2004 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:11:53
Average speed of winner: 156.345 mph
Margin of victory: 0.273 sec.
Lead changes: 28 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Lap leaders: Biffle pole, Earnhardt, Jr. 1-29, Harvick 30-35, Stewart 36-39, Johnson 40-41, Stewart 42-43, Johnson 44-52, Earnhardt, Jr. 53-58, Stewart 59, Earnhardt, Jr. 60, Stewart 61-71, Earnhardt, Jr. 72, Petty 73-77, J. Gordon 78-84, Stewart 85-104, Johnson 105-107, Kenseth 108, Andretti 109, Stewart 110-136, J. Gordon 137, Kenseth 138, Johnson 139, T. Labonte 140, Stewart 141-168, Earnhardt, Jr. 169, Johnson 170, Wimmer 171-175, Stewart 176-180, Earnhardt, Jr. 181-200

Race notes: First pole for Greg Biffle. Debut for Brendan Gaughan, Kasey Kahne, and Scott Riggs.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	188.210	200	6	58	running	1495070	185
2	5	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.219	200	8	98	running	1096160	180
3	26	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	186.575	200	1	5	running	758839	170
4	10	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	187.602	200	1	6	running	610792	165
5	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	187.223	200	5	16	running	472189	160
6	14	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.750	200	0	0	running	358839	150
7	2	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	188.355	200	0	0	running	358772	146
8	39	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	184.721	200	2	8	running	318490	147
9	12	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	186.474	200	2	2	running	307917	143
10	31	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	187.884	200	0	0	running	279529	134
11	13	Bobby Labonte	18	Passion of the Christ/Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	185.536	200	0	0	running	278445	130
12	1	Greg Biffle	16	U.S. Army National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	188.387	200	0	0	running	249312	127
13	29	John Andretti	1	Post/Maxwell House Coffee	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	186.939	200	1	1	running	235287	129
14	25	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	187.672	200	0	0	running	235087	121
15	23	Dave Blaney	23	Whelen	Dodge	Bill Davis		185.981	200	0	0	running	232762	118
16	15	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.536	199	0	0	running	236887	115
17	19	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	187.200	199	0	0	running	218912	112
18	16	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	188.162	199	0	0	running	246020	109
19	17	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak Easy Share/Eckerd Drugs	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	187.071	199	0	0	running	225887	106
20	38	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	186.193	199	1	1	running	245812	108
21	33	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	186.598	198	1	5	running	226127	105
22	43	Mike Skinner	33	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	185.456	198	0	0	running	213813	97
23	28	Ricky Craven	32	Tide/Mr. Clean AutoDry	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	186.127	198	0	0	running	225339	94
24	40	Jimmy Spencer	7	Johnny Cat	Dodge	Jim Smith		184.911	198	0	0	running	223513	91
25	22	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	187.095	195	0	0	running	222889	88
26	21	Johnny Sauter	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	186.478	193	0	0	running	213687	85
27	24	Johnny Benson, Jr.	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	184.676	177	0	0	accident	210414	82
28	41	Larry Foyt	14	LPGA	Dodge	Foyt	Koppenal	182.567	176	0	0	running	212487	79
29	18	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	187.176	154	0	0	running	245572	76
30	42	Derrike Cope	50	Thrifty/Melling Engine Parts	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	184.158	153	0	0	running	207962	73
31	20	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	184.057	149	0	0	running	255056	70
32	32	Kevin Lepage	4	YOKETV.com	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	187.876	132	0	0	running	207488	67
33	34	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	186.525	110	0	0	accident	232087	64
34	36	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Dodge	MB2	Randolph	186.397	109	0	0	accident	231328	61
35	30	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	186.652	78	0	0	accident	241230	58
36	7	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	187.602	75	0	0	accident	224137	55
37	4	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	187.477	75	0	0	accident	254714	52
38	9	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	187.274	70	0	0	accident	246193	49
39	35	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC Financial Services	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	186.505	70	0	0	accident	211888	46
40	37	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	186.274	59	0	0	accident	203438	43
41	27	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	187.766	42	0	0	engine	231887	40
42	11	Jeff Burton	99	NBA All-Star Game on TNT	Ford	Roush	Andrews	187.165	25	0	0	engine	239554	37
43	8	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	186.986	7	0	0	engine	216997	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	185	1	0	1	1	1
2	Tony Stewart	180	1	0	0	1	1
3	Scott Wimmer	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Kevin Harvick	165	1	0	0	1	1
5	Jimmie Johnson	160	1	0	0	1	1
6	Joe Nemechek	150	1	0	0	0	1
7	Jeff Gordon	147	1	0	0	0	1
8	Elliott Sadler	146	1	0	0	0	1
9	Matt Kenseth	143	1	0	0	0	1
10	Dale Jarrett	134	1	0	0	0	1
11	Bobby Labonte	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	John Andretti	129	1	0	0	0	0
13	Greg Biffle	127	1	1	0	0	0
14	Casey Mears	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Dave Blaney	118	1	0	0	0	0
16	Kurt Busch	115	1	0	0	0	0
17	Ward Burton	112	1	0	0	0	0
18	Ricky Rudd	109	1	0	0	0	0
19	Terry Labonte	108	1	0	0	0	0
20	Brendan Gaughan	106	1	0	0	0	0
21	Kyle Petty	105	1	0	0	0	0
22	Mike Skinner	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Ricky Craven	94	1	0	0	0	0
24	Jimmy Spencer	91	1	0	0	0	0
25	Jeremy Mayfield	88	1	0	0	0	0