If you are wondering why this was a half-hour length highlight video instead of multiple hours: Rarely did ABC-TV [US] televise races live. July 4th was on a Wednesday in 1984; whereupon the race was recorded on video, edited, and broadcast as part of the 'ABC Wide World of Sports' on that Saturday. There was a sense of the video, of the highlights broadcast on Saturday, having an element feeling of being "live," as news media outlets of that era were lackluster with reporting race results, save for the Indy 500; and possibly the Daytona 500. So the chances of the TV audience knowing whom won in advance to Saturday's telecast was relatively low. I speak from experience as witnessing that era first-hand.

RIP Cale Yarborough. A true legend. You will be greatly missed!

I was a Roger Staubach and Richard Petty fan in the 1970s. Just checking in for some good memories.

Ah, yes. The 200th win of Richard Petty.

40th Anniversary of this race 1984-2024🏳️🏁

Good thing Heveron wasn't hurt 'cause damn... took almost five minutes to get someone over there.

🏁Enjoyed!!!!!!!!!!!🏁 43

40 years ago today, hard to get more American than this

18:35 here comes President Reagan...lol. Thats a pretty awesome shot...

Damn shame ABC had the coverage of this historic race. Couldn’t even get a flag to flag broadcast and had terrible announcers. Imagine CBS covering this race with Ken Squire, Ned Jarrett, and Chris Economaki.

This was a historic day for Petty, Nascar and President Reagan. That year Reagan won a landslide re-election.

Came let off and let Petty win.