1984 Atlanta Journal 500

Race 29 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:42:31
Average speed of winner: 134.610 mph
Margin of victory: 0.56 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott pole, Bodine 1-60, Bouchard 61, Bodine 62-68, Elliott 69-76, Earnhardt 77, Elliott 78-100, Marcis 101, Ridley 102-103, Labonte 104-122, Yarborough 123, Earnhardt 124-129, Yarborough 130, Marcis 131-143, Bodine 144-146, Earnhardt 147-149, Bodine 150-157, Allison 158-161, Yarborough 162-215, Elliott 216-237, Bodine 238-269, Elliott 270-271, Parsons 272-273, Waltrip 274-275, Earnhardt 276-277, Bodine 278-292, Earnhardt 293-328

Race notes: Finale for Dean Combs, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, and Terry Schoonover. Only start for Bob Penrod.

Video links: Part 1 (Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	5	48	running	40610	180
2	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	170.198	328	4	55	running	28085	175
3	13	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		328	0	0	running	19350	165
4	17	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		328	1	2	running	7000	165
5	9	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		327	1	4	running	16850	160
6	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		327	1	2	running	13500	155
7	20	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		327	0	0	running	4475	146
8	15	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		327	0	0	running	8055	142
9	31	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			326	0	0	running	5325	138
10	19	Dave Marcis	75	Rahilly & Grady Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		325	2	14	running	11950	139
11	4	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		325	3	56	running	12590	135
12	21	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Beam		325	1	1	running	8475	132
13	14	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		324	0	0	running	8870	124
14	24	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			324	0	0	running	5960	121
15	16	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			320	0	0	running	6640	118
16	32	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			320	0	0	running	5520	115
17	29	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			319	0	0	running	5390	112
18	38	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			319	0	0	running	1845	109
19	39	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	2	Red Roof Inns	Buick	Robert Harrington			319	0	0	running	1735	106
20	8	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		317	0	0	running	1975	103
21	18	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		316	0	0	running	3090	100
22	40	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			313	0	0	running	9715	97
23	25	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			309	0	0	running	4770	94
24	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Security Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		293	6	125	engine	19505	101
25	12	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			290	0	0	engine	1275	88
26	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		289	0	0	engine	3950	85
27	23	Ken Schrader	64	Sunny King Honda	Ford	Langley			272	0	0	running	3760	82
28	30	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		240	0	0	vibration	1185	79
29	27	Eddie Bierschwale	03	B&B Racing	Buick	Bierschwale			229	0	0	engine	1155	76
30	2	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		205	1	19	engine	3400	78
31	33	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			177	0	0	running	1075	70
32	6	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			157	1	2	drive shaft	1060	72
33	11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			154	0	0	handling	1045	64
34	36	Terry Schoonover	42	Restore Auto Parts	Chevrolet	A-1-A	Beam		122	0	0	fatal accident	1030	61
35	28	Joe Ruttman	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		106	0	0	engine	1015	58
36	22	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Chevrolet	Sanderson			96	0	0	engine	1000	55
37	26	Lennie Pond	71	Jim Testa Chevrolet	Oldsmobile	Marcis			74	0	0	accident	3250	52
38	35	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			70	0	0	battery	970	49
39	34	Bob Penrod	56	Category Challenge	Chevrolet	Penrod			55	0	0	accident	955	46
40	37	Ken Ragan	77	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Ragan			0	0	0	accident	940	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	4338	29	1	2	16	23
2	Harry Gant	4296	29	3	3	15	22
3	Bill Elliott	4217	29	4	3	12	23
4	Darrell Waltrip	4169	29	4	7	13	20
5	Dale Earnhardt	4135	29	0	2	12	22
6	Bobby Allison	3938	29	0	2	13	18
7	Ricky Rudd	3800	29	4	1	7	16
8	Neil Bonnett	3647	29	0	0	7	13
9	Geoff Bodine	3554	29	3	2	6	13
10	Ron Bouchard	3551	29	0	0	5	10
11	Richard Petty	3522	29	0	2	5	13
12	Tim Richmond	3335	29	0	1	5	10
13	Dave Marcis	3313	29	0	0	3	9
14	Rusty Wallace	3231	29	0	0	2	4
15	Dick Brooks	3174	29	0	0	1	5
16	Kyle Petty	3080	29	0	0	1	6
17	Trevor Boys	2913	29	0	0	0	1
18	Joe Ruttman	2811	28	1	0	0	7
19	Buddy Arrington	2504	26	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Baker	2477	21	1	0	4	12
21	Cale Yarborough	2448	16	4	3	10	10
22	Greg Sacks	2430	28	0	0	0	1
23	Phil Parsons	2290	22	0	0	0	3
24	Clark Dwyer	2286	25	0	0	0	0
25	Jimmy Means	2118	21	0	0	0	0