1984 Southern 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1984 Southern 500
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	September 2nd

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 Southern 500 NASCAR Race Results

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

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Harry Gant	33	1	$46,180	367	running	Skoal Bandit
2	Tim Richmond	27	5	$29,420	367	running	Old Milwaukee
3	Buddy Baker	21	19	$12,200	367	running	Valvoline
4	Rusty Wallace	88	18	$14,405	365	running	Gatorade
5	Ricky Rudd	15	11	$17,050	364	running	Wrangler Jeans
6	Dick Brooks	90	23	$10,350	364	running	Chameleon Sunglasses
7	Phil Parsons	66	25	$5,550	362	running	Skoal Bandit
8	Terry Labonte	44	6	$8,800	359	running	Piedmont Airlines
9	Benny Parsons	55	8	$4,750	359	running	Copenhagen
10	Bobby Allison	22	7	$16,200	358	running	Miller High Life
11	Trevor Boys	48	29	$7,780	351	running	Hylton-McCaig
12	Geoffrey Bodine	5	13	$10,660	336	running	Northwestern Security Life
13	Joe Ruttman	98	10	$7,295	334	ignition	Levi Garrett
14	Lake Speed	1	2	$4,395	331	crash	Bull Frog Knits
15	Bill Elliott	9	12	$11,200	328	crash	Coors
16	Jody Ridley	84	17	$3,640	328	running	Cumberland Carpet Mills
17	Cale Yarborough	28	15	$3,350	325	engine	Hardee's
19	Tommy Ellis	4	27	$3,010	312	running	Morgan-McClure
20	Clark Dwyer	6	37	$6,205	309	running	U.S. Racing
21	Dave Marcis	75	14	$10,615	307	running	RahMoc Enterprises
22	Tommy Gale	64	39	$5,355	270	running	Sunny King Ford & Honda
23	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	24	$0	253	running	Trap Rock Industries
25	H.B. Bailey	36	38	$2,875	223	crash	Almeda Auto Parts
27	Randy Baker	87	30	$2,065	159	heating	Domino's Pizza
28	Buddy Arrington	67	41	$4,925	150	engine	Arrington Racing
29	Richard Petty	43	16	$4,935	129	engine	STP
30	Neil Bonnett	12	4	$2,560	124	engine	Budweiser
32	Kyle Petty	7	36	$9,990	91	crash	7-Eleven
33	Ron Bouchard	47	22	$3,795	79	engine	Race Hill Farm
34	Mike Alexander	71	32	$3,440	76	vibration	Action Vans
35	Morgan Shepherd	17	28	$3,025	75	engine	Hesco Exhaust Systems
36	Slick Johnson	18	34	$1,495	70	engine	Satterfield Racing
37	Greg Sacks	51	21	$1,415	61	engine	Sacks & Sons
38	Dale Earnhardt	3	20	$7,860	57	engine	Wrangler Jeans
39	Sterling Marlin	95	26	$2,305	57	crash	Sadler Racing
40	Darrell Waltrip	11	3	$9,950	28	engine	Budweiser
41	David Pearson	16	9	$1,250	28	valve	Chattanooga Chew