0	112
18	6	88	Rusty Wallace	Gatorade (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	411	3155	running	0	109
19	27	64	Ken Schrader	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	411	2965	running	0	106
20	30	45	Jeff Hooker	Morris Racing (Bob Morris)	Pontiac	367	1360	running	0	103
21	29	41	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	329	3125	running	0	100
22	24	48	Trevor Boys	Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	323	2590	driveshaft	0	97
23	14	75	Dave Marcis	Pontiac (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	315	7675	running	0	94
24	21	17	Clark Dwyer	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	292	2520	overheating	0	91
25	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	212	2485	engine	0	88
26	25	6	Morgan Shepherd	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	185	1820	brakes	0	85
27	20	90	Dick Brooks	Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	149	1815	crash	0	82
28	7	84	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre)	Chevrolet	140	810	engine	0	79
29	23	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	117	805	crash	0	76
30	19	52	Sterling Marlin	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	116	2800	crash	0	73

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Buddie Boys	24	Jim Testa	Buddie Boys	Buick
	Jim Southard	50	Commodore Properties	Jim Southard	Buick
	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac
	Tommie Crozier	85	Leonard Racing	Bill Leonard	Pontiac
	Maurice Randall	93	Randall Racing	Maurice Randall	Chrysler
	Jimmy Walker	96	Walker Enterprises	Will Cronkrite	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	121	121
	122	136	15	#51,52,75 accident backstretch
	137	151	15
	152	158	7	#90 accident
	159	333	175
	334	345	12	#48 engine
	346	420	75
Percent of race run under caution: 8.1% Average green flag run: 96.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ricky Rudd	1	27	27
Bill Elliott	28	28	1
Ricky Rudd	29	37	9
Geoffrey Bodine	38	122	85
Bill Elliott	123	123	1
Geoffrey Bodine	124	140	17
Dale Earnhardt	141	152	12
Darrell Waltrip	153	169	17
Dale Earnhardt	170	190	21
Geoffrey Bodine	191	294	104
Bobby Allison	295	297	3
Ron Bouchard	298	298	1
Geoffrey Bodine	299	333	35
Darrell Waltrip	334	334	1
Geoffrey Bodine	335	420	86

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	2529
2	Darrell Waltrip	2482	-47
3	Bill Elliott	2455	-74
4	Terry Labonte	2443	-86
5	Bobby Allison	2370	-159
6	Harry Gant	2367	-162
7	Ricky Rudd	2258	-271
8	Neil Bonnett	2234	-295
9	Geoffrey Bodine	2204	-325
10	Richard Petty	2164	-365
11	Ron Bouchard	2121	-408
12	Tim Richmond	2002	-527
13	Joe Ruttman	1950	-579
14	Dave Marcis	1849	-680
15	Rusty Wallace	1807	-722
16	Kyle Petty	1763	-766
17	Dick Brooks	1703	-826
18	Trevor Boys	1633	-896
19	Clark Dwyer	1577	-952
20	Buddy Arrington	1522	-1007
21	Phil Parsons	1501	-1028