Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1984

Harry Gant

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Harry Gant won the 1984 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1984, leading 277 of 367 laps. Tim Richmond finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1984

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1984

Winner

Harry Gant

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		367	—	Running	277	185
2	5	+3	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		367	—	Running	1	175
3	19	+16	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		367	—	Running	—	165
4	18	+14	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		365	—	Running	—	160
5	11	+6	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		364	—	Running	—	155
6	23	+17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		364	—	Running	1	155
7	25	+18	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		362	—	Running	—	146
8	6	-2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		359	—	Running	27	147
9	8	-1	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	138
10	7	-3	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		358	—	Running	1	139
11	29	+18	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		351	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing		336	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		334	—	DNF	8	129
14	2	-12	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		331	—	DNF - Crash	28	126
15	12	-3	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		328	—	DNF - Crash	22	123
16	17	+1	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		328	—	Running	2	120
17	15	-2	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		325	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	40	+22	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		316	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		312	—	Running	—	106
20	37	+17	Clark Dwyer	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		309	—	Running	—	103
21	14	-7	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises		307	—	Running	—	100
22	39	+17	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		270	—	Running	—	97
23	24	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		253	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		228	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	38	+13	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		223	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	35	+9	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		198	—	DNF	—	85
27	30	+3	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		159	—	DNF	—	82
28	41	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	150	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	16	-13	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		129	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	4	-26	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	31	—	Connie Saylor	Bahre Racing		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	36	+4	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		91	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	22	-11	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	32	-2	Mike Alexander	Marcis Auto Racing		76	—	DNF	—	61
35	28	-7	Morgan Shepherd	Hamby Racing		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	34	-2	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing		70	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
37	21	-16	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	20	-18	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	26	-13	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing		57	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	3	-37	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	9	-32	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	40