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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 21 Brickyard 400 2.5-Mile Semi-Banked Paved Oval 400 M - 160 L Purse: $8,865,458 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 11 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 161 190 * 10 $518,053 Running 2 17 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 161 170 323,367 Running 3 3 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 161 170 * 5 309,158 Running 4 12 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 161 160 263,325 Running 5 24 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 161 155 247,278 Running 6 35 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 161 150 188,175 Running 7 8 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 161 146 179,025 Running 8 32 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 161 142 205,178 Running 9 18 91 Bill
Elliott Visteon Dodge 161 138 156,300 Running 10 15 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie Ford 161 134 172,900 Running 11 13 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 161 130 174,050 Running 12 19 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 161 127 177,342 Running 13 29 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 161 124 178,658 Running 14 14 43 Jeff Green General Mills/Boxtops
for Education Dodge 161 121 164,075 Running 15 39 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 161 118 180,333 Running 16 23 17 Matt Kenseth Smirnoff Ice/DeWalt
Ford 161 115 192,603 Running 17 4 01 Joe Nemechek 18 31 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 161 114 * 5 133,900 Running 19 33 4 Jimmy Spencer Featherlite Trailers Chevrolet 161 111 * 5 132,800 Running 20 28 15 Michael Waltrip 21 38 30 Dave Blaney 22 20 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 161 97 160,992 Running 23 26 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 161 94 141,180 Running 24 37 32 25 16 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 161 88 134,380 Running 26 1 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 161 90 * 5 139,539 Running 27 5 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 161 82 169,078 Running 28 40 21 29 6 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 158 76 136,000 Accident 30 36 23 Tony Raines Bill Davis Racing Dodge 155 73 121,730 Accident 31 7 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 154 70 165,092 Accident 32 34 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 148 67 125,730 Accident 33 10 40 34 22 00 Kenny Wallace Aaron’s Chevrolet 99 61 117,180 Engine 35 30 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Jasper
Eng. & Trans./Kodak Dodge 95 58 124,925 Accident 36 9 48 Jimmie 37 27 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 72 52 141,927 Accident 38 21 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s/Delphi Chevrolet 72 49 143,360 Accident 39 2 0 Ward Burton NetZero Hi-Speed Chevrolet 72 46 120,005 Accident 40 43 98 Derrike
Cope 41 41 50 Todd Bodine Arnold Development Co. Dodge 16 40 116,320 Vibration 42 42 09 Scott Pruett Miccosukee Resorts Dodge 9 37 116,215 Engine 43 25 60 Jason Leffler Haas Automation Chevrolet 3 34 116,359 Accident # 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: (7) #51 Kevin Lepage;
#02 Hermie Sadler; #89 Morgan Shepherd; #13 Greg
Sacks; #37 Andy Hillenburg; #34 Geoffrey Bodine; #72 Kirk Shelmerdine. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 250,000, Jeff
Gordon won the Brickyard 400, posting his 69th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory
and a record-setting fourth Brickyard 400 victory. Prior to the green flag, the
following driver, under penalty, dropped from his original starting position to
the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #18 Bobby Labonte
(engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 56 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 115.037 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under caution BUD
POLE AWARD: Casey Mears, Target Dodge (186.293 mph, 48.311
secs.) Track Record EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet GILLETTE
MACH 3 TURBO AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont
Chevrolet (Also,
received $15,000 MBNA Bonus for winning race.) MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick, GM Goodwrench Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $20,000
at Watkins Glen International. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Jeff
Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont
Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet CAUTION FLAGS: 13 cautions for 47 laps. 5-8 (Car #60-Accident,
Turn 3); 24-26 (Car #20-Spin, Backstretch); 31-32 (Car #48 Spin Turn 3); 44-48
(Debris); 69-72 (Debris on Backstretch); 74-78 (Car #0, 2, 5, 10, 21, 22, 45
& 99 Accident, Frontstretch); 89-92 (Oil on Track);
97-101 (#77-Accident, Turn 2); 125-128 (Debris); 144-146 (Debris); 150-152 (Car
#22 Accident, Turn 3); 156-159 (Car #12, 25 & 5-Accident, Turn 2); 161 (Car
#21 & 8-Accident, Backstretch). LAP LEADERS: 9 lead changes among 6 drivers. Casey Mears 1-2, Elliott
Sadler 3-26, Jeff Gordon 27-46, Derrike Cope 47, J.
Gordon 48-69, Jimmy Spencer 70, Sadler 71-78, J. Gordon 79-125, Ken Schrader
126, J. Gordon 127-161. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie 2 –Jeff Gordon 2998 (5) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2855 (3) 4 –Tony Stewart 2761 (1) 5 –Matt Kenseth 2738 (2) 6 –Elliott Sadler 2674 (1) 7 –Kurt Busch 2615 (2) 8 –Bobby Labonte 2584 (0) 9 –Kevin Harvick 2562 (0) 10–Ryan Newman 2542 (1) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 250 Brian Vickers 185 Scott Wimmer 183 Brendan Gaughan 168 Scott Riggs 161 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38) 724 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 721 Tony Stewart (#20) 691 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff
Gordon 5 Kasey Kahne 4 Ryan
Newman 4 Casey
Mears 2 6
drivers tied with one pole. MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 155 13 Ford 130 6 Dodge 114 2 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 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 Michael Waltrip (#15) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Kurt Busch (#97) 2 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 11 Tony Stewart (#20) 9 Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 145 Mark Cronquist (#20) 116 Hendrick (#48) 98 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Joe Nemechek (#01) 2 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (8/9/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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