2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500

Race 7 of 36

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:36:30
Average speed of winner: 138.845 mph
Margin of victory: 0.028 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 45 laps
Fastest lap: Bill Elliott
Lap leaders: B. Labonte pole, Elliott 1-19, Nemechek 20, Petty 21, Wallace 22-23, Marlin 24-37, Elliott 38-44, Marlin 45-48, Kahne 49-81, Sadler 82, Earnhardt, Jr. 83-84, Sauter 85, Kahne 86-120, Busch 121, Kahne 122-124, Sadler 125-144, Kahne 145-181, J. Gordon 182, Earnhardt, Jr. 183-184, Kahne 185-199, B. Labonte 200-204, Nemechek 205-236, Kahne 237-261, J. Gordon 262-307, Sadler 308-334

Race notes: Last pole for Bobby Labonte. Finale for Larry Foyt. Kurt Busch took the points lead from Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	19	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	191.313	334	3	48	running	507733	185
2	3	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	193.673	334	6	148	running	335550	180
3	9	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	192.561	334	2	47	running	253178	170
4	7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	193.099	334	2	4	running	227653	165
5	10	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	192.431	334	1	2	running	174883	160
6	12	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	192.356	334	1	1	running	147050	155
7	6	Casey Mears	41	Fujifilm/Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	193.126	334	0	0	running	117875	146
8	17	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	191.673	334	0	0	running	156453	142
9	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	192.905	334	0	0	running	126475	138
10	26	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	190.678	334	0	0	running	114150	134
11	20	Dave Blaney	23	Batesville Speedway/BadBoyMowers	Dodge	Bill Davis		191.225	334	0	0	running	101950	130
12	13	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	192.349	333	0	0	running	107950	127
13	22	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench/Icebreakers	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	191.090	333	0	0	running	135153	124
14	5	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	193.188	333	2	33	running	104925	126
15	24	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	190.840	332	0	0	running	121712	118
16	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	190.826	332	0	0	running	145103	115
17	28	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	190.476	332	0	0	running	100425	112
18	11	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	192.383	332	0	0	running	121842	109
19	39	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	188.871	332	0	0	running	89425	106
20	41	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	187.195	332	0	0	running	124981	103
21	38	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	188.937	332	1	1	running	87375	105
22	29	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	190.235	332	0	0	running	110981	97
23	18	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	191.333	331	0	0	running	119537	94
24	37	Johnny Sauter	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	188.996	331	1	1	running	89925	96
25	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	193.903	330	1	5	running	139908	93
26	14	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	191.904	330	2	18	running	111925	90
27	23	Jeff Burton	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	191.022	330	0	0	running	110842	82
28	40	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	185.160	330	0	0	running	83925	79
29	42	Jimmy Spencer	4	Featherlite Luxury Coaches	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	187.422	328	0	0	running	74825	76
30	35	Larry Foyt	14	Smith Chrysler Dodge/Ft Worth HD	Dodge	Foyt	Koppenal	189.520	327	0	0	running	74175	73
31	4	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	193.195	318	0	0	engine	79775	70
32	27	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	190.530	304	0	0	running	70675	67
33	32	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	189.994	294	0	0	accident	78500	64
34	21	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	191.144	293	0	0	accident	76475	61
35	33	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	189.787	290	0	0	engine	93625	58
36	2	Bill Elliott	91	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	193.729	273	2	26	accident	72350	60
37	31	Derrike Cope	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	190.061	232	0	0	drive shaft	65125	52
38	16	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak Easy Share	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	191.836	230	0	0	engine	72000	49
39	15	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	191.891	194	0	0	accident	110742	46
40	34	Johnny Benson, Jr.	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	189.727	151	0	0	rear end	63750	43
41	30	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	190.208	119	0	0	engine	90385	40
42	43	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Freddie B's	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	179.898	8	0	0	handling	63525	37
43	36	Todd Bodine	98	Lucas Oil	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	189.135	5	0	0	engine	63634	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	1032	7	0	1	1	5
2	Matt Kenseth	1013	7	0	2	3	5
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	997	7	0	2	4	5
4	Tony Stewart	946	7	0	0	2	4
5	Elliott Sadler	942	7	0	1	2	4
6	Jimmie Johnson	923	7	0	1	3	4
7	Kasey Kahne	902	7	2	0	4	4
8	Kevin Harvick	897	7	0	0	2	3
9	Jeff Gordon	891	7	0	0	1	5
10	Ryan Newman	834	7	3	0	2	4
11	Jeremy Mayfield	825	7	0	0	1	2
12	Rusty Wallace	825	7	0	0	2	4
13	Sterling Marlin	817	7	0	0	2	2
14	Bobby Labonte	801	7	1	0	1	2
15	Jamie McMurray	793	7	0	0	2	4
16	Mark Martin	789	7	0	0	1	2
17	Joe Nemechek	776	7	0	0	0	1
18	Casey Mears	752	7	0	0	0	2
19	Greg Biffle	745	7	1	0	0	1
20	Dale Jarrett	721	7	0	0	0	2
21	Scott Wimmer	719	7	0	0	1	1
22	Ward Burton	714	7	0	0	0	1
23	Terry Labonte	678	7	0	0	0	0
24	Johnny Sauter	674	7	0	0	0	0
25	Robby Gordon	673	7	0	0	1	1