1984 Coca-Cola 500

Race 4 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:26:39
Average speed of winner: 144.945 mph
Margin of victory: 0.9 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 17 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-20, Allison 21-61, B. Parsons 62-83, Allison 64-66, B. Parsons 67-127, Allison 128-133, Yarborough 134, Allison 135-146, B. Parsons 147-162, Yarborough 163-171, Earnhardt 172-177, Yarborough 178-215, Earnhardt 216-220, Yarborough 221-242, Earnhardt 243-244, B. Parsons 245, Earnhardt 246-247, B. Parsons 248-310, Earnhardt 311-321, B. Parsons 322-328

Race notes: Last win for Benny Parsons. Last pole for Buddy Baker. Terry Labonte took the points lead from Darrell Waltrip.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		328	6	150	running	51110	185
2	9	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	5	26	running	26935	175
3	3	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		328	5	90	running	12550	170
4	10	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		327	0	0	running	8650	160
5	5	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		326	4	62	running	18050	160
6	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		326	0	0	running	10230	150
7	22	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		326	0	0	running	9220	146
8	2	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		326	0	0	running	12825	142
9	6	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		326	0	0	running	7900	138
10	14	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		326	0	0	running	13175	134
11	4	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		326	0	0	running	9725	130
12	7	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			326	0	0	running	6640	127
13	12	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		325	0	0	running	2925	124
14	24	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			325	0	0	running	6255	121
15	20	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			324	0	0	running	6285	118
16	27	Greg Sacks	51	Uniden Force	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			321	0	0	running	3000	115
17	32	Jim Sauter	6	Alugard	Chevrolet	Ulrich			317	0	0	running	6550	0
18	15	Dave Marcis	75	Simoniz	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		313	0	0	running	10350	109
19	19	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			312	0	0	water pump	5040	106
20	36	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Dodge	Arrington			309	0	0	running	5130	103
21	38	Ken Ragan	77	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Ragan			309	0	0	running	1870	100
22	39	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			306	0	0	running	2765	97
23	1	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	166.642	302	0	0	engine	4210	94
24	40	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			301	0	0	running	4200	91
25	33	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			299	0	0	running	4000	88
26	23	Don Hume	23	Apollo Hair Systems	Oldsmobile	Bahre			299	0	0	running	1595	0
27	17	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			286	0	0	transmission	1565	82
28	19	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			281	0	0	running	3800	79
29	25	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		276	0	0	running	1505	76
30	31	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			253	0	0	rear end	1475	73
31	29	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			225	0	0	engine	3655	70
32	30	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Oldsmobile	Sanderson			186	0	0	rear end	1385	67
33	16	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		172	0	0	engine	2870	64
34	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		165	0	0	valve	3590	61
35	35	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore-Foyt Enterprises	Oldsmobile	Foyt			153	0	0	engine	1340	58
36	37	Delma Cowart	0	Grooms Construction	Buick	H.L. Waters			150	0	0	engine	1345	55
37	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			57	0	0	cylinder head	1310	52
38	26	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			34	0	0	engine	9595	49
39	34	Lennie Pond	4	Testa/Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		15	0	0	engine	1280	46
40	28	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			4	0	0	engine	2765	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	623	4	0	0	2	3
2	Dale Earnhardt	621	4	0	0	2	3
3	Darrell Waltrip	618	4	1	0	2	4
4	Ricky Rudd	614	4	0	1	1	4
5	Bill Elliott	592	4	0	0	2	3
6	Geoff Bodine	554	4	0	0	0	3
7	Harry Gant	543	4	1	0	0	3
8	Richard Petty	513	4	0	0	2	2
9	Lake Speed	487	4	0	0	1	2
10	Bobby Allison	479	4	0	1	2	2
11	Cale Yarborough	476	3	1	1	2	2
12	Neil Bonnett	473	4	0	0	2	2
13	Dick Brooks	416	4	0	0	0	0
14	Dave Marcis	414	4	0	0	0	1
15	Joe Ruttman	404	4	0	0	0	1
16	Ron Bouchard	385	4	0	0	0	0
17	Rusty Wallace	379	4	0	0	0	0
18	Greg Sacks	376	4	0	0	0	0
19	Lennie Pond	361	4	0	0	0	0
20	Clark Dwyer	355	4	0	0	0	0
21	Tim Richmond	353	4	0	0	0	1
22	Trevor Boys	349	4	0	0	0	0
23	Ronnie Thomas	316	4	0	0	0	0
24	Phil Parsons	315	3	0	0	0	0
25	Jimmy Means	315	3	0	0	0	0