2004 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Race 4 of 16

Indianapolis
180 laps
Time of race: 3:14:55.2395
Average speed of winner: 138.518 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 17 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 56 laps
Fastest lap: Vitor Meira 218.401
Lap leaders: Rice 1-12, Barron 13-15, Herta 16, Wheldon 17-33, Rice 34-49, Hornish 50-58, Rice 59-97, Wheldon 98-103, Kanaan 104-116, Wheldon 117-119, Kanaan 120-133, Franchitti 134, Junqueira 135-150, Kanaan 151, Rice 152-166, Herta 167-168, Fernández 169-171, Rice 172-180

Race notes: First win for Buddy Rice. Debut for Larry Foyt, P.J. Jones, Marty Roth, and Jeff Simmons. Finale for Robby McGehee.

Video links: Part 1 (Pre-race/Start/Red flag), Part 2 (Red flag lifted/Finish), Part 3 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal-Letterman Argent/Pioneer	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	222.024	180	5	91	running	1761740	53
2	5	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	221.200	180	3	28	running	659240	40
3	2	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	221.524	180	3	26	running	533040	35
4	23	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	219.871	180	2	3	running	366440	32
5	4	Bruno Junqueira	36	PacifiCare/Secure Horizons	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	221.379	180	1	16	running	296240	30
6	7	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal-Letterman Team Centrix	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	220.958	180	0	0	running	301240	28
7	6	Adrián Fernández	5	Quaker State Telmex Tecate	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	220.999	180	1	3	running	294740	26
8	13	Scott Dixon	1	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	219.319	180	0	0	running	283740	24
9	8	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	220.882	180	0	0	running	311990	22
10	12	Roger Yasukawa	16	Rahal-Letterman Racing Sammy	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	220.030	180	0	0	running	261740	20
11	9	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	220.740	180	0	0	running	294740	19
12	24	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	217.646	180	1	3	running	269240	18
13	20	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	215.635	180	0	0	running	253990	17
14	3	Dario Franchitti	27	Arca/Ex	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	221.471	180	1	1	running	255740	16
15	25	Felipe Giaffone	24	Team Purex/Dreyer and Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	217.706	179	0	0	running	249490	15
16	29	Jeff Simmons	21	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	214.783	179	0	0	running	224990	14
17	17	Al Unser, Jr.	20	Patrick Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Patrick	217.966	179	0	0	running	220740	13
18	10	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	220.417	179	0	0	running	234240	12
19	26	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	214.364	179	0	0	running	230740	12
20	30	Richie Hearn	33	Lucas Oil Products/Sam Schmidt	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Schmidt	213.715	178	0	0	running	207740	12
21	19	Sarah Fisher	39	Kelley Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	215.771	177	0	0	running	208740	12
22	33	Robby McGehee	18	Burger King Angus Steak Burgers PDM	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	PDM	211.631	177	0	0	running	202740	12
23	28	Buddy Lazier	91	Lifefitness DRR/Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	215.110	164	0	0	fuel system	212240	12
24	32	Marty Roth	25	Roth Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Roth	211.974	128	0	0	accident	203990	12
25	15	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	219.271	104	0	0	accident	227490	10
26	11	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	220.180	104	1	9	accident	223240	10
27	27	Greg Ray	13	Access Motorsports	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	216.641	98	0	0	accident	239735	10
28	31	P.J. Jones	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	213.355	92	0	0	accident	195490	10
29	18	Robby Gordon	70	Meijer/Coca-Cola Robby Gordon	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Robby Gordon	216.522	88	0	0	mechanical	192420	10
30	14	Mark Taylor	2	Menards/Johns Manville Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	219.282	62	0	0	accident	211990	10
31	16	Ed Carpenter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	218.590	62	0	0	accident	212485	10
32	22	Larry Foyt	41	A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	213.277	54	0	0	accident	192485	10
33	21	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	214.256	26	0	0	handling	215735	10

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	158	4	2	1	4	4
2	Tony Kanaan	157	4	0	1	3	4
3	Buddy Rice	129	4	2	1	1	4
4	Hélio Castroneves	128	4	0	0	2	4
5	Scott Dixon	106	4	0	0	2	3
6	Darren Manning	100	4	0	0	2	3
7	Bryan Herta	91	4	0	0	1	2
8	Tora Takagi	88	4	0	0	1	3
9	Sam Hornish, Jr.	87	4	0	1	1	1
10	Alex Barron	82	4	0	0	1	1
11	Kosuke Matsuura	81	4	0	0	0	1
12	Scott Sharp	78	4	0	0	0	2
13	Tomas Scheckter	73	4	0	0	1	1
14	Dario Franchitti	68	4	0	0	0	1
15	Greg Ray	58	4	0	0	0	1
16	A.J. Foyt IV	56	4	0	0	0	0
17	Mark Taylor	54	4	0	0	0	0
18	Ed Carpenter	52	4	0	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	50	3	0	0	0	1
20	Robbie Buhl	44	3	0	0	0	1
21	Vitor Meira	41	2	0	0	0	1
22	Roger Yasukawa	39	2	0	0	0	1
23	Bruno Junqueira	30	1	0	0	1	1
24	Felipe Giaffone	15	1	0	0	0	0
25	Jeff Simmons	14	1	0	0	0	0