1984 Miller High Life 500

Race 26 of 30

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:24:41
Average speed of winner: 148.861 mph
Margin of victory: 14.5 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps
Lap leaders: B. Parsons 1-10, Waltrip 11-15, B. Parsons 16-65, Yarborough 66-68, Gant 69, Richmond 70, B. Parsons 71-133, Yarborough 134, Elliott 135-136, B. Parsons 137-157, Labonte 158, B. Parsons 159-164, Gant 165-175, Waltrip 176-182, Gant 183, B. Parsons 184-186, Gant 187-200, Yarborough 201-202, Gant 203, Yarborough 204-205, Elliott 206-273, B. Parsons 274, Elliott 275-334

Race notes: Debut for Donny Paul.

Video links: Intro/Start

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		334	3	130	running	52633	180
2	1	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion	165.579	334	7	154	running	68475	180
3	17	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		334	4	8	running	23258	170
4	3	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		334	5	28	running	34938	165
5	12	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		333	1	1	running	19228	160
6	9	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		333	0	0	running	15025	150
7	26	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			332	0	0	running	6725	146
8	7	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		332	0	0	running	14225	142
9	23	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		332	0	0	running	8900	138
10	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		332	0	0	running	16725	134
11	11	Ron Bouchard	47	Hawaiian Punch	Buick	Jack Beebe	Beam		330	0	0	running	8465	130
12	28	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			330	0	0	running	7675	127
13	25	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			330	0	0	running	7575	124
14	14	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			330	0	0	running	8175	121
15	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			328	0	0	running	4275	118
16	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		328	0	0	running	5340	115
17	38	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			326	0	0	running	12625	112
18	34	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			325	0	0	running	3275	109
19	35	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			325	0	0	running	5930	106
20	39	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	2	Red Roof Inns	Buick	Robert Harrington			324	0	0	running	3375	103
21	20	L.D. Ottinger	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			320	0	0	running	4670	100
22	37	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			317	0	0	running	1750	97
23	29	Morgan Shepherd	6	California Coolers	Chevrolet	Ulrich			311	0	0	running	3725	94
24	24	Dave Marcis	75	Rahilly & Grady Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		309	0	0	vibration	9475	91
25	41	Lennie Pond	71	Eskimo Pie	Oldsmobile	Marcis			285	0	0	engine	3685	88
26	31	Ken Schrader	64	Sunny King Honda	Ford	Langley			276	0	0	running	3550	85
27	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		271	2	12	running	15603	87
28	18	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Chevrolet	Sanderson			266	0	0	vibration	1245	79
29	15	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		226	0	0	oil leak	1720	76
30	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		205	1	1	engine	12525	78
31	30	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		190	0	0	engine	1165	70
32	10	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		160	0	0	engine	1640	67
33	22	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		158	0	0	transmission	1115	64
34	19	Connie Saylor	23	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre			153	0	0	transmission	1090	0
35	32	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			151	0	0	accident	2060	58
36	36	Ken Ragan	77	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Ragan			151	0	0	accident	1050	55
37	40	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			103	0	0	engine	1040	52
38	5	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			77	0	0	engine	1530	49
39	16	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		74	0	0	engine	8010	46
40	27	Joe Ruttman	38	BarclaysAmerican	Chevrolet	Helen Rae Smith			8	0	0	suspension	1005	43
41	33	Donny Paul	53	Paul Brothers	Chevrolet	Paul Brothers			1	0	0	engine	1005	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	3947	26	1	2	15	21
2	Harry Gant	3861	26	3	3	13	20
3	Bill Elliott	3720	26	3	2	10	20
4	Dale Earnhardt	3680	26	0	1	11	20
5	Darrell Waltrip	3664	26	3	6	11	17
6	Bobby Allison	3448	26	0	2	10	15
7	Ricky Rudd	3391	26	4	1	6	14
8	Neil Bonnett	3318	26	0	0	6	12
9	Geoff Bodine	3248	26	2	2	6	13
10	Ron Bouchard	3214	26	0	0	5	10
11	Richard Petty	3153	26	0	2	5	12
12	Dave Marcis	2946	26	0	0	3	7
13	Tim Richmond	2945	26	0	1	5	9
14	Rusty Wallace	2868	26	0	0	1	3
15	Dick Brooks	2854	26	0	0	1	5
16	Kyle Petty	2789	26	0	0	1	6
17	Joe Ruttman	2687	26	1	0	0	7
18	Trevor Boys	2607	26	0	0	0	1
19	Buddy Arrington	2325	24	0	0	0	0
20	Cale Yarborough	2313	15	4	3	10	10
21	Clark Dwyer	2237	24	0	0	0	0
22	Greg Sacks	2211	25	0	0	0	1
23	Buddy Baker	2094	18	1	0	4	10
24	Phil Parsons	2093	20	0	0	0	3
25	Jimmy Means	1779	18	0	0	0	0