1984 Pepsi Firecracker 400

Race 16 of 30

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:19:59
Average speed of winner: 171.204 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 29 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Earnhardt 1, Labonte 2-9, Yarborough 10, Labonte 11-12, Earnhardt 13, Yarborough 14-15, R. Petty 16-30, Yarborough 31-40, K. Petty 41-42, R. Petty 43, Yarborough 44-51, Labonte 52, Yarborough 53-73, Earnhardt 74, Allison 75, R. Petty 76-77, Yarborough 78-84, Allison 85-86, Gant 87, Pearson 88, Yarborough 89, R. Petty 90, Yarborough 91, R. Petty 92, Allison 93-94, Earnhardt 95-96, Yarborough 97-124, Gant 125-127, R. Petty 128-160

Race notes: Last win for Richard Petty. Finale for Dean Roper. Dale Earnhardt took the points lead from Darrell Waltrip.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		160	6	53	running	43755	180
2	13	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		160	2	4	running	25570	175
3	1	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	199.743	160	9	79	running	23640	175
4	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		160	3	5	running	21850	165
5	9	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		160	0	0	running	10450	155
6	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		160	0	0	running	14050	150
7	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		159	3	11	running	11975	151
8	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		159	4	5	running	13600	147
9	19	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		159	0	0	running	7665	138
10	18	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			157	0	0	running	9255	134
11	41	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		157	0	0	running	11350	130
12	26	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Security Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		157	0	0	running	10850	127
13	15	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		157	0	0	running	6485	124
14	7	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		157	0	0	running	3950	121
15	22	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		156	0	0	running	11950	118
16	38	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			156	0	0	running	7725	115
17	5	David Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Hawkins			156	1	1	running	3400	117
18	23	Dave Marcis	75	Coca-Cola	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		156	0	0	running	11250	109
19	17	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			155	0	0	running	2950	106
20	14	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			155	0	0	running	6015	103
21	32	Dean Roper	89	Tiki Tan	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			155	0	0	running	2650	100
22	28	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			155	0	0	running	5255	97
23	39	Dale Jarrett	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			155	0	0	running	4995	0
24	35	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			153	0	0	running	4625	91
25	20	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			152	0	0	running	4615	88
26	24	Ken Ragan	77	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Ragan			152	0	0	running	2250	85
27	33	Connie Saylor	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			150	0	0	running	4330	82
28	40	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic Racers	Chevrolet	Heveron			145	0	0	accident	1950	79
29	25	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			139	0	0	running	4160	76
30	16	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			130	1	2	engine	10250	78
31	12	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		126	0	0	running	10225	70
32	34	Dean Combs	97	Best Products	Chevrolet	Sanderson			115	0	0	trailing arm	1700	67
33	30	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			76	0	0	engine	2675	64
34	27	Ron Bouchard	47	Hawaiian Punch	Buick	Jack Beebe			56	0	0	carburetor	3150	61
35	37	Steve Moore	73	Reagan In '84	Chevrolet	Steve Moore			53	0	0	push rod	1625	58
36	42	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Peacock Dodge	Chrysler	Arrington			41	0	0	engine	3075	55
37	29	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			40	0	0	accident	1550	52
38	21	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			26	0	0	transmission	3725	49
39	31	Greg Sacks	51	Native Tan	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			15	0	0	ignition	1550	46
40	36	Morgan Shepherd	23	Cap'n Coty's	Chevrolet	Bahre			6	0	0	engine	1500	43
41	8	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		4	0	0	engine	1500	40
42	11	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		0	0	0	engine	1500	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2354	16	0	0	7	13
2	Darrell Waltrip	2312	16	2	3	7	12
3	Bill Elliott	2304	16	1	1	6	13
4	Terry Labonte	2293	16	1	1	8	11
5	Harry Gant	2229	16	2	0	6	10
6	Bobby Allison	2210	16	0	2	7	9
7	Ricky Rudd	2138	16	3	1	3	10
8	Neil Bonnett	2095	16	0	0	5	8
9	Richard Petty	2076	16	0	2	4	8
10	Geoff Bodine	2019	16	0	1	4	9
11	Ron Bouchard	1956	16	0	0	4	7
12	Tim Richmond	1881	16	0	1	4	7
13	Joe Ruttman	1808	16	1	0	0	6
14	Dave Marcis	1755	16	0	0	1	4
15	Rusty Wallace	1698	16	0	0	0	1
16	Kyle Petty	1645	16	0	0	1	3
17	Dick Brooks	1621	16	0	0	0	1
18	Trevor Boys	1536	16	0	0	0	0
19	Clark Dwyer	1486	16	0	0	0	0
20	Cale Yarborough	1420	9	3	3	6	6
21	Buddy Arrington	1410	15	0	0	0	0
22	Phil Parsons	1377	12	0	0	0	2
23	Greg Sacks	1311	15	0	0	0	0
24	Lake Speed	1239	11	0	0	2	5
25	Mike Alexander	1225	14	0	0	0	0