2004 Federated Auto Parts 300

Race 15 of 34

Nashville (IRL)
225 laps
Time of race: 2:36:53
Average speed of winner: 114.706 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 44 laps
Lap leaders: Truex 1-5, Leffler 6-60, Fedewa 61-65, Truex 66-100, K. Wallace 101-145, Hornaday 146, Fedewa 147-149, Bliss 150-160, Busch 161-220, Leffler 221-225

Race notes: Martin Truex, Jr. took the points lead from Kyle Busch.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jason Leffler	00	Haas Automation	Chevrolet			163.286	225	2	60	running	64830	190
2	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	8	Bass Pro Shops	Chevrolet			163.569	225	2	40	running	42000	175
3	5	Clint Bowyer	21	Reese's Peanut Butter Cups	Chevrolet			161.859	225	0	0	running	34080	165
4	11	Mike Bliss	20	Rockwell Automation	Chevrolet			161.190	225	1	11	running	27760	165
5	8	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	2	ACDelco	Chevrolet			161.739	225	1	1	running	31430	160
6	15	Kasey Kahne	38	Great Clips	Dodge			160.522	225	0	0	running	18035	150
7	10	Casey Atwood	14	U.S. Navy	Chevrolet			161.223	225	0	0	running	22135	146
8	16	J.J. Yeley	18	Vigoro/The Home Depot	Chevrolet			160.468	225	0	0	running	18810	142
9	17	Ashton Lewis	46	Lewis Motorsports	Chevrolet			160.259	224	0	0	running	20535	138
10	23	Stacy Compton	59	Kingsford/Bush's Beans	Ford			158.969	224	0	0	running	21560	134
11	22	Tim Fedewa	12	Supercuts	Chevrolet			159.572	224	2	8	running	20185	135
12	30	Mike Wallace	4	Federated Auto Care	Ford			157.183	224	0	0	running	18930	127
13	18	Greg Biffle	60	Charter Communications	Ford			160.206	224	0	0	running	15165	124
14	21	Robby Gordon	55	Fruit of the Loom	Chevrolet			159.683	223	0	0	running	14760	121
15	19	Robert Pressley	47	Clorox/Wisk	Ford			159.891	223	0	0	running	19255	118
16	27	Jay Sauter	75	Food Country USA	Chevrolet			157.736	223	0	0	running	14610	115
17	3	Kyle Busch	5	Lowe's	Chevrolet			163.113	223	1	60	running	24055	122
18	12	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Chevrolet			161.039	222	1	45	running	20480	114
19	32	Clint Vahsholtz	90	Vahsholtz Racing	Ford			156.440	222	0	0	running	14385	106
20	25	Shane Wallace	63	Speed Racer on SPEED Channel	Chevrolet			157.980	222	0	0	running	15085	103
21	26	Travis Geisler	36	DCT Motorsports	Chevrolet			157.803	221	0	0	running	16285	100
22	39	Gus Wasson	10	RaceGirl	Chevrolet			provisional	221	0	0	running	23765	97
23	4	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	25	U.S. Marine Corps	Ford			162.352	220	0	0	running	24060	94
24	38	Derrike Cope	49	Advil	Ford			154.770	220	0	0	running	18195	91
25	33	Shane Hall	96	Ortec Inc./Laughlin Racing Products	Chevrolet			156.379	218	0	0	running	14230	88
26	34	Hermie Sadler	02	SCORE Motorsports	Chevrolet			156.145	218	0	0	running	18115	85
27	37	Randy MacDonald	72	MacDonald Motorsports	Chevrolet			155.170	218	0	0	running	16060	82
28	40	Mark Green	39	Yahoo!	Ford			provisional	217	0	0	running	16030	79
29	9	Buckshot Jones	1	Yellow Transportation	Dodge			161.701	209	0	0	running	15990	76
30	28	John Borneman III	35	Pioneer Services	Ford			157.679	193	0	0	brakes	14025	73
31	13	Johnny Sauter	27	Kleenex/Cottonelle	Pontiac			160.877	185	0	0	rear end	13885	70
32	36	John Hayden	61	Spectra Metals/Steve McNair	Chevrolet			155.376	171	0	0	gas	13865	67
33	7	Jason Keller	22	ppc Racing	Ford			161.761	153	0	0	engine	23365	64
34	6	David Green	37	Timber Wolf	Pontiac			161.821	143	0	0	engine	24340	61
35	35	David Stremme	32	TrimSpa X32	Dodge			155.988	120	0	0	accident	15800	58
36	43	Aaron Fike	24	Quality Plus Services	Chevrolet			provisional	92	0	0	overheating	13780	55
37	24	Regan Smith	50	Enzyte	Chevrolet			158.769	83	0	0	accident	13760	52
38	14	Michael Waltrip	99	Aaron's Sales & Lease	Chevrolet			160.845	69	0	0	suspension	13740	49
39	42	Jimmy Kitchens	77	BG Products	Ford			provisional	45	0	0	engine	13720	46
40	41	David Eshleman	51	Bicknell Race Products	Chevrolet			provisional	21	0	0	too slow	13700	43
41	20	Tony Raines	74	Outdoor Channel	Chevrolet			159.710	18	0	0	accident	15660	40
42	31	Brad Teague	52	Broadway Motors	Ford			156.870	13	0	0	overheating	13635	37
43	29	Jeff Fuller	88	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet			157.333	6	0	0	vibration	19078	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Martin Truex, Jr.	2279	15	4	4	8	10
2	Kyle Busch	2239	15	4	2	7	11
3	David Green	2026	15	1	0	5	10
4	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	1983	15	0	0	6	8
5	Michael Waltrip	1971	15	0	1	3	8
6	Greg Biffle	1924	15	2	3	5	8
7	Jason Leffler	1900	15	1	1	3	8
8	Jason Keller	1900	15	0	0	3	6
9	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	1878	15	0	0	3	7
10	Kenny Wallace	1748	15	0	0	0	5
11	Kasey Kahne	1704	15	0	0	3	6
12	Mike Bliss	1683	15	1	0	1	4
13	Robby Gordon	1678	13	0	0	3	6
14	Tim Fedewa	1662	15	0	0	0	3
15	Stacy Compton	1643	15	0	0	1	2
16	Casey Atwood	1618	15	0	0	0	3
17	Johnny Sauter	1614	15	0	0	2	4
18	Ashton Lewis	1575	15	0	0	0	2
19	David Stremme	1527	15	0	0	3	6
20	Robert Pressley	1523	15	0	0	0	0
21	Kevin Harvick	1422	9	0	1	6	8
22	Mike Wallace	1375	15	0	0	0	1
23	Paul Menard	1349	14	0	0	0	0
24	Hermie Sadler	1218	15	0	0	0	0
25	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1060	10	1	0	1	4