| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 30 in the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 1984 Daytona 500 program cover | |||
| Date | February 19, 1984 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather |
Temperatures of 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds of 11.6 miles per hour (18.7 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 150.994 mph (243.001 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ranier-Lundy | ||
| Time |
44.588 seconds 201.848 mph (324.843 km/h) | ||
| Qualifying race winners | |||
| Duel 1 Winner |
Cale Yarborough 0:57:56 129.459 mph (208.344 km/h)[2] |
Ranier-Lundy Cautions: 3 for 18 laps Margin of victory: 1.8 seconds Lead changes: 5 | |
| Duel 2 Winner |
Bobby Allison 0:53:44 139.578 mph (224.629 km/h)[3] |
DiGard Motorsports Cautions: 2 for 12 laps Margin of victory: 2 car lengths Lead changes: 9 | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Cale Yarborough | Ranier-Lundy | |
| Laps | 89 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Cale Yarborough | Ranier-Lundy | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers |
Host: Chris Economaki Lap-by-lap: Ken Squier Driver analyst: David Hobbs Pit Reporter: Chris Economaki Pit reporter: Mike Joy | ||
| Nielsen Ratings |
8.7/23 (12.3 million viewers) | ||
The 1984 Daytona 500, the 26th running of the event, was held February 19, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Cale Yarborough, who won the pole, completed a lap of 201.848 miles per hour (324.843 km/h), officially breaking the 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) barrier at Daytona. He won the race for the second year in a row, and the fourth time in his career, with an identical last-lap pass as the previous year, this time passing Darrell Waltrip who would later go on to win the same race in 1989.
This race would be the first Daytona 500 starts for Ken Ragan, Greg Sacks, Mike Alexander, Connie Saylor, Doug Heveron, Bobby Hillin, Jr., Hendrick Motorsports And Trevor Boys.[4] It was the only Daytona 500 start for Dean Combs.[4] This race would be the final Daytona 500 starts for Dean Roper, Ronnie Thomas, and Tommy Gale.[4]
- ^ Weather information for the 1984 Daytona 500 at Old Farmers Almanac
- ^ "Race Results".
- ^ "Race Results".
- ^ a b c "1984 Daytona 500". Racing-Reference.Info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 July 2017.