|| *Comments on the 1984 Winston Western 500:* View the most recent comment <#34> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. jay posted: 06.25.2005 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Terry wins his first championship after starting on pole and finishing 3rd. 2. Matt posted: 11.28.2005 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) DNQ: #41 Ronnie Thomas, #67 Buddy Arrington, #? St. James Davis, #03 Glenn Francis, #94 John Soares Jr., #16 Bob Osborne, #35 Pat Mintey, #? Bob Kennedy, and #71 Scott Autrey. 3. Matt posted: 12.16.2005 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Parsons drove the #66 Skoal Bandit Chevrolet to a 41st place finish, but for some reason isn't listed here. Phil retired due to suspension problems. 4. MOST posted: 05.07.2006 - 7:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only race for Bobby Rahal. 5. Anonymous posted: 11.24.2006 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was also Hershel McGriff's last career top 10. 6. myself posted: 02.15.2007 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Check out Derrike Cope's car owner for this race....guess they were "movin' on up!" 7. Mike posted: 09.15.2007 - 11:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is the Scott Miller who finished 33rd in this race the same Scott Miller who is now Jeff Burton's crew chief? 8. Destiny posted: 09.18.2007 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No. That's the easiest way at riverside. 9. myself posted: 02.21.2008 - 12:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its plain to see that the dominant Bill Elliott of '85 started showing his hand late in '84. 10. Anonymous posted: 01.26.2009 - 1:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Last NASCAR cup race for sponsor Mountian Dew until 2008 when Dale Jr got the sponsor for his #88 Car. Also Bobby Rahals only start for the wood brothers racing team as well as the only time that the wood brothers allowed 7-eleven to sponsor their car without changing the number to #7 (obviously because 7-Eleven also sponsors Kyle Pettys Car #7 which was owned by Petty Enterprises). Also there were three cars that were sponsored by 7-Eleven, Rahal's #21, Pettys #7 and Derrike Copes #95. Also another fact is that the #1 Peidmont Chevy driven by Joe Millikan was also owned by Billy Hagan (possibly Hoss Ellington which owned the #1 car for may years did not have a car avaliable for the race (i.e. lost it in ether in practice or qualifying and there was no time to bring out the back up car or there wre no back up car avaliable) or a decision by Ellington to allow Hagan to use the #1 car to get Millikan into the race). 11. Madison posted: 01.10.2010 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 25 years later, the active drivers in finishing order are: (name, current #) Geoffrey Bodine, 64 Terry Labonte, 08 Bill Elliott, 21 Derrike Cope, 64/75 In lower series: Morgan Shepherd, Nationwide Series, 89 Hershel McGriff, CWWS, 04 Deceased drivers are: Tim Richmond Neil Bonnett Dale Earnhardt JD McDuffie 12. Madison posted: 01.15.2010 - 11:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm sorry, add Benny Parsons. 13. Aaron Camp posted: 03.05.2010 - 3:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race was delayed several hours at the start due to rain and the race finished at near dark. 14. Ben posted: 03.22.2010 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Evernham #19 car sponsored Mountain Dew before Dale Jr. 15. Steve.M posted: 04.19.2010 - 10:54 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This is about the closest NASCAR has come to a road course night race. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFc2UIi9PTw it was DARK out there 16. myself posted: 05.18.2010 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, Ben....Mountain Dew had an extremely prominent role in NASCAR prior to the great Dale Earnhardt Jr. Know anything about the '81 & '82 seasons? 17. AnonymousEFR posted: 04.11.2011 - 9:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bob Osborne is the same guy that made three starts TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PRIOR! 18. Wikus van de Merwe posted: 04.19.2011 - 9:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last race for the iconic Gatorade #88 19. myself posted: 01.24.2012 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 18. Wikus van de Merwe posted: 04.19.11 - 9:30 am Last race for the iconic Gatorade #88 Very iconic. 20. CBASS posted: 12.13.2012 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some sponsor updates #14 Nitram #15 Wrangler #3 Wrangler #27 Old Milwaukee Beer #64 Sunny King Ford-Honda #43 STP Oil Treatment 21. HouseOfPenske posted: 03.16.2015 - 6:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Last NASCAR cup race for sponsor Mountian Dew until 2008 when Dale Jr got the "sponsor for his #88 Car. False, they sponsored Kasey Kahne on a few occasions in years prior to 2008. 22. Dave posted: 04.09.2015 - 11:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Richard Petty's 10th place points finish is his worst since 1965 when he ran a limited schedule, this 10th place is the lowest of his career to this point while he ran the full schedule. That's a 20+ year streak. I know it wasn't as competitive back in the 60s but that's still a pretty amazing streak! 23. Dave posted: 04.09.2015 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I just did the math on that and from 1960-1984, not counting the limited schedule year Petty had an average points finish of 3.7 WOW that's super impressive 24. The Great Dave posted: 05.24.2015 - 9:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Billy Hagan entered a second car for Joe Millikan to help with points in this race, While I'm sure it was meant as a Start and Park entry, Joe ran nearly half distance in the race. 25. The Great Dave posted: 05.24.2015 - 9:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I suspect Bobby Rahal got the ride in the #21 because of his work with Fords GTP Program. Like the Ford Mustang GTP car tended to do, Rahal's #21 car suffered early mechanical issues 26. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 08.11.2015 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) St. James Davis sponsor was St. James Racing, Owner was LaDonna Davis, and car was a Chrysler Bob Osborne sponsor was Osborne Racing, Owner was Bob Osborne, Car was a Chevrolet Pat Mintey sponsor was AFR Signs, Owner was Pat Mintey, and car was a Chevrolet Sponsor of the #45 was Erlich Motors/R.J. Theda Co. Scott Autrey sponsor was Mercury Marine, Owner was Dick Midgley, and car was a Oldsmobile John Soares, Jr. sposnor was RPM, Owner was John Soares, Jr., and Car was a Pontiac 27. Bradley Thomas posted: 01.07.2017 - 9:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was about 8pm ET when the race ended. 28. kup posted: 11.15.2017 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) UPS: universal points system. Driver's UPoints = Miles / Aver.Finish 1984 UPS _ Driver = Miles / AF 1354 _ Terry Labonte 11236 / 8.3 1325 _ Harry Gant 11395 / 8.6 1324 _ Bill Elliott 11385 / 8.6 1130 _ Dale Earnhardt 10850 / 9.6 965 _ Cale Yarborough 7140 / 7.4 932 _ Darrell Waltrip 10440 / 11.2 886 _ Bobby Allison 10545 / 11.9 847 _ Ricky Rudd 10584 / 12.5 763 _ Neil Bonnett 10460 / 13.7 682 _ Ron Bouchard 10504 / 15.4 680 _ Geoffrey Bodine 10064 / 14.8 652 _ Richard Petty 9917 / 15.2 & TOTAL: UPS! 36 years 1949-1984: Richard Petty 7 in: '63, '64, '67, '71, '72, '75, '79. Lee Petty 5 in: '50, '52, '54, '58, '59. David Pearson 4 in: '66, '68, '69, '76. Cale Yarborough 3 in: '74, '77, '78. Bobby Allison 3 in: '81, '82, '83. Buck Baker 2 in: '56, '57. Rex White 2 in: '60, '61. Bill Blair 1 in: '49. Fonty Flock 1 in: '51. Herb Thomas 1 in: '53. Tim Flock 1 in: '55. Joe Weatherly 1 in: '62. Ned Jarrett 1 in: '65. Bobby Isaac 1 in: '70. Benny Parsons 1 in: '73. Dale Earnhardt 1 in: '80. Terry Labonte 1 in: '84. 29. Brandon posted: 04.01.2018 - 1:39 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) A total of 7 manufacturers raced in the 30 races in 1984, here is how many races each showed up to. Buick: 30 Chevrolet: 30 Chrysler: 19 Dodge: 7 Ford: 30 Oldsmobile: 28 Pontiac: 30 30. jensenators posted: 02.28.2020 - 3:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Updates based on youtube video: Caution flags: Lap 0-8- Yellow Green start to dry track. Lap 60-63- Crash turn 9 car 94. Lap 71-75- Blown Engine turn 3 car 11. Lap 95-98- Spin turn 8 car 70. 31. SweetRich posted: 02.28.2020 - 9:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators for the race were Ken Squier and Phil Parsons. The pit road reporters were Chris Economaki and Jerry Garrett. And in The STP Pit Communication Center Was Dave Despain. 32. James posted: 04.09.2020 - 3:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Replying to 3 and 31 Phil Parsons was basically a START AND PARK entry to help out Harry Gant in the championship. Childress and Hendrick have done the same thing to help their drivers clinching the championship the last race of the season. Nothing wrong with the car just parked it after a few laps. 33. SweetRich posted: 07.07.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The final career race for owner Johnny Hayes, the owner of Johnny Hayes Racing. 34. rateus posted: 02.07.2021 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver Change - Roy Smith qualified the #52 for Jimmy Means. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: