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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 9 Aaron’s 499 2.66-Mile High-Banked Paved Tri-Oval 500 M – 188 L Purse: $5,711,245 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet 188 185 * 5 $320,258 Running 2 3 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 188 180 * 10 241,433 Running 3 14 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 188 170 * 5 185,808 Running 4 8 48 Jimmie
5 21 31 Robby
Gordon Cingular
Wireless Chevrolet 188 160 * 5 139,927 Running 6 6 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 188 155 * 5 108,380 Running 7 25 99 Jeff
Burton Round Up Ford 188 146 126,572 Running 8 16 41 Casey
Mears Target Dodge 188 147 * 5 108,205 Running 9 33 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 188 143 * 5 115,705 Running 10 19 18 Bobby Labonte Wellbutrin
XL Chevrolet 188 139 * 5 126,313 Running 11 17 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 188 135 * 5 123,592 Running 12 2 15 Michael Waltrip 13 20 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak
Easy Share Dodge 188 124 89,015 Running 14 29 30 # 15 18 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 188 123 * 5 $86,480 Running 16 7 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 188 120 * 5 106,957 Running 17 1 21 18 30 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 188 114 * 5 96,885 Running 19 15 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 188 106 95,845 Running 20 23 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan McClure Motorsports
Chevrolet 188 108 * 5 87,335 Running 21 38 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 188 100 90,095 Running 22 37 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 188 102 * 5 114,353 Running 23 40 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 188 94 70,265 Running 24 28 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 188 91 77,949 Running 25 13 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 188 93 * 5 96,930 Running 26 35 04 Eric McClure 77 Sports.com/I Can Learn Chevrolet 188 90 * 5 65,175 Running 27 39 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 188 87 * 5 75,620 Running 28 12 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 185 84 * 5 102,903 Running 29 34 09 30 26 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 150 73 97,080 Running 31 9 40 32 4 01 Joe Nemechek 33 32 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 144 64 107,108 Running 34 5 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 144 61 89,322 Running 35 36 33 Kerry Earnhardt Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 114 58 63,005 Accident 36 22 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie Ford 82 60 * 5 82,875 Accident 37 27 00 Kenny Wallace Aaron’s Sales & Lease Chevrolet 82 52 62,700 Accident 38 41 50 Derrike
Cope Arnold Development Co.
Dodge 82 49 62,350 Accident 39 42 23 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Dodge 81 46 62,150 Accident 40 10 0 Ward Burton NetZero Hi-Speed Chevrolet 66 43 61,900 Engine 41 43 89 Morgan Shepherd Carter Dispos-all
Dodge 65 40 61,705 Transmission 42 31 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 59 37 112,298 Engine 43 24 32 # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) #14 Larry Foyt, #98 Todd Bodine, #72 Kirk Shelmerdine. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 155,000, Jeff
Gordon won the Aaron’s 499, posting his 65th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory.
Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped from
their original starting positions to the rear of the field for the reasons
indicated: #38 Elliott Sadler (engine change) and #04 Eric McClure (driver choice). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 51 minutes, 53 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 129.396 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under caution BUD
POLE AWARD: EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet GILLETTE
MACH 3 TURBO AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jamie
McMurray, Texaco/Havoline Dodge MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Jamie
McMurray, Texaco/Havoline Dodge (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $35,000 at MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $70,000
at California Speedway. RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Brendan Gaughan,
Kodak Easy Share Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon,
DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jamie McMurray,
Texaco/Havoline Dodge WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Budweiser Chevrolet CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 55 laps. 4-6 (Oil on
track); 22-26 (Car #17 & 9-Spin, Frontstretch);
35-39 (Debris in Frontstretch); 68-73 (Oil on track);
84-88 (Car #00, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 19, 23 & 50-Accident, Turn 4); 94-99
(Debris in Turn 4); 115-120 (Car #33-Accident, Backstretch); 147-153 (Debris in
Backstretch); 167-171 (Debris in Turn 4); 177-179 (Car #20-Spin, Turn 4);
185-188 (Car #25-Accident, Turn 4). LAP
LEADERS: 54 lead changes among 23 drivers. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1347 (2) 2 –Jimmie 3 –Jeff Gordon 1236 (1) 4 –Kurt Busch 1222 (1) 5 –Matt Kenseth 1192 (2) 6 –Kevin Harvick 1173 (0) 7 –Tony Stewart 1169 (0) 8 –Elliott Sadler 1153 (1) 9 –Ryan Newman 1129 (0) 10–Bobby Labonte 1110 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 118 Scott Wimmer 86 Brian Vickers 79 Brendan Gaughan 76 Scott Riggs 67 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 58 4 Chevrolet 58 4 Dodge 55 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 3 Kasey Kahne 2 Greg Biffle 1 Jeff
Gordon 1 Bobby Labonte 1 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 88 Jeff Gordon (#24) 31 Robby Gordon (#31) 25 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 312 Elliott Sadler (#38) 302 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 302 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF.
AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
AWARD Car #
Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Jamie McMurray (#42) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Roush/Yates (#17) 55 Mark McArdle (# 9) 54 Richie Gilmore (#
8) 52 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jamie McMurray (#42) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/26/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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