1984 Budweiser 500

Race 11 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:12:42
Average speed of winner: 118.717 mph
Margin of victory: 4 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd 1-3, Elliott 4-5, Rudd 6-15, Elliott 16-24, Boys 25-31, Allison 32-36, Gant 37-120, Allison 121-127, Gant 128-131, R. Petty 132, Gant 133-183, Elliott 184-224, R. Petty 225-226, Gant 227-230, Allison 231-250, Gant 251-278, R. Petty 279-318, Gant 319-365, Elliott 366-396, R. Petty 397-406, Elliott 407-410, R. Petty 411, Elliott 412-415, Richmond 416-418, R. Petty 419-446, Elliott 447-453, R. Petty 454-500

Race notes: Debut for Jim Southard. Finale for Jerry Churchill.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 (Finish), Part 7 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		500	7	129	running	28105	180
2	19	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	1	3	running	19220	175
3	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		500	0	0	running	13075	165
4	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	7	98	running	13250	165
5	11	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		499	0	0	running	11600	155
6	6	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		499	0	0	running	12100	150
7	10	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		497	0	0	running	3100	146
8	1	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore	140.807	497	2	13	running	14200	147
9	15	Ron Bouchard	47	Jim Testa Chevrolet	Buick	Jack Beebe			497	0	0	running	6065	138
10	7	Geoff Bodine	5	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		497	0	0	running	6655	134
11	14	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			495	0	0	running	6085	130
12	12	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		493	3	32	running	12600	132
13	21	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			491	0	0	running	10350	124
14	22	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield			490	0	0	running	5125	121
15	16	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		478	0	0	running	3665	118
16	27	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			476	0	0	running	4955	115
17	28	D.K. Ulrich	6	T-Bird Swap Shop	Buick	Ulrich			472	0	0	running	4195	112
18	29	Jerry Bowman	58	J.B. Racing	Ford	Bowman			470	0	0	running	1550	109
19	23	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			469	1	7	running	3725	111
20	9	Dave Marcis	75	Rahilly & Grady Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		469	0	0	running	9800	103
21	8	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		466	0	0	engine	1250	100
22	24	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			461	0	0	running	3415	97
23	25	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			447	0	0	running	3355	94
24	18	Greg Sacks	51	Uniden Force	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			445	0	0	running	1075	91
25	13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Stavola Brothers			438	0	0	accident	1150	88
26	36	Joe Fields	92	Hobart Sales & Service	Buick	Joe Fields			397	0	0	running	1025	85
27	3	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		392	6	218	oil pan	6835	92
28	34	Dick May	35	Lockhart Ford-Mercury	Ford	Beahr			364	0	0	engine	975	79
29	17	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Oldsmobile	Sanderson			338	0	0	engine	950	76
30	33	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			328	0	0	engine	2425	73
31	35	Jim Southard	50	Southard Real Estate	Buick	Jim Southard			313	0	0	engine	900	70
32	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Chrysler	Arrington			209	0	0	oil pump	2390	67
33	30	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's	Pontiac	McDuffie			196	0	0	engine	2380	64
34	32	Jerry Churchill	25	Churchill Transport	Chevrolet	Churchill			118	0	0	accident	870	61
35	20	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			102	0	0	engine	2360	58
36	31	Morgan Shepherd	23	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre			96	0	0	engine	850	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	1692	11	2	3	6	10
2	Terry Labonte	1634	11	0	0	6	8
3	Ricky Rudd	1600	11	3	1	3	9
4	Bill Elliott	1596	11	0	0	4	9
5	Dale Earnhardt	1560	11	0	0	4	8
6	Richard Petty	1546	11	0	1	3	7
7	Harry Gant	1473	11	1	0	2	6
8	Neil Bonnett	1422	11	0	0	4	6
9	Ron Bouchard	1415	11	0	0	3	6
10	Bobby Allison	1384	11	0	1	4	4
11	Geoff Bodine	1366	11	0	1	2	6
12	Dave Marcis	1312	11	0	0	1	4
13	Joe Ruttman	1216	11	1	0	0	3
14	Tim Richmond	1187	11	0	1	3	4
15	Rusty Wallace	1141	11	0	0	0	1
16	Trevor Boys	1120	11	0	0	0	0
17	Kyle Petty	1119	11	0	0	1	2
18	Dick Brooks	1088	11	0	0	0	1
19	Clark Dwyer	1058	11	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	985	10	0	0	0	0
21	Greg Sacks	985	10	0	0	0	0
22	Phil Parsons	965	8	0	0	0	2
23	Ronnie Thomas	946	11	0	0	0	0
24	Jimmy Means	891	9	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Alexander	849	10	0	0	0	0