Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1984

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1984 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1984, leading 48 of 328 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1984

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1984

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	48	180
2	1	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	328	—	Running	55	175
3	13	+10	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	328	—	Running	—	165
4	17	+13	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	328	—	Running	2	165
5	9	+4	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	327	—	Running	4	160
6	7	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	327	—	Running	2	155
7	20	+13	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing	327	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	327	—	Running	—	142
9	31	+22	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing	326	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises	325	—	Running	14	139
11	4	-7	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	325	—	Running	56	135
12	21	+9	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	326	—	Running	1	132
13	14	+1	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	324	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing	324	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	320	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	320	—	Running	—	115
17	29	+12	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	319	—	Running	—	112
18	38	+20	Doug Heveron	Tom Heveron (Owner)	319	—	Running	—	109
19	39	+20	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Robert Harrington (Owner)	319	—	Running	—	106
20	8	-12	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing	317	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	316	—	Running	—	100
22	40	+18	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	313	—	Running	—	97
23	25	+2	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	309	—	Running	—	94
24	3	-21	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing	293	—	DNF - Engine	125	101
25	12	-13	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)	290	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	5	-21	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	289	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	23	-4	Ken Schrader	Langley-Woodfield Racing	272	—	Running	—	82
28	30	+2	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)	240	—	DNF	—	79
29	27	-2	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	229	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	2	-28	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	205	—	DNF - Engine	19	78
31	33	+2	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons	177	—	Running	—	70
32	6	-26	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)	157	—	DNF	2	72
33	11	-22	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	154	—	DNF	—	64
34	36	+2	Terry Schoonover	Terry Schoonover (Owner)	122	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	28	-7	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	106	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	22	-14	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)	96	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	26	-11	Lennie Pond	Marcis Auto Racing	74	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	35	-3	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	70	—	DNF	—	49
39	34	-5	Bob Penrod	Bob Penrod (Owner)	55	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	37	-3	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	0	—	DNF - Crash	—	43