1984 Daytona 500

1984 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 1 of 30 in the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
1984 Daytona 500 program cover
1984 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 19, 1984 (1984-02-19)
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]

  1. ^ Weather information for the 1984 Daytona 500 at Old Farmers Almanac
  2. ^ "Race Results".
  3. ^ "Race Results".
  4. ^ a b c "1984 Daytona 500". Racing-Reference.Info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 July 2017.