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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 .
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [ 17 ]
Daytona 500 pole position winners for the NASCAR Cup Series's Daytona 500 are rewarded with being the driver to lead the field across the start line at the beginning of the 200-lap 500-mile (800 km) race. Pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 is held one weekend before the race at the Daytona International Speedway.
Here is the all-time winners list for the NASCAR Daytona 500, which starts each season and began in 1959. ... 1984: Cale Yarborough. 1983: Cale Yarborough. 1982: Bobby Allison. 1981: Richard Petty.
Daytona 500 winner last year: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. holds on for first 500 win. ... 1984: Cale Yarborough (4) 1983: Cale Yarborough (3) 1982: Bobby Allison (2) 1981: Richard Petty (7)
The 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 36th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 13th modern-era Cup series season. It began on ...
In 1984, he repeated by winning his fourth Daytona 500, becoming the second driver to score back-to-back wins, the Winston 500 at Talladega, a race that featured 75 lead changes, and the Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500, along with four poles. [48] Yarborough also captured the IROC VIII championship.
0–9. 1959 Daytona 500; 1959 Firecracker 250; 1960 Daytona 500; 1961 Daytona 500; 1962 Daytona 500; 1963 Daytona 500; 1964 Daytona 500; 1964 Firecracker 400