2004 Auto Club 500

Race 10 of 36

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250 laps
Time of race: 3:38:33
Average speed of winner: 137.268 mph
Margin of victory: 12.871 sec
Lead changes: 23 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 39 laps
Fastest lap: Kasey Kahne
Lap leaders: Kahne 1, Nemechek 2-3, Kahne 4-24, Spencer 25-26, Shepherd 27, Bodine 28, Kahne 29-49, J. Gordon 50-52, Spencer 53, Kenseth 54-64, J. Gordon 65, Biffle 66-93, Vickers 94, Kahne 95-104, Johnson 105-141, Mayfield 142, Schrader 143, J. Gordon 144-166, Kahne 167-190, J. Gordon 191-197, Gaughan 198, Newman 199-200, Harvick 201-203, J. Gordon 204-250

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	184.483	250	5	81	running	318628	190
2	19	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	184.223	250	1	37	running	194675	175
3	7	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1/Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	185.759	250	1	2	running	191267	170
4	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	183.828	250	1	11	running	172578	165
5	27	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	183.767	250	0	0	running	150233	155
6	5	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak Easy Share	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	185.845	250	1	1	running	106125	155
7	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	183.323	250	0	0	running	119625	146
8	13	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	184.883	250	0	0	running	108375	142
9	24	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.870	250	1	3	running	123203	143
10	15	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	184.582	250	0	0	running	88350	134
11	26	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	183.828	250	0	0	running	90450	130
12	23	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	183.908	250	0	0	running	112437	127
13	1	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	186.940	250	5	77	running	127250	129
14	20	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	184.195	249	1	1	running	112025	126
15	12	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	185.033	249	0	0	running	87725	118
16	11	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.157	249	0	0	running	120603	115
17	35	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	181.942	249	0	0	running	102981	112
18	34	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	182.255	249	0	0	running	97225	109
19	10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	185.529	249	0	0	running	119203	106
20	32	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	182.565	249	1	1	running	74925	108
21	37	Johnny Sauter	30	AOL/IMAX NASCAR 3D	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	181.488	249	0	0	running	84175	100
22	14	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.720	249	0	0	running	109058	97
23	21	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	184.190	249	0	0	running	90550	94
24	31	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	182.871	249	0	0	running	103217	91
25	4	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	186.148	249	0	0	running	97187	88
26	30	Jeff Burton	99	Roundup	Ford	Roush	Osborne	183.159	249	0	0	running	104317	85
27	8	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	185.744	249	0	0	running	103200	82
28	2	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	186.737	249	1	2	running	88100	84
29	6	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	185.806	248	1	1	running	76900	81
30	39	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	179.225	248	0	0	running	83039	73
31	36	Derrike Cope	50	Bennet Lane Winery	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	181.924	248	0	0	running	65975	70
32	17	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	184.440	245	0	0	running	101831	67
33	18	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	184.261	223	1	28	running	74500	69
34	41	Todd Bodine	98	Lucas Oil	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	174.448	209	1	1	engine	65375	66
35	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	185.538	193	0	0	running	109008	58
36	38	Morgan Shepherd	89	Voyles Equip./Carter Dispos-all	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	181.283	163	1	1	electrical	65025	60
37	3	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	186.316	147	0	0	engine	91050	52
38	22	Jimmy Spencer	4	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	184.068	127	2	3	engine	64550	54
39	28	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	183.491	40	0	0	engine	64430	46
40	43	Stanton Barrett	94	AmericInn	Chevrolet	W.W.	Terry Allen	175.148	20	0	0	accident	64280	43
41	40	Hermie Sadler	02	The FanZCar	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Cope	179.189	20	0	0	transmission	64155	40
42	42	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	2nd Chance Race Parts	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	174.448	5	0	0	handling	64050	37
43	33	Joe Ruttman	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	182.283	2	0	0	vibration	64161	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1453	10	0	2	6	7
2	Jimmie Johnson	1428	10	0	1	6	7
3	Jeff Gordon	1426	10	1	2	3	8
4	Matt Kenseth	1357	10	0	2	4	7
5	Kurt Busch	1316	10	0	1	1	5
6	Kevin Harvick	1316	10	0	0	3	5
7	Ryan Newman	1299	10	3	0	4	6
8	Tony Stewart	1284	10	0	0	2	4
9	Bobby Labonte	1265	10	1	0	3	5
10	Elliott Sadler	1250	10	0	1	2	4
11	Kasey Kahne	1209	10	3	0	4	4
12	Jamie McMurray	1200	10	0	0	2	6
13	Mark Martin	1135	10	0	0	1	3
14	Rusty Wallace	1132	10	0	1	3	5
15	Sterling Marlin	1112	10	0	0	2	3
16	Jeremy Mayfield	1106	10	0	0	1	2
17	Casey Mears	1093	10	0	0	0	4
18	Dale Jarrett	1066	10	0	0	0	3
19	Robby Gordon	1033	10	0	0	2	2
20	Joe Nemechek	1014	10	0	0	0	1
21	Terry Labonte	1011	10	0	0	0	1
22	Brendan Gaughan	995	10	0	0	0	1
23	Greg Biffle	995	10	1	0	0	1
24	Ward Burton	988	10	0	0	0	2
25	Scott Wimmer	982	10	0	0	1	1