1984 Dallas Grand Prix

1984 Dallas Grand Prix
Race 9 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date July 8, 1984
Official name Stroh's Dallas Grand Prix
Location Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 3.901 km (2.424 miles)
Distance 67 laps, 261.37 km (162.41 miles)
Scheduled distance 68 laps, 265.268 km (164.830 miles)
Weather Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 100 °F (38 °C); wind speeds of 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Renault
Time 1:37.041
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG
Time 1:45.353 on lap 22
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1984 Dallas Grand Prix was a one-off Formula One motor race held on July 8, 1984 at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. It was the only running of the Dallas Grand Prix as a Formula One race, and the ninth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.

The 67-lap race was held in very hot weather on a disintegrating track, and was won by Finnish driver Keke Rosberg, driving a Williams-Honda, with Frenchman René Arnoux second in a Ferrari and Italian Elio de Angelis third in a Lotus-Renault. Englishman Nigel Mansell took pole position in the other Lotus-Renault and led the first half of the race, before suffering a gearbox failure at the very end and collapsing from exhaustion while trying to push his car over the finish line.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1984 Dallas Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved November 22, 2013.