2004 Checker Auto Parts 500

Race 34 of 36

Phoenix
315 laps
Time of race: 3:19:16
Average speed of winner: 94.848 mph
Margin of victory: 1.431 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 63 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Lap leaders: Newman 1-59, Earnhardt, Jr. 60-107, E. Sadler 108-123, J. Gordon 124-144, Earnhardt, Jr. 145-202, Kenseth 203-206, Busch 207-220, J. Gordon 221-223, B. Labonte 224-227, J. Gordon 228-303, Earnhardt, Jr. 304-315

Video links: Part 1 (Start), Part 2, Part 3 (1st caution), Part 4 (2nd caution), Part 5, Part 6 (3rd caution), Part 7 (4th caution), Part 8 (5th caution), Part 9 (6th caution), Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (7th caution), Part 13, Part 14 (9th caution), Part 15 (10th caution), Part 16 (11th caution), Part 17 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	132.836	315	3	118	running	274503	190
2	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel/TXT2Win MVP Sweepstakes	Dodge	Penske	Borland	135.854	315	1	59	running	181167	175
3	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	133.116	315	3	100	running	170503	170
4	5	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	133.437	315	0	0	running	134938	160
5	4	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	133.581	315	0	0	running	126950	155
6	13	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	132.876	315	0	0	running	96225	150
7	15	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	132.714	315	0	0	running	111658	146
8	6	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	133.432	315	0	0	running	112028	142
9	27	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Brandon Thomas	131.752	315	1	4	running	113083	143
10	28	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	131.675	315	1	14	running	84300	139
11	20	Jeff Burton	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	132.261	315	0	0	running	72500	130
12	3	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	133.645	315	0	0	running	88200	127
13	23	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	132.057	315	0	0	running	70225	124
14	11	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	132.998	315	0	0	running	85187	121
15	22	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	132.105	315	0	0	running	67975	118
16	32	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Beam	131.219	315	0	0	running	80950	115
17	19	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	132.436	315	0	0	running	91006	112
18	2	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	133.879	315	0	0	running	65825	109
19	25	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	131.825	315	0	0	running	83081	106
20	18	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	132.489	315	0	0	running	57300	103
21	24	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	131.965	315	0	0	running	78525	100
22	26	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	131.781	315	0	0	running	87767	97
23	12	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	132.900	315	0	0	running	82375	94
24	10	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	133.087	315	0	0	running	64800	91
25	35	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Glover	130.795	314	0	0	running	89050	88
26	38	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	130.421	314	0	0	running	73925	85
27	37	Kevin Lepage	37	Carter Racing	Dodge	R and J	Poindexter	130.558	314	0	0	running	52300	82
28	34	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Henderson	131.000	313	0	0	running	63564	79
29	33	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	131.133	313	0	0	running	54550	76
30	40	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	130.293	311	0	0	running	59925	73
31	21	John Andretti	14	VB/APlus at Sunoco	Ford	ppc	Charpentier	132.173	311	0	0	running	52300	70
32	31	Terry Labonte	5	"The Incredibles"/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	131.358	309	0	0	running	78400	67
33	42	Hermie Sadler	02	Treasure Island-Las Vegas	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Cope	128.594	307	0	0	running	52450	64
34	7	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	133.304	306	0	0	accident	51400	61
35	17	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	132.523	306	0	0	engine	86462	58
36	16	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	132.548	280	1	4	engine	101903	60
37	29	Carl Edwards	99	Roush Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	131.641	272	0	0	running	84417	52
38	9	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	133.111	252	1	16	running	89708	54
39	30	Johnny Sauter	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	131.416	236	0	0	accident	50750	46
40	39	Ward Burton	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	130.039	201	0	0	rear end	50600	43
41	43	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	127.900	181	0	0	handling	50460	40
42	41	Randy LaJoie	98	Airaid Premium Filters	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	130.133	105	0	0	transmission	50335	37
43	36	Todd Bodine	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	130.724	11	0	0	vibration	50447	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	6191	34	0	3	9	19
2	Jeff Gordon	6150	34	6	5	14	23
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	6144	34	0	6	16	21
4	Jimmie Johnson	6143	34	1	7	18	21
5	Mark Martin	6089	34	0	1	9	14
6	Tony Stewart	6049	34	0	2	9	18
7	Ryan Newman	6041	34	9	2	11	14
8	Elliott Sadler	5869	34	0	2	8	14
9	Matt Kenseth	5855	34	0	2	8	16
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5836	34	2	1	5	13
11	Jamie McMurray	4286	34	0	0	8	21
12	Dale Jarrett	4071	34	0	0	6	14
13	Kasey Kahne	4070	34	4	0	12	13
14	Kevin Harvick	4027	34	0	0	5	13
15	Bobby Labonte	4007	34	1	0	5	10
16	Jeff Burton	3723	34	0	0	2	6
17	Rusty Wallace	3704	34	0	1	3	10
18	Michael Waltrip	3702	34	0	0	2	9
19	Joe Nemechek	3649	34	2	1	3	8
20	Greg Biffle	3616	34	1	1	3	7
21	Sterling Marlin	3610	34	0	0	3	7
22	Casey Mears	3520	34	2	0	1	9
23	Robby Gordon	3447	34	0	0	2	6
24	Terry Labonte	3370	34	0	0	0	6
25	Ricky Rudd	3362	34	1	0	1	2