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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 23 GFS Marketplace 400 2-Mile Banked Paved Oval 400 M - 200 L Purse: $4,926,541 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 24 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/The Flash Ford 200 190 * 10 $190,180 Running 2 13 6 Mark
Martin Viagra/Batman Ford 200 175 * 5 115,680 Running 3 14 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 200 165 123,727 Running 4 15 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 200 165 * 5 93,695 Running 5 11 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 200 160 * 5 110,455 Running 6 7 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie/Superman
Ford 200 155 * 5 89,540 Running 7 2 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 200 151 * 5 119,968 Running 8 5 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 200 142 117,343 Running 9 4 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot/USA
Olympics Chevrolet 200 138 112,493 Running 10 23 99 Carl Edwards Green Lantern Ford 200 134 105,332 Running 11 10 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 200 130 94,480 Running 12 28 30 Jeff Burton 13 25 01 Joe Nemechek 14 12 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL/Justice League Dodge 200 121 109,507 Running 15 20 40 16 8 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 200 115 101,093 Running 17 17 15 Michael Waltrip 18 26 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 199 114 * 5 85,565 Running 19 31 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 199 111 * 5 89,352 Running 20 16 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 199 103 76,215 Running 21 3 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 199 100 107,393 Running 22 22 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 199 97 71,215 Running 23 34 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 199 94 89,140 Running 24 27 21 25 19 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 199 88 95,827 Running 26 9 18 Bobby Labonte Wellbutrin
XL Chevrolet 199 85 104,098 Running 27 21 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s/Delphi Chevrolet 199 87 * 5 88,575 Running 28 33 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 199 79 61,175 Running 29 32 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 199 76 66,879 Running 30 29 0 Ward Burton NetZero Chevrolet 196 73 58,915 Running 31 38 4 Jimmy Spencer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 195 75 * 5 58,290 Running 32 6 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 179 72 * 5 97,048 Running 33 30 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 157 69 * 5 66,140 Engine 34 40 89 Morgan Shepherd Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge 113 61 58,960 Handling 35 35 32 36 18 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 109 55 101,673 Engine 37 37 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Freddie B’s Ford 109 52 57,790 Ignition 38 41 09 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Miccosukee Resort
Dodge 105 49 57,690 Engine 39 43 80 Carl Long Commercial Truck & Trailer Ford 98 46 57,645 Rear End 40 1 48 Jimmie 41 39 98 Derrike
Cope 42 42 02 Hermie
Sadler Zapf Creation Chevrolet 27 37 57,510 Engine 43 36 50 Todd Bodine Arnold Development Co. Dodge 11 34 56,822 Overheating # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Report does not reflect $20,000
McDonald’s/PowerAde Drive-Thru Pit Championship Award, results compiled
mid-week. Failed to qualify: (8) #51 Kevin Lepage, #33 Kerry Earnhardt, #84 Kyle Busch, #00 Kenny
Wallace, #11 J.J. Yeley, #35 Mike Wallace, #79 Stan
Boyd, #37 Stanton Barrett. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 160,000, Greg Biffle won the GFS Marketplace 400, posting 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: #5 Terry Labonte
(engine change); #45 Kyle Petty (engine change) and #12 Ryan Newman (pre-green
pit stop). TIME
OF RACE: 2 hours, 52 minutes, 35 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.063 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 8.216 seconds BUD
POLE AWARD: None, qualifying was rained out. EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard/The Flash Ford GILLETTE
MACH 3 TURBO AWARD:
Greg Biffle, National Guard/The Flash Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard/The
Flash Ford (Also,
received $5,000 MBNA Bonus for winning race.) MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton, NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $40,000
at Bristol Motor Speedway. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Greg Biffle, National Guard/The Flash Ford RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle,
National
Guard/The Flash Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard/The Flash Ford WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard/The
Flash Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 33 laps. 4-6 (Car #9-Spin, Turn
2); 30-34 (Fluid on Backstretch); 46-49 (Debris in Turn 4); 52-54 (Debris on
Track); 58-60 (Debris on Frontstretch); 72-74 (Car #80-Spin,
Turn 2); 92-94 (Car #22-Spin, Backstretch); 99-101 (Car #97-Spin, Turn 2);
130-135 (Debris on Track). LAP LEADERS: 25 lead changes among 13 drivers. Jimmie TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 3254 (5) 2 –Jimmie 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3115 (3) 4 –Tony Stewart 3089 (2) 5 –Matt Kenseth 3018 (2) 6 –Kurt Busch 2909 (2) 7 –Elliott Sadler 2864 (1) 8 –Kevin Harvick 2832 (0) 9 –Bobby Labonte 2799 (0) 10–Kasey
Kahne 2792 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 264 Scott Wimmer 189 Brian Vickers 188 Brendan Gaughan 170 Scott Riggs 167 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff
Gordon 5 Kasey Kahne 4 Ryan
Newman 4 Casey
Mears 2 6
drivers tied with one pole.
McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 800 Elliott Sadler (#38) 794 Tony Stewart (#20) 774 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 168 14 Ford 145 7 Dodge 124 2 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jimmie WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 122 Kurt Busch (#97) 62 Dale Jarrett (#88) 60 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF.
AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 9 Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Kurt Busch (#97) 2 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Jeff Gordon (#24) 11 Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 160 Mark Cronquist (#20) 143 Hendrick (#48) 108 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (8/25/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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