2004 UAW-GM Quality 500

Race 31 of 36

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:50:51
Average speed of winner: 130.214 mph
Margin of victory: 1.727 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 53 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson
Lap leaders: Newman 1-28, Sadler 29-41, Kahne 42-124, Earnhardt, Jr. 125-129, Kahne 130-176, Earnhardt, Jr. 177-179, Johnson 180-186, Kahne 187-215, Martin 216-219, Kahne 220-267, Newman 268-269, Marlin 270, Martin 271-277, Ku. Busch 278-280, Martin 281-301, Johnson 302-312, Newman 313, Nemechek 314-317, Johnson 318-334

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.989	334	3	35	running	191450	185
2	23	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	184.370	334	0	0	running	161678	170
3	25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	184.055	334	2	8	running	155928	170
4	21	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.312	334	1	3	running	110250	165
5	8	Joe Nemechek	01	GI Joe/U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	186.066	334	1	4	running	112750	160
6	39	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	181.433	334	0	0	running	113992	150
7	5	Elliott Sadler	38	Combos	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	186.233	334	1	13	running	112158	151
8	24	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.237	334	0	0	running	80625	142
9	35	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	182.958	334	0	0	running	77700	138
10	15	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.122	334	0	0	running	113903	134
11	36	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.408	334	0	0	running	113803	130
12	31	Sterling Marlin	40	Prilosec	Dodge	Ganassi	Glover	183.163	334	1	1	running	100525	132
13	12	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	185.319	334	3	32	running	74500	129
14	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	188.877	334	3	31	running	136117	126
15	11	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	185.957	333	0	0	running	88150	118
16	41	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	181.476	332	0	0	running	89006	115
17	34	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	183.014	332	0	0	running	103483	112
18	19	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	184.672	332	0	0	running	93137	109
19	43	Ward Burton	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Ingle	182.242	331	0	0	running	61350	106
20	3	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	187.279	331	0	0	running	79400	103
21	30	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	183.225	331	0	0	running	60550	100
22	20	John Andretti	14	VB/A Plus Sunoco	Ford	ppc	Charpentier	184.615	330	0	0	running	56675	97
23	16	Brendan Gaughan	77	Jasper Eng. & Trans./Kodak	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	184.982	329	0	0	running	69375	94
24	29	Johnny Sauter	09	Miccosukee Resorts	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	183.237	329	0	0	running	60455	91
25	40	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	181.794	328	0	0	running	86325	88
26	42	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	180.935	327	0	0	running	77375	85
27	32	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson	183.069	326	0	0	running	66934	82
28	6	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	186.226	319	0	0	accident	91991	79
29	22	Jimmy Spencer	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	184.502	310	0	0	accident	58050	76
30	13	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	185.274	277	0	0	accident	66425	73
31	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	185.223	274	0	0	running	98633	70
32	2	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	187.311	267	4	207	accident	133050	77
33	18	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	184.837	265	0	0	running	63550	64
34	38	Kyle Busch	84	Carquest	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	182.254	264	0	0	accident	54575	61
35	33	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	183.051	238	0	0	engine	80750	58
36	7	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.143	221	0	0	engine	90793	55
37	10	Dave Blaney	99	Canteen Vending/Kraft Foods	Ford	Roush	Osborne	185.975	218	0	0	accident	88087	52
38	4	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	186.483	30	0	0	engine	82022	49
39	27	Kevin Lepage	37	Carter's Royal Dispos-all	Dodge	R and J	Poindexter	183.349	25	0	0	ignition	54290	46
40	17	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	184.849	22	0	0	accident	62255	43
41	37	Greg Sacks	13	ARC Dehooker/Vita Coco	Dodge	Wilsberg	Sacks	182.260	10	0	0	radiator	54220	40
42	26	Jeff Fuller	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	183.480	7	0	0	accident	54180	37
43	28	Tony Raines	51	Marathon/Chase	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Sisco	183.312	1	0	0	accident	53499	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	5850	31	0	3	8	17
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5826	31	0	5	15	20
3	Jeff Gordon	5776	31	6	5	13	21
4	Elliott Sadler	5693	31	0	2	8	14
5	Mark Martin	5664	31	0	1	8	13
6	Tony Stewart	5646	31	0	2	9	16
7	Matt Kenseth	5635	31	0	2	8	16
8	Jimmie Johnson	5623	31	1	5	16	18
9	Ryan Newman	5579	31	6	2	9	12
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5501	31	2	1	5	12
11	Jamie McMurray	3878	31	0	0	7	19
12	Dale Jarrett	3804	31	0	0	6	14
13	Kevin Harvick	3662	31	0	0	4	11
14	Bobby Labonte	3652	31	1	0	5	9
15	Kasey Kahne	3626	31	4	0	10	11
16	Michael Waltrip	3358	31	0	0	2	9
17	Jeff Burton	3313	31	0	0	2	5
18	Rusty Wallace	3289	31	0	1	3	8
19	Joe Nemechek	3284	31	2	1	2	7
20	Casey Mears	3259	31	2	0	1	9
21	Sterling Marlin	3251	31	0	0	2	6
22	Greg Biffle	3246	31	1	1	3	6
23	Robby Gordon	3180	31	0	0	2	6
24	Terry Labonte	3140	31	0	0	0	6
25	Ricky Rudd	3008	31	1	0	1	2