1984 Darlington 200 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1984 Darlington 200
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	September 1st

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 Darlington 200 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1984 Darlington 200, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Ron Bouchard	47	1	$9,150	147	running	Randolph Hope Insurance
2	Sam Ard	0	2	$9,325	147	running	Thomas Brothers Country Hams
3	Dale Jarrett	32	8	$5,325	147	running	Budweiser / Valvoline
4	L.D. Ottinger	10	10	$4,200	147	running	Schlitz
5	Joe Kelly	34	15	$3,000	145	running	Kelly Builders
6	Benny Kerley	71	19	$1,800	144	running	Taylor Togs / Maxie's Vending
8	Eddie Falk	4	23	$2,450	140	running	Pabst / Godfather's Pizza
9	Kenny Burks	43	24	$1,300	138	running	Jones Texaco
10	Jeff Berry	67	27	$1,325	138	running	Model City Auto Parts
13	Steve Jarvis	87	16	$950	130	running	Lewis Racing
14	Ed Berrier	60	18	$1,800	128	engine	Whitener Quarter Horses
15	Billy Myers	5	35	$900	123	running	Adkins Service Center
17	Ronnie Silver	14	11	$1,600	111	engine	Banner House Handbags
18	Harry Lee Hill	97	33	$775	108	running
19	Dale Earnhardt	8	4	$750	106	engine	Wrangler
20	Dickie Linville	79	31	$1,500	99	handling	Hill Racing
23	Glenn Jarrett	24	7	$1,400	63	crash	Budweiser
24	Bobby Allison	22	5	$625	60	brakes	Miller High Life
26	Lake Speed	83	3	$575	50	engine	Bull Frog Knits
27	Kirk Bryant	2	25	$570	38	ignition	Steve's Calabash Seafood
28	Bosco Lowe	85	9	$1,290	32	ignition	Raleing Racing
29	Jack Ingram	11	6	$2,760	24	engine	Fast Fare / Skoal Bandit
30	Larry Pearson	21	14	$1,230	13	crash	Chattanooga Chew
31	John Linville	62	34	$1,200	10	engine	Linville Construction
32	Jeff Hensley	2	12	$1,170	9	engine	Kopy King
33	Geoffrey Bodine	15	21	$540	7	trans	Hendrick Honda
34	Tommy Houston	6	13	$2,635	2	engine	Mason Day Paving / Valvoline