1984 Delaware 500

Race 24 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:28:12
Average speed of winner: 111.856 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 73 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-9, Earnhardt 10-33, Wallace 34-35, Boys 36, Allison 37, Earnhardt 38-48, Labonte 49-85, Gant 86-121, Boys 122-127, Labonte 128-178, Gant 179-224, Waltrip 225, Labonte 226-230, Rudd 231, Gant 232-278, Labonte 279, Gant 280-297, Bouchard 298-365, Labonte 366, Gant 367-500

Race notes: Debut for Johnny Coy, Jr., Tommie Crozier, and Phil Good. Finale for Gene Coyle.

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		500	5	281	running	40005	185
2	1	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		500	6	104	running	17870	175
3	7	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		498	1	1	running	17200	170
4	13	Dave Marcis	75	Rahilly & Grady Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		497	0	0	running	15020	160
5	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		497	2	35	running	11710	160
6	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		497	0	0	running	5805	150
7	16	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			497	0	0	running	6685	146
8	10	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Beam		495	1	68	running	6265	147
9	9	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Security Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		492	0	0	running	9000	138
10	18	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			491	2	7	running	6530	139
11	5	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		491	1	1	running	10740	135
12	21	Lennie Pond	71	Jim Testa Chevrolet	Oldsmobile	Marcis			489	0	0	running	5315	0
13	34	Doug Heveron	01	Syracuse Classic Racers	Chevrolet	Heveron			485	0	0	accident	2450	124
14	17	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			483	0	0	running	10240	121
15	25	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			477	0	0	running	5155	118
16	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			477	0	0	running	5445	115
17	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Chrysler	Arrington			475	0	0	running	4185	112
18	22	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			473	0	0	running	3815	109
19	35	Dick May	35	Lockhart	Ford	Lockhart			450	0	0	running	1440	106
20	29	Jim Southard	50	Commodore Properties	Buick	Jim Southard			440	0	0	running	1690	103
21	28	Gene Coyle	23	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre			435	0	0	running	1240	0
22	19	Morgan Shepherd	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			429	0	0	oil leak	3405	97
23	33	Johnny Coy, Jr.	13	Halverson Racing	Buick	Halverson			416	0	0	running	1090	0
24	32	Phil Good	00	Good Racing	Chrysler	Good			331	0	0	accident	1065	91
25	23	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			329	0	0	engine	1040	88
26	26	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		315	0	0	valve	1015	85
27	40	Tommie Crozier	85	Leonard Racing	Pontiac	Bill Leonard			277	0	0	overheating	990	82
28	12	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		274	0	0	accident	7465	79
29	36	Jody Ridley	84	Cumberland Carpets	Chevrolet	McEntyre			274	0	0	accident	940	76
30	14	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			273	1	2	accident	3170	78
31	37	Joe Fields	92	Hobart Sales & Service	Buick	Joe Fields			264	0	0	accident	890	70
32	4	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		242	0	0	accident	7580	67
33	15	Joe Ruttman	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			212	0	0	valve	3105	64
34	24	Tommy Ellis	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		198	0	0	engine	860	61
35	30	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			192	0	0	accident	2350	58
36	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		118	1	1	accident	11790	60
37	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		92	0	0	oil pump	2250	52
38	31	Jerry Bowman	96	Milford Fertilizer	Ford	Bowman			84	0	0	engine	750	49
39	39	Bobby Gerhart	59	Frederick	Chevrolet	Gerhart			72	0	0	exhaust	750	46
40	27	Jimmy Ingalls	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			32	0	0	accident	2250	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	3612	24	1	2	13	19
2	Harry Gant	3531	24	3	3	11	18
3	Dale Earnhardt	3507	24	0	1	11	20
4	Darrell Waltrip	3392	24	3	5	10	16
5	Bill Elliott	3370	24	3	1	8	18
6	Bobby Allison	3220	24	0	2	10	14
7	Ricky Rudd	3167	24	4	1	6	13
8	Neil Bonnett	3043	24	0	0	5	11
9	Geoff Bodine	3014	24	1	2	6	12
10	Ron Bouchard	2978	24	0	0	5	10
11	Richard Petty	2873	24	0	2	5	10
12	Tim Richmond	2767	24	0	1	5	9
13	Dave Marcis	2704	24	0	0	3	6
14	Rusty Wallace	2618	24	0	0	1	3
15	Dick Brooks	2600	24	0	0	1	5
16	Joe Ruttman	2568	24	1	0	0	7
17	Kyle Petty	2543	24	0	0	1	5
18	Trevor Boys	2395	24	0	0	0	1
19	Clark Dwyer	2237	24	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	2216	23	0	0	0	0
21	Cale Yarborough	2143	14	4	3	9	9
22	Greg Sacks	2029	23	0	0	0	1
23	Phil Parsons	1920	18	0	0	0	3
24	Buddy Baker	1868	16	1	0	4	9
25	Mike Alexander	1762	19	0	0	0	1