2004 Ford 400

Race 36 of 36

Homestead
271 laps
Time of race: 3:50:55
Average speed of winner: 105.623 mph
Margin of victory: 0.342 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 79 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Biffle
Lap leaders: Busch 1-4, Biffle 5-114, Newman 115-146, Biffle 147-148, Stewart 149-170, Biffle 171-173, B. Labonte 174-183, Newman 184-191, Martin 192-199, R. Wallace 200-225, Newman 226-235, Stewart 236-242, Newman 243-264, Stewart 265-269, Biffle 270-271

Race notes: Finale for Brendan Gaughan.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Pre-race), Part 3 (Pre-race), Part 4 (Pre-race), Part 5 (Opening ceremonies), Part 6 (Starting grid/Start/1st and 2nd cautions), Part 7, Part 8 (3rd caution), Part 9, Part 10 (4th and 5th cautions), Part 11, Part 12 (6th caution), Part 13 (7th and 8th cautions), Part 14 (9th and 10th cautions), Part 15 (11th caution), Part 16 (12th caution), Part 17, Part 18 (13th and 14th cautions), Part 19 (Finish/Post-race), Part 20 (Championship presentation/Closing)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	179.307	271	4	117	running	314850	190
2	39	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	175.029	271	0	0	running	231705	170
3	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	178.719	271	0	0	running	208708	165
4	8	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	177.866	271	3	34	running	167003	165
5	1	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	179.319	271	1	4	running	130650	160
6	17	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	177.067	271	0	0	running	102000	150
7	18	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	177.026	271	0	0	running	88950	146
8	10	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	177.708	271	1	26	running	110983	147
9	7	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	178.006	271	0	0	running	90806	138
10	9	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	177.807	271	0	0	running	99728	134
11	11	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	177.602	271	1	8	running	67950	135
12	6	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	178.542	271	1	10	running	100133	132
13	21	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	176.869	271	0	0	running	86175	124
14	22	Carl Edwards	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	176.846	271	0	0	running	91867	121
15	25	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	176.465	271	0	0	running	84712	118
16	38	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light/Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Glover	175.041	271	0	0	running	91925	115
17	24	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	176.499	271	0	0	running	89881	112
18	14	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	177.218	271	0	0	running	65225	109
19	30	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	175.764	271	0	0	running	104203	106
20	23	John Andretti	14	VB/APlus at Sunoco	Ford	ppc	Charpentier	176.846	271	0	0	running	55150	103
21	29	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	175.787	271	0	0	running	79500	100
22	37	Kenny Wallace	00	Aaron's	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Garone	175.046	271	0	0	running	52800	97
23	16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	177.101	271	0	0	running	100703	94
24	27	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	176.085	270	0	0	running	86717	91
25	43	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	173.768	269	0	0	running	55500	88
26	41	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge		268	0	0	running	68575	85
27	19	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	176.922	267	0	0	running	73375	82
28	32	Boris Said	36	USG Durock	Chevrolet	MB2		175.564	266	0	0	transmission	51575	79
29	33	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	175.518	266	0	0	running	86552	76
30	3	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	179.093	264	4	72	accident	107917	78
31	42	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	172.425	264	0	0	running	81100	70
32	35	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Enterprise Rent-A-Car	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	175.256	251	0	0	rear tire	50750	67
33	28	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	176.062	247	0	0	wheel bearing	54480	64
34	15	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	177.194	232	0	0	running	89183	61
35	20	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	176.881	231	0	0	running	69039	58
36	40	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	174.950	231	0	0	running	57935	55
37	31	Jeff Green	43	Chex Party Mix	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	175.656	223	0	0	engine	75975	52
38	4	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	178.891	192	0	0	overheating	79400	49
39	26	Travis Kvapil	06	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	176.229	162	0	0	accident	49325	46
40	12	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	177.486	145	0	0	accident	49100	43
41	13	Shane Hmiel	23	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Bill Davis		177.421	115	0	0	accident	48910	40
42	34	Greg Sacks	13	ARC Dehooker/Vita Coco	Dodge	Wilsberg	Sacks	175.319	3	0	0	overheating	48605	37
43	36	Hermie Sadler	02	Drive for Diversity/Sam Bass	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Cope	175.245	0	0	0	accident	48630	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	6506	36	1	3	10	21
2	Jimmie Johnson	6498	36	1	8	20	23
3	Jeff Gordon	6490	36	6	5	16	25
4	Mark Martin	6399	36	0	1	10	15
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	6368	36	0	6	16	21
6	Tony Stewart	6326	36	0	2	10	19
7	Ryan Newman	6180	36	9	2	11	14
8	Matt Kenseth	6069	36	0	2	8	16
9	Elliott Sadler	6024	36	0	2	8	14
10	Jeremy Mayfield	6000	36	2	1	5	13
11	Jamie McMurray	4597	36	0	0	9	23
12	Bobby Labonte	4277	36	1	0	5	11
13	Kasey Kahne	4274	36	4	0	13	14
14	Kevin Harvick	4228	36	0	0	5	14
15	Dale Jarrett	4214	36	0	0	6	14
16	Rusty Wallace	3960	36	0	1	3	11
17	Greg Biffle	3902	36	1	2	4	8
18	Jeff Burton	3902	36	0	0	2	6
19	Joe Nemechek	3878	36	2	1	3	9
20	Michael Waltrip	3878	36	0	0	2	9
21	Sterling Marlin	3857	36	0	0	3	7
22	Casey Mears	3690	36	2	0	1	9
23	Robby Gordon	3646	36	0	0	2	6
24	Ricky Rudd	3615	36	1	0	1	3
25	Brian Vickers	3521	36	2	0	0	4