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1984 Sovran Bank 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 30 Sunday, April 29, 1984 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.526 mile paved track (263.000 miles) Time of race: 3:35:23 Average speed: 73.264 mph Pole speed: 89.426 mph Cautions: 11 for 54 laps Margin of victory: 6 sec Attendance: 38000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1984 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1984 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 5   Geoffrey Bodine Northwestern Security Life   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 29880 running 55 180 2 4 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 500 18905 running 0 170 3 5 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 17450 running 12 170 4 18 22   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (DiGard Racing) Buick 500 18000 running 266 170 5 8 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 499 4900 running 0 155 6 1 98   Joe Ruttman Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 499 9480 running 45 155 7 12 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 499 8200 running 0 146 8 22 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Petty Enterprises) Ford 498 9650 running 0 142 9 15 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 497 7345 running 0 138 10 7 21   Buddy Baker Valvoline   (Wood Brothers) Ford 496 2890 running 0 134 11 16 90   Dick Brooks Chameleon Sunglasses   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 495 4515 running 0 130 12 17 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 493 4295 running 0 127 13 2 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 493 6085 running 0 124 14 24 02   Dale Jarrett Enterprise   (Emanuel Zervakis) Chevrolet 492 1515 running 0 121 15 14 88   Rusty Wallace Gatorade   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 491 4675 running 0 118 16 30 66   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Johnny Hayes) Chevrolet 489 2400 running 0 115 17 27 51   Greg Sacks Uniden Force   (Arnie Sacks) Chevrolet 489 1375 running 0 112 18 9 15   Ricky Rudd Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 487 7950 running 121 114 19 23 75   Dave Marcis Pontiac   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 484 8125 rear end 0 106 20 28 64   Jimmy Hensley Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 481 3850 running 0 103 21 31 17   Clark Dwyer Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 479 3230 running 0 100 22 25 48   Trevor Boys Hylton-McCaig   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 433 3060 running 0 97 23 13 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 425 5270 engine 0 94 24 3 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 425 3750 running 1 96 25 21 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 380 2830 valve 0 88 26 10 26   Morgan Shepherd Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Buick 306 1040 running 0 85 27 29 97   Dean Combs Best Products   (Irv Sanderson) Oldsmobile 293 1030 oil leak 0 82 28 26 01   Doug Heveron Syracuse Classic   (Tom Heveron) Chevrolet 257 1020 brakes 0 79 29 11 4   Tommy Ellis Morgan-McClure   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 241 2310 valve 0 76 30 20 41   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 241 2670 engine 0 73 31 19 71   Mike Alexander Action Vans   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 1 2660 crash 0 70

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 8 6   #71 accident turn 4   9 44 36     45 48 4   #4,33 spun   49 154 106     155 161 7   #15,75 accident   162 163 2     164 166 3   #43 spun   167 229 63     230 239 10   #43,47,97 accident turn 3   240 339 100     340 342 3   #02 blown tire   343 347 5     348 350 3   #02 spun   351 376 26     377 384 8   #27,90 accident   385 404 20     405 408 4   #7,75 spun   409 439 31     440 442 3     443 443 1     444 446 3   #15 stalled turn 1   447 500 54       Percent of race run under caution: 10.8%             Average green flag run: 37.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Ruttman 1 45 45   Bobby Allison 46 155 110   Terry Labonte 156 156 1   Bobby Allison 157 214 58   Geoffrey Bodine 215 220 6   Bobby Allison 221 279 59   Ricky Rudd 280 340 61   Darrell Waltrip 341 341 1   Ricky Rudd 342 377 36   Bobby Allison 378 405 28   Darrell Waltrip 406 416 11   Ricky Rudd 417 440 24   Bobby Allison 441 451 11   Geoffrey Bodine 452 500 49 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 1308     2   Terry Labonte 1234   -74   3   Dale Earnhardt 1212   -96   4   Ricky Rudd 1196   -112   5   Bill Elliott 1185   -123   6   Harry Gant 1091   -217   7   Richard Petty 1060   -248   8   Neil Bonnett 1035   -273   9   Geoffrey Bodine 1001   -307   10   Ron Bouchard 983   -325   11   Bobby Allison 960   -348   12   Dave Marcis 933   -375   13   Joe Ruttman 877   -431   14   Tim Richmond 848   -460   15   Dick Brooks 819   -489   16   Phil Parsons 814   -494   17   Clark Dwyer 797   -511   18   Trevor Boys 788   -520   19   Rusty Wallace 781   -527   20   Kyle Petty 747   -561   21   Buddy Arrington 727   -581