2004 Chevy 500

Race 16 of 16

Texas
200 laps
Time of race: 1:49:32.2547
Average speed of winner: 159.397 mph
Margin of victory: 0.3732 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 35 laps
Fastest lap: Bryan Herta 214.923
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-56, Hornish 57-59, Sharp 60-62, Franchitti 63-64, Wheldon 65, Castroneves 66-91, Fernández 92, Castroneves 93, Fernández 94-110, Hornish 111-160, Meira 161, Kanaan 162-166, Wheldon 167-179, Castroneves 180-200

Race notes: Finale for Tora Takagi and Mark Taylor.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	215.996	200	4	104	running	122500	38
2	8	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.105	200	1	5	running	86500	40
3	7	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.402	200	2	14	running	72500	35
4	3	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Centrix	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	214.316	200	1	1	running	58600	32
5	10	Adrián Fernández	5	Quaker State Telmex Tecate	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	212.959	200	2	18	running	65400	30
6	5	Scott Dixon	1	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	213.954	200	0	0	running	47100	28
7	14	Mark Taylor	13	Access Motorsports	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	212.324	200	0	0	running	45800	26
8	13	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	212.558	200	1	3	running	46600	24
9	21	Townsend Bell	2	Menards/Johns Manville Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		200	0	0	running	44600	22
10	11	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	212.855	200	0	0	running	43300	20
11	18	Felipe Giaffone	24	Team Purex Dreyer and Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	209.304	199	0	0	running	41900	19
12	16	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	211.284	198	0	0	running	40700	18
13	15	Tomáš Enge	20	Patrick Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Patrick	211.295	198	0	0	running	39600	17
14	9	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	213.057	185	0	0	accident	38100	16
15	19	Dario Franchitti	27	ArcaEx	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.219	184	1	2	accident	36900	15
16	6	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.675	173	0	0	handling	35700	14
17	2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	215.097	163	2	53	electrical	34400	13
18	20	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		105	0	0	mechanical	34400	12
19	12	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	212.713	59	0	0	gearbox	33100	12
20	4	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Pioneer Argent	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	214.194	42	0	0	electrical	31900	12
21	17	Ed Carpenter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	210.852	3	0	0	accident	31900	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Kanaan	618	16	2	3	15	16
2	Dan Wheldon	533	16	2	3	12	13
3	Buddy Rice	485	16	5	3	7	12
4	Hélio Castroneves	446	16	5	1	6	13
5	Adrián Fernández	445	15	0	3	6	12
6	Dario Franchitti	409	16	1	2	5	8
7	Sam Hornish, Jr.	387	16	0	1	6	8
8	Vitor Meira	376	14	1	0	6	11
9	Bryan Herta	362	16	0	0	4	10
10	Scott Dixon	355	16	0	0	2	10
11	Darren Manning	323	15	0	0	4	8
12	Alex Barron	310	16	0	0	2	5
13	Scott Sharp	282	16	0	0	0	6
14	Kosuke Matsuura	280	16	0	0	1	4
15	Tora Takagi	263	16	0	0	1	4
16	Ed Carpenter	245	16	0	0	0	1
17	Mark Taylor	232	15	0	0	0	3
18	A.J. Foyt IV	232	16	0	0	0	1
19	Tomas Scheckter	230	16	0	0	1	1
20	Felipe Giaffone	214	13	0	0	0	3
21	Townsend Bell	193	10	0	0	1	5
22	Jaques Lazier	104	7	0	0	0	1
23	Greg Ray	99	6	0	0	0	2
24	Robbie Buhl	44	3	0	0	0	1
25	Al Unser, Jr.	44	3	0	0	0	0