1984 Busch 500

Race 21 of 30

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:07:19
Average speed of winner: 85.365 mph
Margin of victory: 1.44 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 66 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-69, Waltrip 70-109, Allison 110-165, Waltrip 166-269, Bonnett 270-273, Labonte 274, Earnhardt 275-276, Bodine 277-287, Earnhardt 288-349, Bonnett 350-351, Labonte 352-370, Bodine 371-376, Labonte 377-500

Race notes: Terry Labonte took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		500	3	144	running	28480	185
2	15	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		500	1	56	running	22475	175
3	26	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			498	0	0	running	11930	165
4	11	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		494	0	0	running	11300	160
5	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		494	0	0	running	6910	155
6	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		491	0	0	running	8200	150
7	14	Mike Alexander	71	Action Vans	Oldsmobile	Marcis			485	0	0	running	5150	146
8	22	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing	Oldsmobile	Earl Sadler			484	0	0	running	3250	142
9	13	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			480	0	0	running	2550	138
10	9	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		478	2	64	running	7800	139
11	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			475	0	0	running	4280	130
12	20	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's Nuts & Bolts	Pontiac	McDuffie			470	0	0	running	4070	127
13	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			468	0	0	running	3860	124
14	17	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Beam		464	0	0	running	3650	121
15	29	Clark Dwyer	6	U.S. Racing	Buick	Ulrich			459	0	0	running	3940	118
16	7	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		442	0	0	rear end	7850	115
17	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		440	0	0	running	3180	112
18	28	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			439	0	0	running	2840	109
19	10	Morgan Shepherd	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			437	0	0	running	2780	106
20	18	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			436	0	0	running	3020	103
21	5	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		413	2	144	running	8730	110
22	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Security Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde	111.734	395	3	86	rear end	7710	102
23	4	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		368	2	6	accident	1650	99
24	24	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			318	0	0	running	8470	91
25	2	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		274	0	0	accident	6750	88
26	23	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Johnny Hayes	Ifft		253	0	0	accident	930	85
27	21	Ronnie Thomas	41	Motorsports Design	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			237	0	0	ignition	1910	82
28	8	Tommy Ellis	4	Morrell Datsun	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		224	0	0	brakes	890	79
29	16	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			113	0	0	accident	1870	76
30	27	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			11	0	0	ignition	2150	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	3143	21	1	2	12	16
2	Dale Earnhardt	3128	21	0	1	9	18
3	Bill Elliott	3084	21	3	1	8	18
4	Darrell Waltrip	3029	21	2	4	9	15
5	Harry Gant	3023	21	2	1	9	15
6	Bobby Allison	2933	21	0	2	10	13
7	Neil Bonnett	2674	21	0	0	5	9
8	Ricky Rudd	2667	21	4	1	3	10
9	Ron Bouchard	2643	21	0	0	5	9
10	Richard Petty	2590	21	0	2	4	9
11	Geoff Bodine	2589	21	1	2	5	10
12	Tim Richmond	2410	21	0	1	4	8
13	Dave Marcis	2329	21	0	0	2	5
14	Joe Ruttman	2302	21	1	0	0	7
15	Rusty Wallace	2250	21	0	0	0	2
16	Kyle Petty	2205	21	0	0	1	4
17	Dick Brooks	2165	21	0	0	1	2
18	Trevor Boys	2044	21	0	0	0	0
19	Clark Dwyer	1940	21	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	1931	20	0	0	0	0
21	Cale Yarborough	1910	12	4	3	9	9
22	Greg Sacks	1789	20	0	0	0	1
23	Phil Parsons	1774	17	0	0	0	2
24	Mike Alexander	1701	18	0	0	0	1
25	Ronnie Thomas	1602	19	0	0	0	0