Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1984

Cale Yarborough

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1984 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1984, leading 19 of 188 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1984

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1984

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

13 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		188	—	Running	19	180
2	11	+9	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		188	—	Running	14	175
3	7	+4	Buddy Baker	Wood Brothers Racing		188	—	Running	43	170
4	14	+10	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		188	—	Running	13	165
5	4	-1	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		188	—	Running	56	165
6	13	+7	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		187	—	Running	18	155
7	21	+14	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		187	—	Running	4	151
8	23	+15	Dave Marcis	RahMoc Enterprises		187	—	Running	—	142
9	2	-7	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		187	—	Running	1	143
10	19	+9	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		186	—	Running	3	139
11	18	+7	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		186	—	Running	—	130
12	28	+16	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing		186	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Tommy Ellis	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		185	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		185	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		184	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Jody Ridley	Robert McEntyre (Owner)		182	—	Running	—	115
17	38	+21	Mike Alexander	Marcis Auto Racing		181	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		179	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		177	—	Running	—	106
20	27	+7	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		177	—	Running	—	103
21	24	+3	Joe Ruttman	Benfield Racing		172	—	Running	—	100
22	10	-12	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	15	-8	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		160	—	Running	—	94
24	39	+15	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	158	—	Running	—	91
25	3	-22	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		156	—	DNF - Engine	8	93
26	26	—	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		151	—	DNF	—	85
27	5	-22	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		149	—	Running	3	87
28	32	+4	Dean Roper	Mueller Brothers Racing		149	—	DNF	—	79
29	17	-12	Clark Dwyer	Hamby Racing		137	—	Running	—	76
30	25	-5	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		116	—	DNF	—	73
31	31	—	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		107	—	DNF	1	75
32	6	-26	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		105	—	DNF	5	72
33	12	-21	Lake Speed	Ellington Racing		65	—	DNF	—	64
34	8	-26	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing		61	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	16	-19	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Motorsports		60	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	37	+1	Doug Heveron	Tom Heveron (Owner)		53	—	DNF	—	55
37	34	-3	Jim Sauter	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	9	-29	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	40	+1	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Robert Harrington (Owner)		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	35	-5	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	43