1984 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500

Race 28 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:26:35
Average speed of winner: 112.617 mph
Margin of victory: 1 foot
Lead changes: 28 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 91 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-32, Labonte 33-36, Waltrip 37-56, Allison 57-59, Marcis 60-62, Bodine 63-65, Gant 66-82, Ruttman 83, Allison 84-115, Gant 116-145, Waltrip 146, Gant 147-182, Bouchard 183-185, Brooks 186-200, Gant 201-212, Bouchard 213-221, Gant 222-223, Shepherd 224, Labonte 225-226, Bouchard 227-235, Labonte 236-285, Earnhardt 286-289, Elliott 290-368, Gant 369-419, Waltrip 420, Gant 421-437, Elliott 438-490, Gant 491, Elliott 492

Race notes: Debut for Buddie Boys and Terry Schoonover. Finale for Jimmy Ingalls. Only start for Bobby Fox.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		492	3	133	running	30400	180
2	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		492	8	166	running	20230	180
3	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		492	3	56	running	13115	170
4	3	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		492	3	22	running	13845	165
5	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller High Life	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		491	2	35	running	15625	160
6	18	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Benfield			490	1	1	running	7460	155
7	15	Buddy Baker	21	Valvoline	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		488	0	0	running	3385	146
8	22	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		487	0	0	running	9735	142
9	16	Dave Marcis	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		484	1	3	running	11085	143
10	19	Lennie Pond	71	Testa Chevrolet	Oldsmobile	Marcis			480	0	0	running	7200	134
11	30	Trevor Boys	48	Hylton-McCaig	Chevrolet	Hylton			479	0	0	running	5965	130
12	17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Buick	Stavola Brothers			478	0	0	running	2355	127
13	6	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		470	1	4	running	8710	129
14	9	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Beam		468	3	21	running	5445	126
15	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Buddy Parrott		468	0	0	running	5585	118
16	37	Dick May	35	Reagan-Bush '84	Ford	Beahr			460	0	0	running	2910	115
17	35	Joe Millikan	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			459	0	0	running	4745	112
18	25	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			459	0	0	running	4455	109
19	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Northwestern Security Life	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde	144.415	457	2	35	running	10710	111
20	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Affordable Rental Car	Dodge	Arrington			453	0	0	running	4565	103
21	39	Terry Schoonover	42	Restore Auto Parts	Chevrolet	A-1-A	Beam		421	0	0	steering	1555	0
22	34	Jimmy Ingalls	6	Henn's Swap Shop	Chevrolet	Ulrich			393	0	0	running	3790	97
23	21	Ricky Rudd	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		389	0	0	engine	9950	94
24	20	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Petty			379	0	0	running	9735	91
25	36	Bobby Fox	86	Fox Brothers	Chevrolet	Fox Brothers			352	0	0	valve	1495	88
26	14	Rusty Wallace	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			348	0	0	steering	4095	85
27	38	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			328	0	0	engine	1290	82
28	32	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			293	0	0	engine	1250	79
29	7	Lake Speed	1	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		260	0	0	steering	1210	76
30	11	Dick Brooks	90	Chameleon Sunglasses	Ford	Donlavey			257	1	15	engine	3425	78
31	26	Buddie Boys	24	Testa Chevrolet	Buick	Crawford Clements			178	0	0	brakes	1055	70
32	29	Jerry Bowman	96	Bowman Racing	Ford	Bowman			171	0	0	accident	1015	67
33	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		169	0	0	accident	1710	64
34	23	Joe Ruttman	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		169	1	1	accident	960	66
35	13	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			160	0	0	engine	1420	58
36	24	J.D. McDuffie	70	Wilder's	Pontiac	McDuffie			157	0	0	engine	2385	55
37	27	Dale Jarrett	02	Busch	Chevrolet	Zervakis			149	0	0	engine	835	0
38	28	Clark Dwyer	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Pontiac	Hamby			108	0	0	engine	2335	49
39	33	Jeff Hooker	45	Morris Racing	Pontiac	Hooker-Morris			61	0	0	engine	710	46
40	40	Mike Potter	06	Walker Enterprises	Ford	Jimmy Walker			9	0	0	engine	710	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	4260	28	1	2	16	23
2	Harry Gant	4211	28	3	3	15	22
3	Bill Elliott	4042	28	3	3	11	22
4	Darrell Waltrip	4014	28	4	7	13	19
5	Dale Earnhardt	3955	28	0	1	11	21
6	Bobby Allison	3778	28	0	2	12	17
7	Ricky Rudd	3635	28	4	1	6	15
8	Neil Bonnett	3547	28	0	0	7	13
9	Geoff Bodine	3453	28	3	2	6	13
10	Ron Bouchard	3419	28	0	0	5	10
11	Richard Petty	3380	28	0	2	5	12
12	Tim Richmond	3211	28	0	1	5	10
13	Dave Marcis	3174	28	0	0	3	8
14	Rusty Wallace	3113	28	0	0	2	4
15	Dick Brooks	3062	28	0	0	1	5
16	Kyle Petty	2983	28	0	0	1	6
17	Trevor Boys	2819	28	0	0	0	1
18	Joe Ruttman	2753	27	1	0	0	7
19	Buddy Arrington	2504	26	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Baker	2374	20	1	0	4	12
21	Greg Sacks	2360	27	0	0	0	1
22	Cale Yarborough	2313	15	4	3	10	10
23	Clark Dwyer	2286	25	0	0	0	0
24	Phil Parsons	2211	21	0	0	0	3
25	Jimmy Means	2003	20	0	0	0	0