Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1984

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1984 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1984, leading 40 of 188 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Terry Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 16 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1984

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1984

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

16 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		188	—	Running	40	180
2	6	+4	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		188	—	Running	41	180
3	4	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		188	—	Running	19	170
4	16	+12	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		188	—	Running	16	165
5	1	-4	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		188	—	Running	34	160
6	7	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	1	155
7	14	+7	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		188	—	Running	2	151
8	15	+7	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		188	—	Running	—	142
9	5	-4	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		188	—	Running	1	143
10	2	-8	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		188	—	Running	6	139
11	35	+24	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing		188	—	Running	1	135
12	10	-2	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		188	—	Running	—	127
13	12	-1	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises		188	—	Running	4	129
14	24	+10	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		188	—	Running	—	121
15	32	+17	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		188	—	Running	—	118
16	9	-7	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		187	—	Running	9	120
17	33	+16	Mike Alexander	Marcis Auto Racing		185	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	Steve Moore	Steve Moore (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	109
19	8	-11	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		178	—	Running	1	111
20	17	-3	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		164	—	Running	—	0
21	25	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	163	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	26	+4	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		163	—	Running	—	97
23	11	-12	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		157	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		156	—	DNF - Crash	6	96
25	21	-4	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Motorsports		152	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	28	+2	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing		146	—	DNF - Engine	6	90
27	30	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		145	—	Running	—	82
28	37	+9	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		143	—	DNF	1	84
29	22	-7	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	36	+6	Morgan Shepherd	Jimmy Means Racing		105	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	38	+7	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing		88	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	20	-12	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	23	-10	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	13	-21	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		54	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	18	-17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	19	-17	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		47	—	DNF	—	0
37	27	-10	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		44	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	39	+1	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Robert Harrington (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	34	-5	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	31	-9	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	43