1984 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 30

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:18:41
Average speed of winner: 150.994 mph
Margin of victory: 8 car lengths
Lead changes: 34 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-14, Allison 15, Yarborough 16-17, Allison 18, Yarborough 19, Allison 20, Yarborough 21, Allison 22-25, Yarborough 26-28, Allison 29-32, Yarborough 33-37, Earnhardt 38, R. Petty 39-40, Earnhardt 41-43, Allison 44-49, R. Petty 50-64, Earnhardt 65-67, R. Petty 68, Yarborough 69-86, R. Petty 87-92, Yarborough 93-99, Earnhardt 100-104, Bonnett 105, Labonte 106-112, Earnhardt 113-116, Yarborough 117-135, Earnhardt 136, Labonte 137-138, Gant 139, Earnhardt 140-141, Waltrip 142, Yarborough 143-160, Elliott 161, Waltrip 162-199, Yarborough 200

Race notes: Debut for Doug Heveron.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	201.848	200	11	89	running	160300	185
2	29	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		200	7	19	running	81825	175
3	26	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		200	2	39	running	68650	170
4	7	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		200	1	1	running	50000	165
5	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		200	1	1	running	58700	160
6	6	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		200	1	1	running	48755	155
7	14	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		199	0	0	running	38700	146
8	9	Geoff Bodine	5	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		199	0	0	running	27650	142
9	11	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			198	0	0	running	25655	0
10	33	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			198	0	0	running	23950	134
11	13	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		198	0	0	running	18950	130
12	2	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		198	2	9	running	29845	132
13	24	Lennie Pond	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		197	0	0	running	17150	124
14	17	Ken Ragan	77	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Ragan			197	0	0	running	16350	121
15	40	Sterling Marlin	10	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			197	0	0	running	15150	118
16	19	Dean Roper	89	Evinrude Motors	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			196	0	0	running	13850	115
17	41	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			196	0	0	running	14775	112
18	20	Greg Sacks	51	Native Tan	Chevrolet	Sacks			195	0	0	running	12450	109
19	25	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Oldsmobile	Sanderson			194	0	0	running	7050	106
20	37	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			191	0	0	running	13365	103
21	42	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			187	0	0	engine	10955	100
22	36	Connie Saylor	29	Adcox Racing	Chevrolet	Adcox			186	0	0	overheating	6900	0
23	23	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			173	0	0	ignition	9150	94
24	38	Ronnie Thomas	41	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			173	0	0	rear end	9735	91
25	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Peacock Dodge	Chrysler	Arrington			170	0	0	connecting rod	11875	88
26	12	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			158	0	0	accident	12465	85
27	18	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			158	0	0	accident	11905	82
28	31	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			146	0	0	accident	8345	79
29	8	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		108	0	0	cylinder head	10500	76
30	27	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			95	0	0	accident	10025	73
31	34	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		92	4	24	camshaft	10150	75
32	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			69	0	0	engine	9765	67
33	10	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		66	0	0	cracked head	11055	64
34	4	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		61	6	17	camshaft	38250	66
35	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			60	0	0	engine	7600	58
36	21	Dick Trickle	42	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	Billy Matthews	Beam		53	0	0	ignition	7500	55
37	16	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		46	0	0	push rod	9835	52
38	5	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		30	0	0	vibration	14100	49
39	32	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore/Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	Foyt			24	0	0	suspension	5450	46
40	15	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			21	0	0	engine	15800	43
41	35	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			17	0	0	engine	5600	40
42	39	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		3	0	0	engine	14300	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	185	1	1	1	1	1
2	Dale Earnhardt	175	1	0	0	1	1
3	Darrell Waltrip	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Neil Bonnett	165	1	0	0	1	1
5	Bill Elliott	160	1	0	0	1	1
6	Harry Gant	155	1	0	0	0	1
7	Ricky Rudd	146	1	0	0	0	1
8	Geoff Bodine	142	1	0	0	0	1
9	Jody Ridley	134	1	0	0	0	1
10	Terry Labonte	132	1	0	0	0	0
11	Phil Parsons	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	Lennie Pond	124	1	0	0	0	0
13	Ken Ragan	121	1	0	0	0	0
14	Sterling Marlin	118	1	0	0	0	0
15	Dean Roper	115	1	0	0	0	0
16	Jimmy Means	112	1	0	0	0	0
17	Greg Sacks	109	1	0	0	0	0
18	Dean Combs	106	1	0	0	0	0
19	Clark Dwyer	103	1	0	0	0	0
20	Mike Alexander	100	1	0	0	0	0
21	Doug Heveron	94	1	0	0	0	0
22	Ronnie Thomas	91	1	0	0	0	0
23	Buddy Arrington	88	1	0	0	0	0
24	Dick Brooks	85	1	0	0	0	0
25	Ron Bouchard	82	1	0	0	0	0