2004 Food City 500

Race 6 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:13:34
Average speed of winner: 82.607 mph
Margin of victory: 0.428 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 85 laps
Fastest lap: Kurt Busch
Lap leaders: Newman 1-25, Wallace 26-81, Stewart 82-106, Biffle 107-149, Wallace 150-172, Biffle 173-187, Wallace 188-203, R. Gordon 204, Marlin 205-276, Wallace 277-281, Earnhardt, Jr. 282-372, Sauter 373, Johnson 374-381, Busch 382-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	126.570	500	1	119	running	173965	190
2	4	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	128.074	500	4	100	running	141878	175
3	14	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	126.553	500	0	0	running	131978	165
4	17	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	126.278	500	1	72	running	135125	165
5	23	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	125.939	500	0	0	running	136098	155
6	19	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	126.262	500	0	0	running	77945	150
7	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	128.313	500	1	25	running	124862	151
8	6	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	127.529	500	0	0	running	87095	117
9	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	128.288	500	0	0	running	120168	138
10	8	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	127.006	500	0	0	running	110796	134
11	18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	126.270	500	1	91	running	118748	110
12	3	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Jackson Hewitt	Ford	Roush	Richert	128.176	500	2	58	running	84890	132
13	20	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	126.204	500	0	0	running	102440	124
14	9	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree/M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	126.938	500	0	0	running	103273	121
15	10	Johnny Sauter	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	126.854	500	1	1	running	83090	123
16	11	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	126.679	500	1	8	running	90215	120
17	16	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	126.353	500	0	0	running	96565	112
18	33	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	125.020	500	0	0	running	100065	109
19	32	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	125.289	500	1	1	running	104792	111
20	7	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Punisher	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	127.377	500	0	0	running	81900	103
21	30	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	125.297	500	0	0	running	104557	100
22	25	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	125.889	499	0	0	running	93390	97
23	21	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	126.170	499	0	0	running	81045	94
24	12	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	126.595	498	1	25	running	115518	96
25	36	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	124.283	498	0	0	running	82570	88
26	37	Derrike Cope	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	123.857	497	0	0	running	68440	85
27	26	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	125.535	496	0	0	running	87694	82
28	39	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr		496	0	0	running	71150	79
29	29	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	125.379	496	0	0	running	94285	76
30	35	Kevin Lepage	4	Food City	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	124.768	495	0	0	running	70685	73
31	42	Hermie Sadler	02	East Tennessee Trailers	Pontiac	Hermie Sadler	Cope	122.827	490	0	0	running	66890	70
32	38	Stanton Barrett	94	AmericInn	Chevrolet	W.W.	Terry Allen	123.786	453	0	0	accident	66845	67
33	27	Bobby Labonte	18	Wellbutrin XL	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	125.486	428	0	0	running	112808	64
34	28	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Harlem Globetrotters	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	125.461	404	0	0	accident	91922	61
35	22	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	126.013	377	0	0	running	74690	58
36	24	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	125.930	331	0	0	running	66645	55
37	15	Ricky Rudd	21	Rent-A-Center/Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	126.470	166	0	0	accident	92666	52
38	31	Jeff Burton	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	125.297	138	0	0	too slow	99977	49
39	34	Geoff Bodine	98	Lucas Oil	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	124.832	59	0	0	brakes	66505	46
40	5	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	127.860	57	0	0	accident	96315	43
41	41	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Freddie B's	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	115.597	7	0	0	handling	66390	40
42	40	Joe Ruttman	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	122.084	4	0	0	rear end	66335	37
43	43	Andy Hillenburg	80	Commercial Truck & Trailer	Ford	Hover	Hover	110.830	4	0	0	brakes	65656	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	898	6	0	2	3	5
2	Kurt Busch	877	6	0	1	1	4
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	832	6	0	2	3	4
4	Tony Stewart	804	6	0	0	2	3
5	Ryan Newman	788	6	3	0	2	4
6	Jimmie Johnson	785	6	0	1	3	3
7	Kevin Harvick	773	6	0	0	2	3
8	Jeremy Mayfield	764	6	0	0	1	2
9	Elliott Sadler	757	6	0	0	1	3
10	Sterling Marlin	727	6	0	0	2	2
11	Kasey Kahne	722	6	2	0	3	3
12	Jeff Gordon	721	6	0	0	0	4
13	Bobby Labonte	708	6	0	0	1	2
14	Mark Martin	677	6	0	0	1	2
15	Greg Biffle	675	6	1	0	0	1
16	Rusty Wallace	665	6	0	0	1	3
17	Jamie McMurray	659	6	0	0	2	3
18	Scott Wimmer	655	6	0	0	1	1
19	Joe Nemechek	650	6	0	0	0	1
20	Ward Burton	647	6	0	0	0	1
21	Terry Labonte	638	6	0	0	0	0
22	Dale Jarrett	612	6	0	0	0	2
23	Casey Mears	606	6	0	0	0	1
24	Robby Gordon	579	6	0	0	1	1
25	Johnny Sauter	578	6	0	0	0	0