1984 Winston 500

Race 9 of 30

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 2:53:27
Average speed of winner: 172.988 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 75 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Elliott 1, Yarborough 2-4, Earnhardt 5, B. Parsons 6-9, Baker 10-13, B. Parsons 14, Baker 15, Earnhardt 16-17, Baker 18, B. Parsons 19-21, Baker 22, B. Parsons 23, Baker 24, B. Parsons 25-27, Baker 28, B. Parsons 29-31, Allison 32, Yarborough 33, Allison 34, R. Petty 35-37, Allison 38-40, R. Petty 41-43, Allison 44-45, Baker 46-48, Yarborough 49, R. Petty 50, Yarborough 51, Allison 52, Baker 53, Allison 54-56, R. Petty 57, Baker 58-60, R. Petty 61, Baker 62, Wallace 63, P. Parsons 64-67, Yarborough 68-69, B. Parsons 70-77, Labonte 78-79, R. Petty 80-83, Pearson 84-88, R. Petty 89-93, Allison 94, Baker 95-96, B. Parsons 97-106, Bouchard 107, Baker 108, Bouchard 109-110, B. Parsons 111-113, Yarborough 114-116, Allison 117, Labonte 118-119, B. Parsons 120-122, Baker 123-125, B. Parsons 126-127, Baker 128-130, B. Parsons 131, Baker 132-137, B. Parsons 138, Baker 139-140, B. Parsons 141-142, Baker 143-145, Yarborough 146-152, Labonte 153-156, B. Parsons 157-161, Baker 162-164, B. Parsons 165-166, Baker 167, B. Parsons 168-169, Baker 170, B. Parsons 171-172, Gant 173, Baker 174, Gant 175-187, Yarborough 188

Race notes: Debut for Phil Barkdoll.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	202.692	188	8	19	running	42300	180
2	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		188	2	14	running	31780	175
3	7	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		188	21	43	running	22250	170
4	14	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		188	8	13	running	31250	165
5	4	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		188	18	56	running	19650	165
6	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		187	7	18	running	18495	155
7	21	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		187	1	4	running	11000	151
8	23	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		187	0	0	running	16800	142
9	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		187	1	1	running	14600	143
10	19	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			186	2	3	running	11525	139
11	18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			186	0	0	running	5900	130
12	28	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			186	0	0	running	6600	127
13	22	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		185	0	0	running	5200	124
14	30	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			185	0	0	running	4800	121
15	33	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			184	0	0	running	13100	118
16	20	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			182	0	0	running	4200	115
17	38	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			181	0	0	running	13565	112
18	29	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			179	0	0	running	7255	109
19	36	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			177	0	0	running	6935	106
20	27	Ronnie Thomas	41	R.L. Monroe RV	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			177	0	0	running	7025	103
21	24	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			172	0	0	running	6115	100
22	10	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		165	0	0	valve	11000	97
23	15	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		160	0	0	running	3500	94
24	39	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Chrysler	Arrington			158	0	0	running	5605	91
25	3	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		156	3	8	engine	6045	93
26	26	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		151	0	0	transmission	9250	85
27	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		149	2	3	running	10475	87
28	32	Dean Roper	89	Evinrude Motors	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			149	0	0	oil pump	2650	79
29	17	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			137	0	0	running	4875	76
30	25	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			116	0	0	drive shaft	4815	73
31	31	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			107	1	1	steering	4580	75
32	6	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			105	1	5	vibration	2650	72
33	12	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		65	0	0	push rod	2425	64
34	8	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		61	0	0	accident	8900	61
35	16	Phil Barkdoll	38	Barkdoll Construction	Chevrolet	Barkdoll			60	0	0	engine	2375	58
36	37	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Auto	Chevrolet	Heveron			53	0	0	transmission	2350	55
37	34	Jim Sauter	6	Alugard	Chevrolet	Ulrich			34	0	0	engine	4585	52
38	9	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		25	0	0	engine	10800	49
39	40	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	2	Red Roof Inns	Buick	Robert Harrington			25	0	0	valve	2275	0
40	35	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			6	0	0	oil pressure	3750	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	1357	9	1	2	5	8
2	Bill Elliott	1328	9	0	0	3	8
3	Terry Labonte	1327	9	0	0	5	6
4	Dale Earnhardt	1299	9	0	0	3	7
5	Ricky Rudd	1293	9	2	1	2	7
6	Harry Gant	1266	9	1	0	2	6
7	Richard Petty	1215	9	0	0	2	5
8	Neil Bonnett	1129	9	0	0	3	5
9	Bobby Allison	1125	9	0	1	4	4
10	Ron Bouchard	1122	9	0	0	2	4
11	Dave Marcis	1075	9	0	0	1	3
12	Geoff Bodine	1062	9	0	1	1	4
13	Joe Ruttman	977	9	1	0	0	3
14	Phil Parsons	965	8	0	0	0	2
15	Tim Richmond	933	9	0	1	2	3
16	Trevor Boys	897	9	0	0	0	0
17	Dick Brooks	892	9	0	0	0	0
18	Clark Dwyer	873	9	0	0	0	0
19	Kyle Petty	865	9	0	0	1	2
20	Rusty Wallace	856	9	0	0	0	0
21	Cale Yarborough	821	5	2	2	4	4
22	Buddy Arrington	818	8	0	0	0	0
23	Greg Sacks	818	8	0	0	0	0
24	Ronnie Thomas	774	9	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Alexander	725	9	0	0	0	0