Coca-Cola 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1984

Benny Parsons

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1984 Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1984, leading 150 of 328 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1984

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1984

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		328	—	Running	150	185
2	9	+7	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		328	—	Running	26	175
3	3	—	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		328	—	Running	90	170
4	10	+6	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		327	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		326	—	Running	62	160
6	11	+5	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		326	—	Running	—	150
7	22	+15	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		326	—	Running	—	146
8	2	-6	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		326	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		326	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		326	—	Running	—	134
11	4	-7	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		326	—	Running	—	130
12	7	-5	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		326	—	Running	—	127
13	12	-1	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing		325	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		325	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		324	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		321	—	Running	—	115
17	32	+15	Jim Sauter	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		317	—	Running	—	0
18	15	-3	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises		313	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		312	—	DNF	—	106
20	36	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	309	—	Running	—	103
21	38	+17	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		309	—	Running	—	100
22	39	+17	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		306	—	Running	—	97
23	1	-22	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		302	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	40	+16	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		301	—	Running	—	91
25	33	+8	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		299	—	Running	—	88
26	23	-3	Don Hume	Bahre Racing		299	—	Running	—	0
27	17	-10	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		286	—	DNF	—	82
28	19	-9	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		281	—	Running	—	79
29	25	-4	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		276	—	Running	—	76
30	31	+1	Doug Heveron	Tom Heveron (Owner)		253	—	DNF	—	73
31	29	-2	Mike Alexander	Marcis Auto Racing		225	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	30	-2	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		186	—	DNF	—	67
33	16	-17	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		172	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	13	-21	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	35	—	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	37	+1	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	21	-16	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		57	—	DNF	—	52
38	26	-12	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	34	-5	Lennie Pond	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	28	-12	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	43