2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race 35 of 36

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:00:33
Average speed of winner: 125.044 mph
Margin of victory: 0.959 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: Busch 1, J. Gordon 2-19, Busch 20-26, Johnson 27-61, Marlin 62, Nemechek 63, Biffle 64-65, Martin 66-77, Johnson 78-82, Martin 83-95, Biffle 96-101, Johnson 102-112, Martin 113-117, McMurray 118-120, Martin 121, R. Gordon 122-138, Johnson 139-145, Martin 146, Johnson 147-195, Martin 196, Kenseth 197, J. Gordon 198-250, Martin 251-253, J. Gordon 254-337, Johnson 338-345, Busch 346, McMurray 347-358, Johnson 359-367

Race notes: Finale for Mario Gosselin.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		367	7	124	running	269675	185
2	5	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson		367	7	36	running	190825	175
3	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis		367	3	155	running	185403	175
4	11	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo		367	2	15	running	118675	165
5	13	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin		367	0	0	running	129550	155
6	1	Kurt Busch	97	Smirnoff Ice/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig		367	3	9	running	103275	155
7	24	Carl Edwards	99	World Financial Group	Ford	Roush	Osborne		367	0	0	running	114642	146
8	18	Joe Nemechek	01	USG Sheetrock	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton		367	1	1	running	102625	147
9	15	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas		367	0	0	running	115958	138
10	30	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker		367	0	0	running	86750	134
11	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.		367	0	0	running	114253	130
12	20	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Glover		367	1	1	running	103450	132
13	21	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin		367	0	0	running	78600	124
14	32	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman		367	0	0	running	95025	121
15	23	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews		367	1	17	running	100562	123
16	26	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain		367	0	0	running	93731	115
17	6	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli		366	0	0	running	109678	112
18	16	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter		365	0	0	running	106058	109
19	10	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis		365	0	0	running	88150	106
20	9	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser		365	1	1	running	113603	108
21	27	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo		365	0	0	running	71700	100
22	28	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley		365	0	0	running	83975	97
23	8	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		365	0	0	running	98683	94
24	19	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert		365	2	8	running	69550	96
25	31	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph		364	0	0	running	86437	88
26	22	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge		364	0	0	running	70575	85
27	29	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson		363	0	0	running	67375	82
28	25	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long		363	0	0	running	85500	79
29	42	Johnny Sauter	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts		363	0	0	running	58050	76
30	33	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder		362	0	0	running	55875	73
31	35	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam		357	0	0	running	71514	70
32	14	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		354	0	0	running	90728	67
33	17	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau		336	0	0	running	91756	64
34	7	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel/Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Borland		330	0	0	engine	101517	61
35	34	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson		300	0	0	accident	54425	58
36	39	Randy LaJoie	98	Mach 1 Inc.	Ford	Mach One	Steurer		262	0	0	engine	54275	55
37	12	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford		194	0	0	accident	84992	52
38	37	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier		180	0	0	oil pump	53850	49
39	38	Todd Bodine	50	Mesco Building Solutions	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman		143	0	0	accident	53725	46
40	41	Hermie Sadler	02	East Tennessee Trailers	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Cope		130	0	0	handling	53575	43
41	43	Mario Gosselin	80	Adesa Impact	Ford	Hover	Hover		14	0	0	too slow	53450	40
42	36	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Freddie B's	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris		14	0	0	too slow	53340	37
43	40	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly		10	0	0	too slow	53454	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	6346	35	0	3	9	20
2	Jimmie Johnson	6328	35	1	8	19	22
3	Jeff Gordon	6325	35	6	5	15	24
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	6274	35	0	6	16	21
5	Mark Martin	6264	35	0	1	10	15
6	Tony Stewart	6161	35	0	2	9	18
7	Ryan Newman	6102	35	9	2	11	14
8	Elliott Sadler	5963	35	0	2	8	14
9	Matt Kenseth	5963	35	0	2	8	16
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5942	35	2	1	5	13
11	Jamie McMurray	4451	35	0	0	9	22
12	Kasey Kahne	4225	35	4	0	13	14
13	Bobby Labonte	4145	35	1	0	5	11
14	Dale Jarrett	4123	35	0	0	6	14
15	Kevin Harvick	4094	35	0	0	5	13
16	Jeff Burton	3847	35	0	0	2	6
17	Rusty Wallace	3813	35	0	1	3	10
18	Joe Nemechek	3796	35	2	1	3	9
19	Michael Waltrip	3766	35	0	0	2	9
20	Sterling Marlin	3742	35	0	0	3	7
21	Greg Biffle	3712	35	1	1	3	7
22	Casey Mears	3605	35	2	0	1	9
23	Robby Gordon	3570	35	0	0	2	6
24	Ricky Rudd	3477	35	1	0	1	2
25	Terry Labonte	3449	35	0	0	0	6