2004 EA Sports 500

Race 29 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:11:12
Average speed of winner: 156.929 mph
Margin of victory: 0.117 sec.
Lead changes: 47 among 20 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 22 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Lap leaders: Nemechek 1, Riggs 2, Busch 3, Earnhardt, Jr. 4-22, Johnson 23-28, Busch 29, Spencer 30, Stewart 31, Mears 32-34, Johnson 35, Mears 36, Johnson 37-39, R. Wallace 40-47, Johnson 48-54, R. Wallace 55-56, J. Gordon 57-59, H. Sadler 60, Newman 61, Waltrip 62-63, J. Gordon 64-65, R. Wallace 66-70, Johnson 71-75, Waltrip 76-80, Johnson 81-93, Mears 94, Gaughan 95-97, Earnhardt, Jr. 98-108, Busch 109, Earnhardt, Jr. 110, Busch 111, W. Burton 112, J. Gordon 113, Earnhardt, Jr. 114-117, J. Gordon 118-123, E. Sadler 124, Schrader 125, M. Wallace 126-129, Earnhardt, Jr. 130, J. Burton 131, Earnhardt, Jr. 132-138, J. Burton 139-143, Earnhardt, Jr. 144-173, Harvick 174-175, Earnhardt, Jr. 176-177, Stewart 178-180, Gaughan 181-184, Harvick 185, Earnhardt, Jr. 186-188

Race notes: Finale for Ricky Craven. Kurt Busch took the points lead from Jeff Gordon.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	189.481	188	9	78	running	305968	165
2	15	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	189.260	188	2	3	running	165208	175
3	3	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	190.374	188	0	0	running	137922	165
4	26	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	188.768	188	2	7	running	100640	165
5	8	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	189.676	188	4	4	running	104290	160
6	30	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	188.408	188	2	4	running	120603	155
7	1	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	190.749	188	1	1	running	106075	151
8	34	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	187.953	188	3	5	running	100000	147
9	36	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	187.886	188	0	0	running	108562	138
10	28	Ward Burton	0	NetZero/Shark Tale	Chevrolet	Haas	Ingle	188.489	188	1	1	running	76000	139
11	4	Scott Riggs	10	Zerex/Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	190.310	188	1	1	running	96952	135
12	2	Ricky Rudd	21	Rent-A-Center/Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	190.609	188	0	0	running	97471	127
13	13	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	189.391	188	2	6	running	79180	129
14	7	Matt Kenseth	17	Smirnoff Ice/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	189.710	188	0	0	running	116973	121
15	17	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	189.114	188	0	0	running	79035	118
16	19	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	189.017	188	1	1	running	112492	120
17	24	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	188.842	188	0	0	running	76985	112
18	41	Mike Wallace	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	187.350	188	1	4	running	68670	114
19	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	189.763	188	4	12	running	112428	111
20	37	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	187.849	188	1	1	running	68140	108
21	38	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	187.691	188	0	0	running	95285	100
22	6	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	189.752	188	1	1	running	102398	102
23	11	Hermie Sadler	02	East Tennessee Trailers	Ford	Hermie Sadler	Cope	189.477	188	1	1	running	67420	99
24	22	Kerry Earnhardt	33	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	188.954	188	0	0	running	63000	91
25	14	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	189.354	188	2	7	running	98786	93
26	33	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	188.030	188	3	15	running	106403	90
27	23	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	188.887	187	0	0	running	95360	57
28	12	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	189.466	187	0	0	running	73625	54
29	35	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson	187.890	187	0	0	running	78065	76
30	20	Ricky Craven	11	Old Spice	Chevrolet	Gibbs		188.980	187	0	0	running	62405	73
31	29	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	188.452	187	0	0	running	82820	70
32	43	Kenny Wallace	1	Aaron's	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	187.629	185	0	0	running	61735	67
33	42	Larry Gunselman	98	Mach 1 Racing	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	181.598	183	0	0	running	62575	64
34	32	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	188.074	177	0	0	accident	94555	61
35	27	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	188.508	177	0	0	accident	106533	58
36	21	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	188.965	164	0	0	overheating	69400	55
37	16	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	189.133	157	6	35	overheating	81150	57
38	9	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	189.526	147	0	0	accident	77689	49
39	18	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	189.081	142	0	0	accident	87495	46
40	40	Jimmy Spencer	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	187.471	142	1	1	accident	61155	48
41	31	Chad Blount	06	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	188.082	131	0	0	engine	61105	40
42	25	Carl Edwards	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	188.786	122	0	0	engine	94477	37
43	39	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	185.427	120	0	0	accident	69261	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	5530	29	0	3	7	15
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5518	29	0	5	14	18
3	Jeff Gordon	5482	29	6	5	12	20
4	Mark Martin	5432	29	0	1	8	13
5	Matt Kenseth	5393	29	0	2	8	16
6	Tony Stewart	5391	29	0	2	9	15
7	Ryan Newman	5384	29	5	2	9	12
8	Elliott Sadler	5377	29	0	2	7	12
9	Jimmie Johnson	5371	29	1	4	15	17
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5263	29	2	1	4	11
11	Jamie McMurray	3585	29	0	0	7	17
12	Kevin Harvick	3549	29	0	0	4	11
13	Dale Jarrett	3507	29	0	0	6	12
14	Bobby Labonte	3425	29	1	0	5	9
15	Kasey Kahne	3417	29	4	0	10	11
16	Michael Waltrip	3149	29	0	0	2	9
17	Rusty Wallace	3110	29	0	1	3	8
18	Casey Mears	3081	29	2	0	1	9
19	Sterling Marlin	3058	29	0	0	2	6
20	Jeff Burton	3057	29	0	0	2	4
21	Greg Biffle	3012	29	1	1	2	5
22	Robby Gordon	2992	29	0	0	2	6
23	Terry Labonte	2947	29	0	0	0	6
24	Joe Nemechek	2939	29	1	0	0	5
25	Brian Vickers	2826	29	2	0	0	3