2004 Pepsi 400

Race 17 of 36

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:45:23
Average speed of winner: 145.117 mph
Margin of victory: 0.143 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-9, Waltrip 10-19, Kahne 20, Waltrip 21-45, Earnhardt, Jr. 46, Newman 47, Waltrip 48-54, Earnhardt, Jr. 55-72, M. Wallace 73, Shepherd 74, J. Gordon 75-85, Waltrip 86-98, J. Gordon 99-107, Waltrip 108-109, Earnhardt, Jr. 110-112, J. Gordon 113-137, Earnhardt, Jr. 138, Mears 139, Blaney 140, Newman 141, Stewart 142-153, J. Gordon 154-160

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Pepsi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	188.659	160	5	61	running	346703	190
2	19	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.676	160	0	0	running	193125	170
3	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	187.939	160	4	23	running	196528	170
4	35	Kurt Busch	97	Coca-Cola C2/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.755	160	0	0	running	142625	160
5	17	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot/Coca-Cola C2	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	186.858	160	1	12	running	149628	160
6	21	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	186.567	160	0	0	running	108375	150
7	15	Bobby Labonte	18	Wellbutrin XL	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	186.908	160	0	0	running	135658	146
8	10	Terry Labonte	5	Cheez-It/Spider-Man 2	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	187.149	160	0	0	running	119500	142
9	14	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	188.328	160	0	0	running	99050	138
10	6	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.907	160	0	0	running	114625	134
11	24	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	186.474	160	1	1	running	101575	135
12	13	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	186.994	160	2	2	running	126742	132
13	2	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	188.620	160	5	57	running	118331	129
14	11	Kevin Harvick	29	Coca-Cola C2/GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	187.110	160	0	0	running	118303	121
15	23	Dave Blaney	30	AOL Broadband	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	186.490	160	1	1	running	90775	123
16	4	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	188.328	160	0	0	running	111817	115
17	3	Ricky Rudd	21	Coca-Cola C2/Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	188.426	160	0	0	running	107356	112
18	34	Bill Elliott	98	Coca-Cola C2	Dodge	Elliott		185.797	160	0	0	running	75425	109
19	25	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	186.447	160	0	0	running	109862	106
20	22	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	186.528	160	0	0	running	112575	103
21	7	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	187.868	160	0	0	running	101987	100
22	16	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	186.869	160	0	0	running	97075	97
23	26	Jeff Burton	99	Coca-Cola C2	Ford	Roush	Osborne	186.401	160	0	0	running	109642	94
24	33	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	185.870	160	0	0	running	85075	91
25	31	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	186.073	160	1	1	running	103700	93
26	39	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		160	0	0	running	109208	85
27	27	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	186.374	160	0	0	running	113158	82
28	20	Kerry Earnhardt	33	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	186.606	160	0	0	running	68700	79
29	40	Jimmy Spencer	4	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	184.850	159	0	0	running	71575	76
30	30	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	186.147	159	0	0	running	98050	73
31	9	Greg Biffle	16	Coca-Cola C2/National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	187.641	159	0	0	running	79125	70
32	37	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	185.624	159	0	0	running	86889	67
33	43	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	182.730	157	1	1	running	68800	69
34	42	Larry Gunselman	98	Lucas Oil	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	176.467	156	0	0	running	67750	61
35	29	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	186.181	151	0	0	running	67615	58
36	12	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	187.001	136	0	0	running	75450	55
37	32	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	186.039	126	0	0	oil leak	75300	52
38	38	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	185.548	121	0	0	running	75150	49
39	36	Matt Kenseth	17	Smirnoff Ice/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	185.716	110	0	0	accident	117803	46
40	8	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	187.750	84	0	0	running	66875	43
41	41	Mike Wallace	50	SportClips	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	184.347	77	1	1	suspension	66750	45
42	28	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	186.243	71	0	0	accident	66640	37
43	18	John Andretti	1	Coca-Cola C2	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	186.834	44	0	0	accident	66749	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2545	17	1	3	12	13
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2518	17	0	3	9	12
3	Jeff Gordon	2313	17	4	4	6	12
4	Tony Stewart	2203	17	0	0	5	8
5	Matt Kenseth	2189	17	0	2	6	10
6	Bobby Labonte	2164	17	1	0	5	9
7	Kurt Busch	2153	17	0	1	3	7
8	Elliott Sadler	2152	17	0	1	4	7
9	Ryan Newman	2112	17	3	1	5	8
10	Kevin Harvick	2095	17	0	0	3	6
11	Kasey Kahne	1984	17	4	0	5	5
12	Jeremy Mayfield	1948	17	1	0	2	5
13	Jamie McMurray	1944	17	0	0	4	9
14	Mark Martin	1939	17	0	1	2	7
15	Dale Jarrett	1918	17	0	0	1	4
16	Casey Mears	1880	17	0	0	0	7
17	Rusty Wallace	1835	17	0	1	3	6
18	Michael Waltrip	1822	17	0	0	2	6
19	Brian Vickers	1792	17	1	0	0	3
20	Sterling Marlin	1790	17	0	0	2	4
21	Terry Labonte	1739	17	0	0	0	4
22	Jeff Burton	1731	17	0	0	1	3
23	Robby Gordon	1721	17	0	0	2	3
24	Greg Biffle	1703	17	1	0	0	1
25	Ward Burton	1631	17	0	0	0	2