1984 Like Cola 500

Race 18 of 30

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:07:21
Average speed of winner: 121.351 mph
Margin of victory: 0.34 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott pole, Gant 1-8, Elliott 9, Heveron 10-16, Allison 17, Gant 18-23, Earnhardt 24, Bodine 25-26, Earnhardt 27-34, Bouchard 35-40, Elliott 41-43, Gant 44-61, Yarborough 62-63, Gant 64-68, Yarborough 69, Wallace 70, Gant 71-84, Yarborough 85, Bouchard 86, Yarborough 87-91, Gant 92-119, Yarborough 120-151, Bonnett 152-153, Gant 154-165, Yarborough 166, Labonte 167-170, Yarborough 171-184, Gant 185-200

Race notes: Debut for Gene Coyle and Charles Poalillo.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		200	8	107	running	34605	185
2	9	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		200	7	56	running	17275	175
3	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	152.184	200	2	4	running	24250	170
4	6	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		200	1	4	running	13695	165
5	11	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Champion		200	0	0	running	8450	155
6	12	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			200	1	1	running	10625	155
7	8	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			199	2	7	running	8965	151
8	13	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			199	0	0	running	13150	142
9	18	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		199	0	0	running	10900	138
10	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		198	2	9	running	11300	139
11	22	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			198	0	0	running	7155	130
12	20	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Security Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		198	1	2	running	10000	132
13	23	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			197	0	0	running	6635	124
14	7	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			196	0	0	engine	6275	121
15	30	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			195	0	0	running	6215	118
16	29	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Chrysler	Arrington			186	0	0	running	5505	115
17	15	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		185	0	0	running	3745	112
18	40	Gene Coyle	23	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre			184	0	0	running	3600	0
19	2	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		182	1	2	rear end	3275	111
20	39	Jim Southard	50	Commodore Properties	Buick	Jim Southard			182	0	0	running	2750	0
21	25	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			180	1	7	running	2750	105
22	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		171	0	0	running	10650	97
23	38	Charles Poalillo	1	Penn Hills Lodge	Chevrolet				159	0	0	engine	2050	0
24	16	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			155	0	0	steering	2000	91
25	36	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			154	0	0	running	4315	88
26	19	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		148	0	0	ignition	10000	85
27	14	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		136	0	0	valve	4105	82
28	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		128	1	1	running	12250	84
29	26	Connie Saylor	37	Diet Connection	Pontiac	Lain			124	0	0	oil leak	1750	76
30	27	Jerry Bowman	96	Grimes Holcomb	Ford	Bowman			104	0	0	handling	1650	73
31	37	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's	Pontiac	McDuffie			94	0	0	engine	3835	70
32	32	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			84	0	0	engine	1550	67
33	24	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			76	0	0	engine	1500	64
34	17	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		68	0	0	accident	1450	61
35	33	Ken Ragan	77	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Ragan			66	0	0	accident	1400	58
36	35	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			66	0	0	accident	2850	55
37	34	Jimmy Ingalls	6	U.S. Racing	Buick	Ulrich			66	0	0	accident	2825	0
38	28	Bobby Gerhart	71	Frederick	Chevrolet	Gerhart			54	0	0	transmission	2800	49
39	21	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		23	0	0	engine	9675	46
40	31	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			7	0	0	engine	2750	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2663	18	0	0	8	15
2	Bill Elliott	2625	18	2	1	7	15
3	Terry Labonte	2608	18	1	1	9	13
4	Darrell Waltrip	2584	18	2	3	8	13
5	Harry Gant	2552	18	2	1	7	12
6	Bobby Allison	2454	18	0	2	8	10
7	Neil Bonnett	2340	18	0	0	5	9
8	Geoff Bodine	2336	18	0	2	5	10
9	Ricky Rudd	2304	18	4	1	3	10
10	Ron Bouchard	2272	18	0	0	5	9
11	Richard Petty	2246	18	0	2	4	8
12	Tim Richmond	2140	18	0	1	4	8
13	Joe Ruttman	2071	18	1	0	0	7
14	Rusty Wallace	1962	18	0	0	0	2
15	Dave Marcis	1934	18	0	0	1	4
16	Kyle Petty	1905	18	0	0	1	4
17	Dick Brooks	1833	18	0	0	0	1
18	Trevor Boys	1757	18	0	0	0	0
19	Clark Dwyer	1695	18	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	1637	17	0	0	0	0
21	Phil Parsons	1613	14	0	0	0	2
22	Cale Yarborough	1595	10	3	3	7	7
23	Greg Sacks	1478	17	0	0	0	0
24	Mike Alexander	1352	15	0	0	0	0
25	Ronnie Thomas	1344	16	0	0	0	0