2004 Banquet 400 Presented by ConAgra Foods

Race 30 of 36

Kansas
267 laps
Time of race: 3:07:39
Average speed of winner: 128.058 mph
Margin of victory: 0.081 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 39 laps
Fastest lap: Jeremy Mayfield
Lap leaders: Nemechek 1-4, Mayfield 5-16, Kahne 17-19, Mayfield 20-62, Biffle 63-73, Mayfield 74, Newman 75-76, Rudd 77-78, Ku. Busch 79, Kahne 80-110, Biffle 111-130, Mayfield 131, Newman 132-137, Jarrett 138-139, Kahne 140-143, Mayfield 144-158, Mears 159-172, Biffle 173-195, Jarrett 196-197, Kahne 198, T. Labonte 199, Biffle 200-209, McMurray 210-228, E. Sadler 229-230, Nemechek 231-267

Race notes: Last win for Joe Nemechek. Finale for Larry Gunselman.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	180.156	267	2	41	running	310725	185
2	12	Ricky Rudd	21	Keep It Genuine	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	177.995	267	1	2	running	208896	175
3	6	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	178.453	267	4	64	running	160325	170
4	11	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree/Wizard of Oz	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	178.006	267	1	2	running	159708	165
5	3	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	179.188	267	5	72	running	138075	165
6	22	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	177.236	267	1	1	running	111825	155
7	10	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	178.018	267	1	19	running	101100	151
8	9	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	178.347	267	2	4	running	119917	147
9	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	178.389	267	0	0	running	135678	138
10	13	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper/Wizard of Oz	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	177.983	267	0	0	running	94475	134
11	26	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	176.794	267	0	0	running	115131	130
12	2	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	179.253	267	4	39	running	110450	132
13	30	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	176.367	267	0	0	running	129078	124
14	24	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	177.171	267	0	0	running	121228	121
15	17	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	177.509	267	0	0	running	86750	118
16	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	178.891	267	0	0	running	118733	115
17	15	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	177.585	267	0	0	running	123428	112
18	36	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	175.137	267	0	0	running	115883	109
19	25	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	176.927	267	0	0	running	83150	106
20	18	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	177.462	267	0	0	running	84400	103
21	19	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	177.462	267	1	1	running	100500	105
22	16	Carl Edwards	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	177.544	267	0	0	running	106467	97
23	31	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	176.367	267	0	0	running	94275	94
24	38	Shane Hmiel	23	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	Bill Davis		174.876	265	0	0	running	71650	91
25	33	Jimmy Spencer	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	176.108	265	0	0	running	71350	88
26	14	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Wizard of Oz	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	177.754	265	0	0	running	95437	85
27	32	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	176.171	265	0	0	running	69650	82
28	23	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	177.224	265	0	0	running	101237	79
29	27	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	176.638	262	0	0	running	94600	76
30	35	Ward Burton	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Ingle	175.970	255	0	0	running	66100	73
31	21	Casey Mears	41	Target/Energizer	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	177.375	243	1	14	running	75900	75
32	4	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	179.045	239	0	0	accident	85000	67
33	7	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	178.424	223	2	8	accident	121867	69
34	28	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	176.459	216	0	0	accident	98725	61
35	29	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	176.396	160	0	0	overheating	100378	58
36	37	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	174.993	146	0	0	overheating	80789	55
37	34	Kyle Busch	84	Carquest	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	176.039	136	0	0	accident	64175	52
38	39	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson	173.027	88	0	0	handling	63975	49
39	20	Todd Bodine	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	177.381	66	0	0	steering box	63765	46
40	41	Hermie Sadler	02	SCORE Motorsports	Ford	Hermie Sadler	Cope	172.623	38	0	0	rear end	63550	43
41	43	Stanton Barrett	94	AmericInn/Racer's Edge	Ford	W.W.	Terry Allen		30	0	0	vibration	63355	40
42	40	Larry Gunselman	98	Mach 1 Inc.	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	167.494	26	0	0	suspension	63170	37
43	42	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Vote for Bush	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	168.513	3	0	0	clutch	63212	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	5685	30	0	3	7	16
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5656	30	0	5	14	19
3	Jeff Gordon	5606	30	6	5	12	20
4	Elliott Sadler	5542	30	0	2	8	13
5	Mark Martin	5535	30	0	1	8	13
6	Tony Stewart	5512	30	0	2	9	15
7	Matt Kenseth	5505	30	0	2	8	16
8	Ryan Newman	5453	30	5	2	9	12
9	Jimmie Johnson	5438	30	1	4	15	17
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5428	30	2	1	5	12
11	Jamie McMurray	3736	30	0	0	7	18
12	Dale Jarrett	3654	30	0	0	6	13
13	Kevin Harvick	3607	30	0	0	4	11
14	Kasey Kahne	3549	30	4	0	10	11
15	Bobby Labonte	3540	30	1	0	5	9
16	Michael Waltrip	3279	30	0	0	2	9
17	Rusty Wallace	3219	30	0	1	3	8
18	Greg Biffle	3182	30	1	1	3	6
19	Jeff Burton	3175	30	0	0	2	4
20	Casey Mears	3156	30	2	0	1	9
21	Joe Nemechek	3124	30	2	1	1	6
22	Sterling Marlin	3119	30	0	0	2	6
23	Robby Gordon	3071	30	0	0	2	6
24	Terry Labonte	3052	30	0	0	0	6
25	Brian Vickers	2932	30	2	0	0	3