2004 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:00:36
Average speed of winner: 88.538 mph
Margin of victory: 4.390 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 63 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-57, R. Wallace 58-63, Earnhardt, Jr. 64-104, R. Wallace 105-118, Earnhardt, Jr. 119-131, R. Wallace 132-190, Earnhardt, Jr. 191-215, McMurray 216-223, J. Gordon 224-226, Jarrett 227, J. Burton 228, Waltrip 229-235, B. Labonte 236, Bodine 237-239, Earnhardt, Jr. 240-355, Johnson 356-375, Earnhardt, Jr. 376-390, J. Burton 391-415, Earnhardt, Jr. 416-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	30	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	125.518	500	6	295	running	322443	190
2	4	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	127.284	500	0	0	running	213887	170
3	11	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	126.595	500	1	20	running	169590	170
4	15	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	126.337	500	2	26	running	128280	165
5	8	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	126.821	500	0	0	running	142158	155
6	3	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	127.292	500	0	0	running	132115	150
7	5	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	127.090	500	1	8	running	101715	151
8	24	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie Retractable	Ford	Roush	Fennig	125.955	499	0	0	running	107515	142
9	23	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	125.980	499	0	0	running	134168	138
10	14	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	126.353	499	1	1	running	119232	139
11	10	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	126.670	499	0	0	running	92165	130
12	18	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	126.245	499	0	0	running	114152	127
13	7	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	126.947	499	0	0	running	91440	124
14	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	128.520	498	2	60	running	135118	126
15	12	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	126.545	498	0	0	running	109335	118
16	19	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	126.212	498	1	1	running	121468	120
17	39	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	124.138	497	0	0	running	111522	112
18	16	Ward Burton	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Ingle	126.312	497	0	0	running	79075	109
19	6	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	126.972	497	0	0	running	121528	106
20	20	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	126.021	497	0	0	running	87835	103
21	2	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	127.410	496	0	0	running	107535	100
22	9	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	126.779	496	0	0	running	101510	97
23	40	Todd Bodine	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	123.316	495	1	3	running	75785	99
24	21	Kevin Harvick	29	Realtree/GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	126.005	494	0	0	running	110963	91
25	28	Kenny Wallace	00	Aaron's	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Garone	125.716	493	0	0	running	71740	88
26	13	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	126.486	490	3	79	running	114248	90
27	36	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	125.036	481	1	7	running	105961	87
28	41	Mike Wallace	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	124.267	468	0	0	running	72595	79
29	27	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	125.806	462	0	0	running	98635	76
30	22	Casey Mears	41	Energizer	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	126.005	433	0	0	accident	87675	73
31	38	Jimmy Spencer	4	Food City Supreme Clean	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	124.460	430	0	0	running	72065	70
32	26	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	125.856	418	0	0	running	71455	67
33	25	Carl Edwards	99	Roundup	Ford	Roush	Osborne	125.865	386	0	0	accident	103187	64
34	35	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	125.109	373	0	0	accident	89735	61
35	17	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	126.278	313	0	0	accident	76615	58
36	34	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	125.264	268	0	0	accident	87005	55
37	31	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson	125.445	150	0	0	accident	76759	52
38	42	Derrike Cope	98	America's Most Wanted	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	123.110	121	0	0	brakes	68250	49
39	33	Tony Raines	51	Marathon Oil/Chase	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Sisco	125.289	88	0	0	accident	68125	46
40	32	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	125.428	64	0	0	accident	94056	43
41	43	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	122.069	49	0	0	handling	67875	40
42	37	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	124.686	31	0	0	accident	75755	37
43	29	Kevin Lepage	37	Carter's Royal Dispos-all	Dodge	R and J	Poindexter	125.642	11	0	0	vibration	67862	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3380	24	6	5	10	17
2	Jimmie Johnson	3356	24	1	4	15	16
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3305	24	0	4	11	14
4	Tony Stewart	3195	24	0	2	9	13
5	Matt Kenseth	3156	24	0	2	7	15
6	Kurt Busch	3051	24	0	2	4	12
7	Elliott Sadler	3019	24	0	1	6	10
8	Kevin Harvick	2923	24	0	0	3	9
9	Bobby Labonte	2919	24	1	0	5	9
10	Ryan Newman	2918	24	4	1	7	10
11	Kasey Kahne	2892	24	4	0	8	9
12	Mark Martin	2883	24	0	1	5	10
13	Jeremy Mayfield	2883	24	1	0	3	9
14	Dale Jarrett	2873	24	0	0	4	9
15	Jamie McMurray	2873	24	0	0	5	13
16	Casey Mears	2628	24	2	0	1	8
17	Michael Waltrip	2575	24	0	0	2	8
18	Greg Biffle	2552	24	1	1	2	4
19	Sterling Marlin	2546	24	0	0	2	6
20	Jeff Burton	2529	24	0	0	2	4
21	Rusty Wallace	2507	24	0	1	3	6
22	Robby Gordon	2504	24	0	0	2	4
23	Terry Labonte	2459	24	0	0	0	6
24	Brian Vickers	2444	24	1	0	0	3
25	Joe Nemechek	2356	24	0	0	0	3