2004 Tropicana 400

Race 18 of 36

Chicagoland
267 laps
Time of race: 3:05:33
Average speed of winner: 129.507 mph
Margin of victory: 2.925 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 43 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-14, Kahne 15-19, T. Labonte 20, Lepage 21, Stewart 22-83, Johnson 84, Martin 85-94, Marlin 95-99, Kenseth 100, Blaney 101, R. Gordon 102-103, Stewart 104-121, Kahne 122-126, Stewart 127-173, Marlin 174, Stewart 175-180, Johnson 181-210, B. Labonte 211, Marlin 212-214, Mayfield 215-240, Stewart 241-267

Race notes: Debut for Chad Blount.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.204	267	5	160	running	336803	190
2	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.290	267	2	31	running	208640	175
3	29	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	183.436	267	0	0	running	188592	165
4	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	186.942	267	1	14	running	172453	165
5	19	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	184.634	267	1	26	running	130575	160
6	24	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	184.029	267	1	1	running	123075	155
7	32	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	182.852	267	3	9	running	126200	151
8	9	Joe Nemechek	01	USG Sheetrock	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	185.236	267	0	0	running	112850	142
9	39	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	181.020	267	0	0	running	124556	138
10	17	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	184.729	267	0	0	running	122053	134
11	20	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	184.294	267	0	0	running	121908	130
12	26	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	183.611	267	1	1	running	127853	132
13	14	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.944	267	0	0	running	88100	124
14	4	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	185.759	267	0	0	running	87950	121
15	12	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	185.065	267	0	0	running	92150	118
16	31	John Andretti	1	Kraft Foods	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	183.076	267	0	0	running	73250	115
17	23	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	184.168	267	1	2	running	107837	117
18	11	Bobby Labonte	18	Wellbutrin XL	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	185.204	267	1	1	running	117133	114
19	22	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	184.244	267	0	0	running	75150	106
20	5	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	185.733	267	0	0	running	84400	103
21	13	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.957	267	0	0	running	109083	100
22	25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	183.786	267	0	0	running	116828	97
23	40	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	181.080	267	0	0	running	91975	94
24	18	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	185.274	265	1	10	running	79850	96
25	34	Jimmy Spencer	4	Wide Open Energy Drink	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	182.667	265	0	0	running	71550	88
26	42	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	180.838	265	0	0	running	78839	85
27	41	Ken Schrader	49	Red Baron	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	181.610	263	0	0	running	69750	82
28	38	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	181.806	248	0	0	accident	95300	79
29	16	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	184.894	245	0	0	running	94037	76
30	15	Brendan Gaughan	77	Jasper Eng. & Trans./Kodak	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	184.932	240	0	0	running	76100	73
31	7	Mike Bliss	80	Slim Jim/Act II	Chevrolet	Gibbs		185.414	205	0	0	accident	65900	70
32	30	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	183.424	204	0	0	running	91256	67
33	6	Jeff Burton	99	Comcast High-Speed Internet	Ford	Roush	Osborne	185.510	197	0	0	running	99342	64
34	8	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1/Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	185.274	166	0	0	accident	111667	61
35	21	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	184.269	151	0	0	running	84600	58
36	2	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	186.871	136	2	10	accident	94275	60
37	36	Dave Blaney	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	182.451	129	1	1	accident	72175	57
38	35	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	182.636	116	0	0	engine	71975	49
39	43	P.J. Jones	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	181.639	108	0	0	too slow	63765	46
40	33	Hermie Sadler	02	The FanZcar	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Cope	182.673	103	0	0	transmission	63555	43
41	28	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	183.461	86	0	0	engine	63355	40
42	27	Kevin Lepage	51	negotiationssolution.com	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Sisco	183.592	34	1	1	fuel pressure	63170	42
43	37	Chad Blount	37	Carter Royal Dispos-all	Dodge	R and J	Poindexter	182.094	3	0	0	electrical	63207	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2720	18	1	3	13	14
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2615	18	0	3	9	12
3	Jeff Gordon	2478	18	5	4	7	13
4	Tony Stewart	2393	18	0	1	6	9
5	Matt Kenseth	2321	18	0	2	6	10
6	Bobby Labonte	2278	18	1	0	5	9
7	Elliott Sadler	2252	18	0	1	4	7
8	Kevin Harvick	2229	18	0	0	3	7
9	Kurt Busch	2211	18	0	1	3	7
10	Ryan Newman	2173	18	3	1	5	8
11	Jeremy Mayfield	2108	18	1	0	3	6
12	Dale Jarrett	2083	18	0	0	2	5
13	Jamie McMurray	2068	18	0	0	4	9
14	Kasey Kahne	2044	18	4	0	5	5
15	Mark Martin	2035	18	0	1	2	7
16	Casey Mears	1998	18	0	0	0	7
17	Rusty Wallace	1965	18	0	1	3	6
18	Michael Waltrip	1960	18	0	0	2	7
19	Sterling Marlin	1941	18	0	0	2	5
20	Brian Vickers	1913	18	1	0	0	3
21	Terry Labonte	1894	18	0	0	0	5
22	Robby Gordon	1838	18	0	0	2	3
23	Greg Biffle	1806	18	1	0	0	1
24	Jeff Burton	1795	18	0	0	1	3
25	Joe Nemechek	1763	18	0	0	0	3