1984 Valleydale 500

Race 5 of 30

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:50:10
Average speed of winner: 93.967 mph
Margin of victory: 2 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 19 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd pole, Labonte 1-42, Gant 43, Allison 44-51, Labonte 52-97, Elliott 98, Richmond 99-100, Waltrip 101-187, Earnhardt 188, Waltrip 189-243, Allison 244-284, Earnhardt 285, Waltrip 286-302, Allison 303-443, Waltrip 444-445, Labonte 446, Richmond 447-456, Waltrip 457-500

Race notes: Darrell Waltrip took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	5	205	running	31670	185
2	2	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		500	3	89	running	15885	175
3	13	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			500	0	0	running	11010	165
4	10	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		499	0	0	running	10630	160
5	14	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		499	2	12	running	6490	160
6	1	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore	111.390	498	0	0	running	10630	150
7	17	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		498	2	2	running	7530	151
8	16	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		498	0	0	running	2630	142
9	12	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		497	1	1	running	7130	143
10	4	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			496	0	0	running	5105	134
11	7	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		495	0	0	running	1580	130
12	11	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			495	0	0	running	4560	127
13	15	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		488	0	0	running	1380	124
14	30	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			485	0	0	running	2280	121
15	26	Ronnie Thomas	41	R.L. Monroe RV	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			484	0	0	running	3650	118
16	23	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			483	0	0	running	3465	115
17	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			483	0	0	running	3280	112
18	22	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			478	0	0	running	3120	109
19	8	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		475	3	190	running	10330	111
20	27	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			472	0	0	running	3085	103
21	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's	Pontiac	McDuffie			465	0	0	running	2520	100
22	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Dodge	Arrington			464	0	0	running	2485	97
23	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		446	1	1	running	2450	99
24	25	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			439	0	0	running	2415	91
25	6	Geoff Bodine	5	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		428	0	0	running	1730	88
26	20	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			402	0	0	running	7720	85
27	9	Morgan Shepherd	26	Food Country USA	Buick	C.W. Henderson			361	0	0	cylinder head	660	82
28	21	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		267	0	0	brakes	650	0
29	19	Mike Alexander	71	Marcis Racing	Oldsmobile	Marcis			109	0	0	handling	1640	76
30	18	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			40	0	0	accident	1630	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	803	5	1	1	3	5
2	Terry Labonte	798	5	0	0	3	4
3	Dale Earnhardt	772	5	0	0	2	4
4	Ricky Rudd	764	5	1	1	1	5
5	Bill Elliott	735	5	0	0	2	4
6	Richard Petty	655	5	0	0	2	3
7	Geoff Bodine	642	5	0	0	0	3
8	Harry Gant	642	5	1	0	0	3
9	Neil Bonnett	603	5	0	0	2	2
10	Bobby Allison	590	5	0	1	2	2
11	Dave Marcis	574	5	0	0	1	2
12	Ron Bouchard	550	5	0	0	1	1
13	Joe Ruttman	538	5	0	0	0	2
14	Tim Richmond	513	5	0	0	1	2
15	Rusty Wallace	506	5	0	0	0	0
16	Dick Brooks	489	5	0	0	0	0
17	Lake Speed	487	4	0	0	1	2
18	Cale Yarborough	476	3	1	1	2	2
19	Clark Dwyer	464	5	0	0	0	0
20	Trevor Boys	464	5	0	0	0	0
21	Phil Parsons	439	4	0	0	0	0
22	Ronnie Thomas	434	5	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	427	4	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Arrington	406	4	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Alexander	376	5	0	0	0	0