2004 Advance Auto Parts 500

Race 8 of 36

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:51:29
Average speed of winner: 68.169 mph
Margin of victory: 0.538 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 105 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-48, Earnhardt, Jr. 49-65, J. Gordon 66-117, Johnson 118-163, Newman 164-179, Johnson 180-192, J. Gordon 193-272, Kahne 273, Earnhardt, Jr. 274-410, Johnson 411-455, Wallace 456-500

Race notes: Last win for Rusty Wallace. Finale for Andy Hillenburg. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took the points lead from Kurt Busch.

Video links: First half, Second half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	92.488	500	1	45	running	170998	185
2	23	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	92.258	500	0	0	running	143198	170
3	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	93.051	500	2	154	running	135103	170
4	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	92.878	500	3	104	running	99975	165
5	3	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	93.239	500	1	16	running	113242	160
6	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	93.502	500	3	180	running	141403	160
7	2	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	93.102	500	0	0	running	80725	146
8	29	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	92.012	500	0	0	running	113728	142
9	18	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	92.461	500	0	0	running	100300	138
10	25	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	92.222	500	0	0	running	99117	134
11	7	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	92.883	500	0	0	running	80100	130
12	9	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	92.837	500	0	0	running	98408	127
13	35	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	91.758	500	0	0	running	78900	124
14	30	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	91.971	500	0	0	running	105753	121
15	39	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	91.170	500	0	0	running	95706	118
16	32	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	91.949	500	0	0	running	88350	115
17	11	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak Easy Share	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	92.678	500	0	0	running	70450	112
18	31	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	91.963	500	0	0	running	76725	109
19	5	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	93.001	500	0	0	running	97403	106
20	14	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	92.556	499	0	0	running	88581	103
21	15	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	92.511	499	1	1	running	91050	105
22	6	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	92.906	499	0	0	running	60425	97
23	28	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	92.079	498	0	0	running	87800	94
24	33	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	91.913	498	0	0	running	82775	91
25	27	Jeff Burton	99	Team Caliber Racing	Ford	Roush	Osborne	92.168	497	0	0	running	93417	88
26	37	Hermie Sadler	02	TheFanZcar	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Cope	91.718	497	0	0	running	56050	85
27	20	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	92.420	496	0	0	running	80035	82
28	13	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	92.588	495	0	0	running	83922	79
29	16	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	92.497	494	0	0	running	76950	76
30	21	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	92.371	493	0	0	running	91012	73
31	22	Johnny Sauter	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	92.299	493	0	0	running	66175	70
32	42	Morgan Shepherd	89	Voyles/Carter Dispos-all	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	91.117	492	0	0	running	55050	67
33	40	Derrike Cope	50	Arnold Development Co.	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	91.306	491	0	0	running	55750	64
34	19	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	92.429	469	0	0	running	65200	61
35	24	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	92.254	445	0	0	running	62650	58
36	10	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	92.714	390	0	0	running	70989	55
37	12	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	92.651	366	0	0	running	54550	52
38	34	Jimmy Spencer	4	Featherlite Custom Trailers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	91.838	272	0	0	engine	54500	49
39	43	Todd Bodine	98	Lucas Oil	Ford	Mach One	Steurer	91.408	151	0	0	brakes	54440	46
40	26	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	92.177	118	0	0	accident	54365	43
41	36	Stanton Barrett	94	W.W. Motorsports	Chevrolet	W.W.	Terry Allen	91.758	65	0	0	brakes	54315	40
42	41	Andy Hillenburg	80	Commercial Truck & Trailer	Ford	Hover	Hover	89.932	4	0	0	accident	54265	37
43	38	Joe Ruttman	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	91.624	2	0	0	brakes	53566	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1167	8	0	2	5	6
2	Kurt Busch	1162	8	0	1	1	5
3	Matt Kenseth	1155	8	0	2	3	6
4	Jimmie Johnson	1088	8	0	1	4	5
5	Elliott Sadler	1069	8	0	1	2	4
6	Tony Stewart	1067	8	0	0	2	4
7	Jeff Gordon	1051	8	1	0	1	6
8	Rusty Wallace	1010	8	0	1	3	5
9	Kasey Kahne	1007	8	2	0	4	4
10	Kevin Harvick	1003	8	0	0	2	3
11	Ryan Newman	994	8	3	0	3	5
12	Bobby Labonte	971	8	1	0	2	3
13	Sterling Marlin	955	8	0	0	2	3
14	Jamie McMurray	939	8	0	0	2	5
15	Jeremy Mayfield	880	8	0	0	1	2
16	Joe Nemechek	858	8	0	0	0	1
17	Dale Jarrett	855	8	0	0	0	3
18	Mark Martin	850	8	0	0	1	2
19	Ward Burton	811	8	0	0	0	1
20	Casey Mears	804	8	0	0	0	2
21	Greg Biffle	803	8	1	0	0	1
22	Scott Wimmer	795	8	0	0	1	1
23	Terry Labonte	772	8	0	0	0	0
24	Brian Vickers	758	8	0	0	0	0
25	Robby Gordon	746	8	0	0	1	1