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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE NO. 7 Samsung/RadioShack
500 1.5-Mile High-Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 334 L Purse: $6,812,841 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 19 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 334 185 * 5 $507,733 Running 2 3 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 334 180 * 10 335,550 Running 3 9 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 334 170 * 5 253,178 Running 4 7 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 334 165 * 5 227,653 Running 5 10 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 334 160 * 5 174,883 Running 6 12 97 Kurt
Busch IRWIN Industrial
Tools Ford 334 155 * 5 147,050 Running 7 6 41 Casey
Mears 8 17 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 334 142 156,453 Running 9 8 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 334 138 126,475 Running 10 26 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 334 134 114,150 Running 11 20 23 Dave Blaney Batesville 12 13 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 333 127 107,950 Running 13 22 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench/Icebreakers
Chevrolet 333 124 135,153 Running 14 5 01 Joe Nemechek 15 24 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 332 118 121,712 Running 16 25 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 332 115 145,103 Running 17 28 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 332 112 100,425 Running 18 11 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 332 109 121,842 Running 19 39 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 332 106 89,425 Running 20 41 15 Michael Waltrip 21 38 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 332 105 * 5 87,375 Running 22 29 21 Ricky Rudd Keep It Genuine Ford 332 97 110,981 Running 23 18 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 331 94 119,537 Running 24 37 30 # Johnny
Sauter 25 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 330 93 * 5 139,908 Running 26 14 40 27 23 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 330 82 110,842 Running 28 40 32 Ricky Craven Tide Chevrolet 330 79 83,925 Running 29 42 4 Jimmy Spencer Featherlight Luxury Coaches
Chevrolet 328 76 74,825 Running 30 35 14 Larry Foyt Smith ChryslerDodge/FtWorth
HD Dodge 327 73 74,175 Running 31 4 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 318 70 79,775 Engine 32 27 0 Ward Burton NetZero Hi-Speed Chevrolet 304 67 70,675 Running 33 32 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 294 64 78,500 Accident 34 21 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 293 61 76,475 Accident 35 33 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 290 58 93,625 Engine 36 2 91 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 273 60 * 5 72,350 Accident 37 31 50 Derrike
Cope Arnold Development Co.
Dodge 232 52 65,125 Drive Shaft 38 16 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak
Easy Share Dodge 230 49 72,000 Engine 39 15 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 194 46 110,742 Accident 40 34 09 Johnny Benson Miccosukee Resorts Dodge 151 43 63,750 Rear End 41 30 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s/Delphi Chevrolet 119 40 90,385 Engine 42 43 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Freddie B’s Ford 8 37 63,525 Handling 43 36 98 Todd Bodine Lucas Oil Ford 5 34 63,634 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) #84 Kyle Busch, #89 Morgan Shepherd, #80 Andy Hillenburg, #02 Andy
Belmont. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 216,000,
Elliott Sadler won the Samsung/RadioShack 500 - his
second 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: #19 J. Mayfield (engine change); #22
TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 36 minutes, 30 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 138.845 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .028 second BUD
POLE AWARD: Bobby Labonte,
Interstate Batteries Chevrolet (193.903 mph, 27.849 secs.) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Elliott Sadler,
M&M’s Ford GILLETTE
MACH 3 TURBO AWARD:
Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Bill Elliott,
Evernham Motorsports Dodge MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
(No winner of
MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to $25,000 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 $50,000
at Martinsville Speedway. RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Elliott
Sadler, M&M’s Dodge WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Elliott Sadler,
M&M’s Ford WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions
for 45 laps. 19-23 (Debris on backstretch); 119-124 (Debris in Turn 4); 197-204
(Car #12-Accident, Turn 4); 267-272 (Car #0-Spin, Backstretch); 277-283 (Car #91-Accident,
Turn 3); 285-291 (Car #22, 19 & 25-Accident, Frontstretch);
296-301 (Oil on track). LAP LEADERS: 24 lead changes among 12 drivers. Bobby Labonte-pole,
Bill Elliott 1-19, Joe Nemechek 20, Kyle Petty 21, Rusty
Wallace 22-23, Sterling Marlin 24-37, Elliott 38-44, Marlin 45-48, Kasey Kahne 49-81, Elliott Sadler 82, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
83-84, Johnny Sauter
85, Kahne
86-120, Kurt Busch 121, Kahne 122-124, Sadler 125-144, Kahne 145-181, Jeff Gordon 182, Earnhardt 183-184, Kahne 185-199, B. Labonte
200-204, Nemechek 205-236, Kahne 237-261, J. Gordon 262-307, Sadler 308-334. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Kurt Busch 1032 (1) 2 –Matt Kenseth 1013 (2) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 997 (2) 4 –Tony Stewart 946 (0) 5 –Elliott Sadler 942 (1) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 923 (1) 7 –Kasey Kahne 902 (0) 8 –Kevin Harvick 897 (0) 9 –Jeff Gordon 891 (0) 10–Ryan Newman 834 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 102 Scott Wimmer 70 Brian Vickers 60 Johnny Sauter 60 Brendan Gaughan 55 Scott Riggs 53 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 48 4 Chevrolet 43 3 Dodge 42 0 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 3 Kasey Kahne 2 Greg Biffle 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 Elliott Sadler (#38) 38 Jeff Gordon (#24) 31 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 236 Elliott Sadler (#38) 220 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 219 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF.
AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 2 Robby Gordon (#31) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
AWARD Car #
Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 Kurt Busch (#97) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark McArdle (# 9) 54 Roush/Yates (#17) 47 Mark Cronquist (#20) 40 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Bill Elliott (#91) 1 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/5/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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