2004 MBNA America 400

Race 28 of 36

Dover
400 laps
Time of race: 3:21:34
Average speed of winner: 119.067 mph
Margin of victory: 8.149 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 38 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth
Lap leaders: Mayfield pole, Newman 1-32, Kenseth 33-48, Newman 49, Schrader 50, Kenseth 51-92, Newman 93-184, Busch 185-195, Newman 196-260, Martin 261-262, Earnhardt, Jr. 263, J. Gordon 264, Busch 265, Newman 266-400

Race notes: Last pole for Jeremy Mayfield. Finale for Joe Ruttman. Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Video links: Part 1 (Starting lineup), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (Finish), Part 13 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	159.018	400	5	325	running	195477	190
2	12	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	157.473	400	1	2	running	138560	175
3	21	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	156.678	400	1	1	running	140533	170
4	11	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	157.604	400	0	0	running	122877	160
5	13	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	157.439	400	1	12	running	99745	160
6	23	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	156.515	400	0	0	running	117168	150
7	1	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	159.405	400	0	0	running	105015	146
8	10	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	157.611	400	0	0	running	79715	142
9	16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	157.089	399	1	1	running	113293	143
10	9	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	157.639	399	0	0	running	86415	134
11	19	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	156.719	399	0	0	running	75630	130
12	14	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	157.350	399	0	0	running	92321	127
13	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	157.743	398	0	0	running	105348	124
14	6	Bobby Labonte	18	MBNA	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	157.985	398	0	0	running	107123	121
15	34	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	155.246	398	0	0	running	104415	118
16	5	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	158.200	397	0	0	running	96671	115
17	27	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson	155.858	397	0	0	running	79415	112
18	15	Carl Edwards	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	157.157	397	0	0	running	97417	109
19	30	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	155.615	397	0	0	running	99493	106
20	4	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	158.249	397	0	0	running	100648	103
21	28	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	155.817	396	0	0	running	89565	100
22	25	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	156.250	396	0	0	running	72565	97
23	29	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	155.682	395	0	0	running	84740	94
24	26	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	156.060	395	0	0	running	73065	91
25	31	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM		155.514	394	1	1	running	62265	93
26	36	Jimmy Spencer	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	154.613	393	0	0	running	62415	85
27	38	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	154.235	393	0	0	running	88515	82
28	37	Tony Raines	51	Buddy Lee Dungarees	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Sisco	154.328	391	0	0	running	58590	79
29	22	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	156.563	385	0	0	running	77829	76
30	32	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	155.273	385	0	0	running	93977	73
31	18	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	156.815	363	0	0	wheel bearing	85802	70
32	8	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	157.701	319	2	58	accident	118833	72
33	33	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	155.273	167	0	0	accident	66730	64
34	42	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	151.790	105	0	0	handling	57595	61
35	24	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	156.454	91	0	0	overheating	65380	58
36	35	Kevin Lepage	37	Carter's Royal Dispos-all	Dodge	R and J	Poindexter	155.025	86	0	0	vibration	57250	55
37	17	Ward Burton	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Ingle	156.965	50	0	0	engine	57125	52
38	3	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	158.346	46	0	0	accident	65100	49
39	41	Geoff Bodine	98	Mach 1 Racing	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	152.575	40	0	0	oil pressure	56875	46
40	43	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Vote for Bush	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	147.838	37	0	0	engine	56705	43
41	40	Joe Ruttman	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	154.143	27	0	0	rear end	56550	40
42	20	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	156.692	13	0	0	fly wheel	86300	37
43	39	Jeff Fuller	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	151.573	7	0	0	overheating	56555	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	5371	28	6	5	12	20
2	Kurt Busch	5370	28	0	3	6	14
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5353	28	0	4	13	17
4	Jimmie Johnson	5314	28	1	4	15	17
5	Mark Martin	5314	28	0	1	8	13
6	Elliott Sadler	5275	28	0	2	7	12
7	Matt Kenseth	5272	28	0	2	8	16
8	Ryan Newman	5264	28	5	2	9	12
9	Tony Stewart	5236	28	0	2	9	14
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5214	28	2	1	4	11
11	Jamie McMurray	3473	28	0	0	7	17
12	Kevin Harvick	3374	28	0	0	3	10
13	Bobby Labonte	3367	28	1	0	5	9
14	Kasey Kahne	3360	28	4	0	10	11
15	Dale Jarrett	3342	28	0	0	5	11
16	Michael Waltrip	3056	28	0	0	2	9
17	Rusty Wallace	3020	28	0	1	3	8
18	Sterling Marlin	2997	28	0	0	2	6
19	Greg Biffle	2958	28	1	1	2	5
20	Casey Mears	2934	28	2	0	1	8
21	Jeff Burton	2928	28	0	0	2	4
22	Robby Gordon	2854	28	0	0	2	5
23	Terry Labonte	2847	28	0	0	0	6
24	Joe Nemechek	2788	28	0	0	0	4
25	Brian Vickers	2771	28	2	0	0	3