Pepsi Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1984

Richard Petty

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1984 Pepsi Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1984, leading 53 of 160 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1984

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1984

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		160	—	Running	53	180
2	13	+11	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		160	—	Running	4	175
3	1	-2	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		160	—	Running	79	175
4	10	+6	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		160	—	Running	5	165
5	9	+4	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		160	—	Running	—	155
6	3	-3	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		160	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		159	—	Running	11	151
8	2	-6	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		159	—	Running	5	147
9	19	+10	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		159	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		157	—	Running	—	134
11	41	+30	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		157	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing		157	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	124
14	7	-7	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		157	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		156	—	Running	—	118
16	38	+22	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		156	—	Running	—	115
17	5	-12	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		156	—	Running	1	117
18	23	+5	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises		156	—	Running	—	109
19	17	-2	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		155	—	Running	—	106
20	14	-6	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		155	—	Running	—	103
21	32	+11	Dean Roper	Mueller Brothers Racing		155	—	Running	—	100
22	28	+6	Mike Alexander	Marcis Auto Racing		155	—	Running	—	97
23	39	+16	Dale Jarrett	Jimmy Means Racing		155	—	Running	—	0
24	35	+11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		153	—	Running	—	91
25	20	-5	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		152	—	Running	—	88
26	24	-2	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		152	—	Running	—	85
27	33	+6	Connie Saylor	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		150	—	Running	—	82
28	40	+12	Doug Heveron	Tom Heveron (Owner)		145	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	25	-4	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		139	—	Running	—	76
30	16	-14	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		130	—	DNF - Engine	2	78
31	12	-19	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		126	—	Running	—	70
32	34	+2	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		115	—	DNF	—	67
33	30	-3	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing		76	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	27	-7	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		56	—	DNF	—	61
35	37	+2	Steve Moore	Steve Moore (Owner)		53	—	DNF	—	58
36	42	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	29	-8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		40	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	21	-17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		26	—	DNF	—	49
39	31	-8	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		15	—	DNF	—	46
40	36	-4	Morgan Shepherd	Bahre Racing		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	8	-33	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	11	-31	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		0	—	DNF - Engine	—	37