1984 TranSouth 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1984 TranSouth 500
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	April 15th

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina.

Looks Like An Egg

It was the first superspeedway built with NASCAR racing in mind and is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.

Largest Field of Racers

Darlington has an interesting history. When the 1.366 mile long track first opened over a half-century ago, it was not uncommon for there to be 80 or more entrants in a race; this was curtailed over the years as NASCAR adopted a more uniform set of guidelines with regard to the number of cars which could qualify for a race.

Flip-Flop

In recent years the track has been reconfigured; what was the front stretch is now the back stretch, and the turns have been renumbered accordingly. Seating has been increased to approximately 60,000; it has been limited by the proximity of a railroad track to the facility, a highway behind the back stretch, and the still-present pond.

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1984 TranSouth 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1984 TranSouth 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Darrell Waltrip	11	9	$39,450	367	running	Budweiser
2	Terry Labonte	44	10	$22,180	367	running	Piedmont Airlines
3	Bill Elliott	9	2	$17,775	366	engine	Coors
4	Cale Yarborough	28	5	$6,850	366	running	Hardee's
5	Dale Earnhardt	3	14	$12,825	366	running	Wrangler Jeans
6	Harry Gant	33	7	$8,620	366	running	Skoal Bandit
7	Richard Petty	43	17	$7,900	364	running	STP
8	Phil Parsons	66	29	$4,325	358	running	Skoal Bandit
9	Ricky Rudd	15	3	$11,400	358	running	Wrangler Jeans
10	Neil Bonnett	12	8	$3,875	354	running	Budweiser
11	Buddy Arrington	67	35	$7,980	352	running	Affordable Car Rentals
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	21	$0	352	running	Trap Rock Industries
13	Dave Marcis	75	20	$10,725	351	running	RahMoc Enterprises
15	Clark Dwyer	17	37	$6,010	348	running	Hesco Exhaust Systems
16	Trevor Boys	48	34	$5,335	344	sway bar	Jim Testa
17	Ron Bouchard	47	15	$4,990	340	running	Fast Fare
18	Tommy Gale	64	31	$4,680	336	running	Sunny King Ford & Honda
19	Joe Ruttman	98	4	$4,420	332	running	Levi Garrett
20	Bobby Allison	22	16	$12,575	330	running	Miller High Life
21	Greg Sacks	51	28	$1,700	325	running	Sacks & Sons
22	Lake Speed	1	6	$2,125	319	valve	Bull Frog Knits
23	Tommy Ellis	4	38	$2,050	312	oil leak	Morgan-McClure
24	Kyle Petty	7	25	$9,775	293	engine	7-Eleven
26	Morgan Shepherd	23	33	$1,350	198	battery	Bahre Racing
27	Benny Parsons	55	1	$3,175	195	engine	Copenhagen
28	Ronnie Thomas	41	36	$3,525	188	engine	R.L. Monroe
30	Rusty Wallace	88	24	$3,405	175	crash	Gatorade
31	Dick Brooks	90	11	$3,360	161	crash	Chameleon Sunglasses
32	Mike Alexander	71	26	$2,600	146	engine	Action Vans
33	Buddy Baker	21	12	$1,075	141	crash	Valvoline
34	Tim Richmond	27	13	$7,550	134	crash	Old Milwaukee
35	Geoffrey Bodine	5	18	$2,525	107	crash	All-Star Racing
36	Jody Ridley	84	23	$1,500	77	crash	Cumberland Carpet Mills
37	David Pearson	16	19	$1,625	40	engine	Chattanooga Chew
38	Lennie Pond	78	22	$1,000	9	engine	Jim Testa