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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 17 Pepsi 400 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL 2.5-Mile High-Banked Paved Tri-Oval 400 M - 160 L Purse: $5,854,363 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet 160 190 * 10 $346,703 Running 2 19 48 Jimmie
3 5 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 160 170 * 5 196,528 Running 4 35 97 Kurt
Busch Coca-Cola
C2/Sharpie Ford 160 160 142,625 Running 5 17 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot/Coca-Cola
C2 Chevrolet 160 160 * 5 149,628 Running 6 21 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 160 150 108,375 Running 7 15 18 Bobby
Labonte Wellbutrin XL™ Chevrolet 160 146 135,658 Running 8 10 5 Terry
Labonte Cheez-It/Spider-Man 2 Chevrolet 160 142 119,500 Running 9 14 25 # Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 160 138 99,050 Running 10 6 01 Joe Nemechek 11 24 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 160 135 * 5 101,575 Running 12 13 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 160 132 * 5 126,742 Running 13 2 15 Michael Waltrip 14 11 29 Kevin Harvick Coca-Cola C2/GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 160 121 118,303 Running 15 23 30 Dave Blaney AOL Broadband Chevrolet 160 123 * 5 90,775 Running 16 4 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 160 115 111,817 Running 17 3 21 18 34 98 Bill Elliott Coca-Cola C2 Dodge 160 109 75,425 Running 19 25 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 160 106 109,862 Running 20 22 40 21 7 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 160 100 101,987 Running 22 16 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 160 97 97,075 Running 23 26 99 Jeff Burton Coca-Cola C2 Ford 160 94 109,642 Running 24 33 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 160 91 85,075 Running 25 31 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 160 93 * 5 103,700 Running 26 39 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 160 85 109,208 Running 27 27 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 160 82 113,158 Running 28 20 33 Kerry Earnhardt Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Chevrolet 160 79 68,700 Running 29 40 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 159 76 71,575 Running 30 30 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 159 73 98,050 Running 31 9 16 Greg Biffle Coca-Cola C2/National Guard
Ford 159 70 79,125 Running 32 37 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 159 67 86,889 Running 33 43 89 Morgan Shepherd Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge 157 69 * 5 68,800 Running 34 42 98 Larry Gunselman Lucas Oil Ford 156 61 67,750 Running 35 29 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 151 58 67,615 Running 36 12 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 136 55 75,450 Running 37 32 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 126 52 75,300 Oil Leak 38 38 32 39 36 17 Matt Kenseth Smirnoff Ice/DeWalt
Ford 110 46 117,803 Accident 40 8 0 Ward Burton NetZero Hi-Speed Chevrolet 84 43 66,875 Running 41 41 50 Mike Wallace SportClips Dodge 77 45 * 5 66,750 Suspension 42 28 09 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Miccosukee
Resorts Dodge 71 37 66,640 Accident 43 18 1 # 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: (6) #37 Chad Blount,
#23 Tony Raines, #94 Derrike Cope, #04 Eric McClure, #00
Kenny Wallace, #72 Kirk Shelmerdine. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 175,000, Jeff
Gordon won the Pepsi 400, posting his 68th 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: #0 Ward TIME
OF RACE: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 23 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 145.117 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .143 second BUD
POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet (188.659 mph, 47.705 secs.) 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: Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet (Also collects $10,000 MBNA Bonus for winning the race.) 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 Chicagoland Speedway. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Jeff
Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Brian Vickers, GMAC Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Kurt Busch, Coca-Cola C2/Sharpie
Ford WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet CAUTION FLAGS: 5 cautions for 25 laps. 1-9 (Competition Caution); 19-22 (Car
#0, 17, 32 & 49-Accident, Turn 2); 46-49 (Car #1-Accident, Turn 4); 72-76 (Debris
on Track); 78-80 (Car #50 & 77-Accident, Turn 4). LAP LEADERS: 21 lead changes among 10 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-9, Michael Waltrip 10-19, Kasey Kahne 20, Waltrip 21-45, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 46, Ryan Newman 47, Waltrip 48-54, Earnhardt 55-72, Mike Wallace 73, Morgan
Shepherd 74, J. Gordon 75-85, Waltrip 86-98, J.
Gordon 99-107, Waltrip 108-109, Earnhardt 110-112, J.
Gordon 113-137, Earnhardt 138, Casey
Mears 139, Dave Blaney 140, Newman 141, Tony Stewart
142-153, J. Gordon 154-160. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie 2 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2518 (3) 3 –Jeff Gordon 2313 (4) 4 –Tony Stewart 2203 (0) 5 –Matt Kenseth 2189 (2) 6 –Bobby Labonte 2164 (0) 7 –Kurt Busch 2153 (1) 8 –Elliott Sadler 2152 (1) 9 –Ryan Newman 2112 (1) 10–Kevin Harvick 2095 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 213 Brian Vickers 170 Scott Wimmer 163 Brendan Gaughan 152 Scott Riggs 145 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 602 Elliott Sadler (#38) 590 Kurt Busch (#97) 553 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff
Gordon 4 Kasey Kahne 4 Ryan
Newman 3 6
drivers tied with one pole. MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 122 10 Ford 103 5 Dodge 98 2 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jimmie WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 108 Jimmie Bobby Labonte (#18) 46 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF.
AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 9 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 Ryan Newman (#12) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 6 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Richie Gilmore (#
8) 90 Hendrick (#24) 79 Mark Cronquist (#20) 74 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 2 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (7/6/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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