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1984 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	1	28	Cale Yarborough	200	$160,300	Chevrolet
2	29	3	Dale Earnhardt	200	$81,825	Chevrolet
3	26	11	Darrell Waltrip	200	$68,650	Chevrolet
4	7	12	Neil Bonnett	200	$50,000	Chevrolet
5	3	9	Bill Elliott	200	$58,700	Ford
6	6	33	Harry Gant	200	$48,755	Chevrolet
7	14	15	Ricky Rudd	199	$38,700	Ford
8	9	5	Geoff Bodine	199	$27,650	Chevrolet
9	11	16	David Pearson	198	$25,655	Chevrolet
10	33	84	Jody Ridley	198	$23,950	Chevrolet
11	13	66	Phil Parsons	198	$18,950	Chevrolet
12	2	44	Terry Labonte	198	$29,845	Chevrolet
13	24	4	Lennie Pond	197	$17,150	Chevrolet
14	17	77	Ken Ragan	197	$16,350	Chevrolet
15	40	10	Sterling Marlin	197	$15,150	Chevrolet
16	19	89	Dean Roper	196	$13,850	Pontiac
17	41	52	Jimmy Means	196	$14,775	Chevrolet
18	20	51	Greg Sacks	195	$12,450	Chevrolet
19	25	97	Dean Combs	194	$7,050	Oldsmobile
20	37	17	Clark Dwyer	191	$13,365	Chevrolet
21	42	71	Mike Alexander	187	$10,955	Oldsmobile
22	36	29	Connie Saylor	186	$6,900	Chevrolet
23	23	1	Doug Heveron	173	$9,150	Chevrolet
24	38	41	Ronnie Thomas	173	$9,735	Chevrolet
25	28	67	Buddy Arrington	170	$11,875	Chrysler
26	12	90	Dick Brooks	158	$12,465	Ford
27	18	47	Ron Bouchard	158	$11,905	Buick
28	31	98	Joe Ruttman	146	$8,345	Chevrolet
29	8	55	Benny Parsons	108	$10,500	Chevrolet
30	27	88	Rusty Wallace	95	$10,025	Pontiac
31	34	43	Richard Petty	92	$10,150	Pontiac
32	30	64	Tommy Gale	69	$9,765	Ford
33	10	27	Tim Richmond	66	$11,055	Pontiac
34	4	22	Bobby Allison	61	$38,250	Buick
35	22	8	Bobby Hillin	60	$7,600	Chevrolet
36	21	42	Dick Trickle	53	$7,500	Chevrolet
37	16	1	Lake Speed	46	$9,835	Chevrolet
38	5	21	Buddy Baker	30	$14,100	Ford
39	32	14	A.J. Foyt	24	$5,450	Oldsmobile
40	15	7	Kyle Petty	21	$15,800	Ford
41	35	48	Trevor Boys	17	$5,600	Chevrolet
42	39	75	Dave Marcis	3	$14,300	Pontiac

Time of Race:	3 hours, 18 minutes, 41 seconds
Average Speed:	150.994 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Cale Yarborough 201.848 mph
Pole:	Cale Yarborough
Margin of Victory:	8 car lengths
Caution Flags:	7 for 39 laps
Lead Changes:	34 lead changes among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: Cale Yarborough 1-14, Bobby Allison 15, Yarborough 16-17, B. Allison 18, Yarborough 19, B. Allison 20, Yarborough 21, B. Allison 22-25, Yarborough 26-28, B. Allison 29-32, Yarborough 33-37, Dale Earnhardt 38, Richard Petty 39-40, Earnhardt 41-43, B. Allison 44-49, Petty 50-64, Earnhardt 65-67, Petty 68, Yarborough 69-86, Petty 87-92, Yarborough 93-99, Earnhardt 100-104, Neil Bonnett 105, Terry Labonte 106-112, Earnhardt 113-116, Yarborough 117-135, Earnhardt 136, Labonte 137-138, Harry Gant 139, Earnhardt 140-141, Darrell Waltrip 142, Yarborough 143-160, Bill Elliott 161, Waltrip 162-199, Yarborough 200.
Total Laps Led:	Cale Yarborough 89, Darrell Waltrip 39, Richard Petty 24, Dale Earnhardt 19, Bobby Allison 17, Terry Labonte 9, Neil Bonnett 1, Harry Gant 1, Bill Elliott 1.