2004 Golden Corral 500

Race 4 of 36

Atlanta
325 laps
Time of race: 3:09:15
Average speed of winner: 158.679 mph
Margin of victory: 4.584 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 17 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart
Lap leaders: Newman 1-8, J. Gordon 9-46, Stewart 47-58, R. Gordon 59, Stewart 60-144, Biffle 145-146, Stewart 147-172, Mears 173, Stewart 174-177, Mears 178-213, Earnhardt, Jr. 214-216, Newman 217-248, Mayfield 249-265, Earnhardt, Jr. 266-301, Newman 302-304, Mayfield 305-309, Earnhardt, Jr. 310-325

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	191.278	325	3	55	running	180078	185
2	16	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	190.470	325	2	22	running	137750	175
3	12	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	190.811	325	0	0	running	120125	165
4	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	192.380	325	0	0	running	97400	160
5	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	193.575	325	3	43	running	120467	160
6	30	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	188.117	325	0	0	running	120728	150
7	19	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	190.019	325	4	127	running	133778	156
8	13	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	190.594	325	1	2	running	74000	147
9	6	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS/Arnold Palmer Tribute	Ford	Yates	Ford	191.331	325	0	0	running	96217	138
10	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	192.366	325	1	38	running	114228	139
11	14	Dave Blaney	23	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	Bill Davis		190.502	325	0	0	running	64275	130
12	20	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	189.902	325	0	0	running	78950	127
13	21	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	189.850	324	0	0	running	63775	124
14	28	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	188.603	324	0	0	running	70550	121
15	26	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	189.467	324	0	0	running	86750	118
16	31	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	188.085	323	0	0	running	94800	115
17	23	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	189.707	323	1	1	running	92987	117
18	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	191.159	323	0	0	running	102673	109
19	18	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	190.065	322	0	0	running	83615	106
20	32	Jeff Burton	99	SKF	Ford	Roush	Osborne	187.913	322	0	0	running	96182	103
21	2	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC Financial Services	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	192.634	322	0	0	running	69315	100
22	29	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	188.430	322	0	0	running	81310	97
23	15	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	190.470	321	0	0	running	93591	94
24	36	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	186.988	321	0	0	running	86560	91
25	17	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	190.156	321	0	0	running	85072	88
26	24	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	189.675	321	0	0	running	59235	85
27	37	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	186.912	321	0	0	running	77420	82
28	27	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	188.758	321	0	0	running	67059	79
29	5	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	191.344	320	0	0	running	87293	76
30	39	Johnny Sauter	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	186.171	320	0	0	running	66335	73
31	33	Ricky Rudd	21	U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	187.805	320	0	0	running	81316	70
32	8	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	191.232	318	0	0	running	90963	67
33	25	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak Easy Share	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	189.642	314	0	0	running	63120	64
34	9	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	191.212	302	2	37	engine	56000	66
35	11	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	190.942	291	0	0	running	88873	58
36	35	Kevin Lepage	4	Morgan-McClure	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	187.519	287	0	0	running	55005	55
37	22	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	189.733	245	0	0	engine	62970	52
38	34	Derrike Cope	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	187.786	186	0	0	engine	54935	49
39	41	Andy Belmont	02	Intell Transportation	Pontiac	Hermie Sadler	Cope	172.630	80	0	0	rear end	54890	46
40	42	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Tucson	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	178.413	60	0	0	handling	54840	43
41	38	Todd Bodine	98	Lucas Oil	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	186.322	16	0	0	engine	54800	0
42	43	Andy Hillenburg	80	Commercial Truck & Trailer	Ford	Hover	Hover	174.642	15	0	0	engine	54760	37
43	40	Joe Ruttman	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	185.822	6	0	0	vibration	54071	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	673	4	0	2	2	4
2	Tony Stewart	591	4	0	0	2	3
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	583	4	0	2	3	3
4	Kasey Kahne	550	4	1	0	3	3
5	Jeff Gordon	543	4	0	0	0	3
6	Kurt Busch	527	4	0	0	0	2
7	Jeremy Mayfield	514	4	0	0	1	1
8	Elliott Sadler	481	4	0	0	0	2
9	Jimmie Johnson	480	4	0	0	2	2
10	Bobby Labonte	469	4	0	0	0	1
11	Ryan Newman	467	4	2	0	1	2
12	Kevin Harvick	466	4	0	0	1	1
13	Joe Nemechek	465	4	0	0	0	1
14	Ward Burton	459	4	0	0	0	1
15	Dale Jarrett	445	4	0	0	0	2
16	Jamie McMurray	437	4	0	0	2	2
17	Mark Martin	437	4	0	0	1	1
18	Sterling Marlin	436	4	0	0	1	1
19	Casey Mears	433	4	0	0	0	1
20	Terry Labonte	423	4	0	0	0	0
21	Scott Wimmer	416	4	0	0	1	1
22	Rusty Wallace	414	4	0	0	0	2
23	Greg Biffle	411	4	1	0	0	1
24	Johnny Sauter	370	4	0	0	0	0
25	Brendan Gaughan	370	4	0	0	0	0