1984 Firecracker 400
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| Race 16 of 30 in the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Track map of Daytona International Speedway showing mainly the speedway.
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| Date | July 4, 1984 | ||
| Official name | Firecracker 400 | ||
| Location | Daytona Speedway. Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.500 mi (4.000 km) |
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| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures approaching 87.1 °F (30.6 °C) with 0.47 inches (12 mm) of rain reported within 24 hours of the race; wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 171.204 miles per hour (275.526 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 80,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ranier-Lundy Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Cale Yarborough | Ranier-Lundy Racing | |
| Laps | 79 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 43 | Richard Petty | Curb Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers |
Jim Lampley Sam Posey |
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The 1984 Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) racing event that took place on July 4, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Florida.
Richard Petty, driving the #43 Pontiac for Curb Racing, won the race. The victory gave Petty his 200th win in NASCAR Winston Cup Series competition, extending his longstanding record. It was also his final race victory before his 1992 retirement.
The "Start your engine" command was given by President Ronald Reagan from the phone on Air Force One, which later landed at Daytona Beach International Airport. President Reagan then was escorted to one of the main press boxes at the speedway where he was met by a number of reporters, one of them being Ned Jarrett.
Of forty-two drivers on the grid, forty-one were born in the United States of America while Trevor Boys, a native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was the event's lone non-American entrant.
There were three cautions for fifteen laps and the race ended under caution. Dean Roper would make his final NASCAR Winston Cup Series start in this event. Dale Earnhardt would take over the championship lead from Darrell Waltrip at the end of the race.
A live audience of 80,000 people attended the race. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.
Notable entrants in the race included Geoff Bodine, Ricky Rudd, David Pearson, Dale Jarrett (his first start on a superspeedway), Rusty Wallace, Kyle Petty, Buddy Baker, Sterling Marlin, Tim Richmond, and Darrell Waltrip.
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