1984 Sovran Bank 500

Race 8 of 30

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:35:23
Average speed of winner: 73.264 mph
Margin of victory: 6 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 54 laps
Lap leaders: Ruttman 1-45, Allison 46-155, Labonte 156, Allison 157-214, Bodine 215-220, Allison 221-279, Rudd 280-340, Waltrip 341, Rudd 342-377, Allison 378-405, Waltrip 406-416, Rudd 417-440, Allison 441-451, Bodine 452-500

Race notes: First win for Geoff Bodine. Last pole for Joe Ruttman. Debut for Dale Jarrett.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		500	2	55	running	29880	180
2	4	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			500	0	0	running	18905	170
3	5	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	2	12	running	17450	170
4	18	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		500	5	266	running	18000	170
5	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		499	0	0	running	4900	155
6	1	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield		89.426	499	1	45	running	9460	155
7	12	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		499	0	0	running	8200	146
8	22	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			498	0	0	running	9650	142
9	15	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		497	0	0	running	7345	138
10	7	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline Oil	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		496	0	0	running	2890	134
11	16	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			495	0	0	running	4515	130
12	17	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		493	0	0	running	4295	127
13	2	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		493	0	0	running	6085	124
14	24	Dale Jarrett	02	Enterprise	Chevrolet	Zervakis			492	0	0	running	1515	121
15	14	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			491	0	0	running	4675	118
16	30	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		489	0	0	running	2400	115
17	27	Greg Sacks	51	Uniden	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			489	0	0	running	1375	112
18	9	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		487	3	121	running	7950	114
19	23	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		484	0	0	rear end	8125	106
20	28	Jimmy Hensley	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			481	0	0	running	3850	0
21	31	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			479	0	0	running	3230	100
22	25	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			433	0	0	running	3060	97
23	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		425	0	0	engine	5270	94
24	3	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		425	1	1	running	3750	96
25	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Grocery	Chrysler	Arrington			380	0	0	valve	2830	88
26	10	Morgan Shepherd	26	Food Country USA	Buick	C.W. Henderson			306	0	0	running	1040	85
27	29	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Oldsmobile	Sanderson			293	0	0	oil leak	1030	82
28	26	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			257	0	0	brakes	1020	79
29	11	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		241	0	0	valve	2310	76
30	20	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			241	0	0	engine	2670	73
31	19	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			1	0	0	accident	2660	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	1308	8	1	2	5	8
2	Terry Labonte	1234	8	0	0	5	6
3	Dale Earnhardt	1212	8	0	0	3	7
4	Ricky Rudd	1196	8	2	1	2	7
5	Bill Elliott	1185	8	0	0	3	7
6	Harry Gant	1091	8	1	0	1	5
7	Richard Petty	1060	8	0	0	2	4
8	Neil Bonnett	1035	8	0	0	3	5
9	Geoff Bodine	1001	8	0	1	1	4
10	Ron Bouchard	983	8	0	0	2	3
11	Bobby Allison	960	8	0	1	3	3
12	Dave Marcis	933	8	0	0	1	2
13	Joe Ruttman	877	8	1	0	0	3
14	Tim Richmond	848	8	0	1	2	3
15	Dick Brooks	819	8	0	0	0	0
16	Phil Parsons	814	7	0	0	0	1
17	Clark Dwyer	797	8	0	0	0	0
18	Trevor Boys	788	8	0	0	0	0
19	Rusty Wallace	781	8	0	0	0	0
20	Kyle Petty	747	8	0	0	1	2
21	Buddy Arrington	727	7	0	0	0	0
22	Greg Sacks	697	7	0	0	0	0
23	Ronnie Thomas	671	8	0	0	0	0
24	Cale Yarborough	641	4	1	1	3	3
25	Jimmy Means	636	6	0	0	0	0