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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE NO. 6 .533-Mile High-Banked Concrete Oval 500 L – 266.5 M Purse: $5,293,316 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 13 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 500 190 * 10 $173,965 Running 2 4 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 500 175 * 5 141,878 Running 3 14 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 500 165 131,978 Running 4 17 40 5 23 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 500 155 136,098 Running 6 19 49 Ken
Schrader Schwan’s
Home Service Dodge 500 150 77,945 Running 7 1 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 500 151 * 5 124,862 Running 8 6 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 500 142 87,095 Running 9 2 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 500 138 120,168 Running 10 8 15 Michael Waltrip 11 18 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 135 * 5 118,748 Running 12 3 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Jackson Hewitt
Ford 500 132 * 5 84,890 Running 13 20 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 500 124 102,440 Running 14 9 38 Elliott Sadler Pedigree/M&M’s Ford 500 121 103,273 Running 15 10 30 # Johnny
Sauter 16 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 500 120 * 5 90,215 Running 17 16 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 112 96,565 Running 18 33 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 500 109 100,065 Running 19 32 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 500 111 * 5 104,792 Running 20 7 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Punisher
Dodge 500 103 81,900 Running 21 30 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 500 100 104,557 Running 22 25 32 Ricky Craven Tide Chevrolet 499 97 93,390 Running 23 21 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 499 94 81,045 Running 24 12 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 498 96 * 5 115,518 Running 25 36 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 498 88 82,570 Running 26 37 50 Derrike
Cope Arnold Development Co.
Dodge 497 85 68,440 Running 27 26 01 Joe Nemechek 28 39 0 Ward Burton NetZero Hi-Speed Chevrolet 496 79 71,150 Running 29 29 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 496 76 94,285 Running 30 35 4 Kevin Lepage 31 42 02 Hermie
Sadler 32 38 94 33 27 18 Bobby Labonte Wellbutrin
XL (bupropion HCl) Chevrolet 428 64 112,808 Running 34 28 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Harlem
Globetrotters Chevrolet 404 61 91,922 Accident 35 22 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 377 58 74,690 Running 36 24 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 331 55 66,645 Running 37 15 21 Ricky Rudd Rent-A-Center/Motorcraft
Ford 166 52 92,666 Accident 38 31 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 138 49 99,977 Too Slow 39 34 98 Geoffrey Bodine Lucas Oil Ford 59 46 66,505 Brakes 40 5 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 57 43 96,315 Accident 41 41 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Freddie B’s Ford 7 40 66,390 Handling 42 40 09 Joe Ruttman Miccosukee
Resort Dodge 4 37 66,335 Rear End 43 43 80 Andy Hillenburg Commercial Truck & Trailer Ford 4 34 65,656 Brakes # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (1) #89 Morgan
Shepherd. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 160,000, Kurt
Busch won the Food City 500 – his ninth career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory and
his third straight at TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 13 minutes, 34 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 82.607 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .428 second BUD
POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (128.313 mph, 14.954
secs.) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Sharpie
Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Sharpie Ford MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Sterling
Marlin, Coors Light Dodge (No winner of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to $20,000 at MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller Lite
Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $40,000
at Texas Motor Speedway. RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Scott Wimmer,
Caterpillar Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Kurt Busch, Sharpie Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Sharpie Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kurt Busch, Sharpie Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions
for 85 laps. 59-65 (Car #9 & 42-Accident, Turn 1); 68-73
(Debris on Track); 102-110 (Car #29, 99 & 18-Accident, Turn 3); 169-178 (Car
#41 & 21-Accident, Backstretch); 202-209 (Car #31-Spin, Turn 2); 381-394 (Car
#4-Spin, Turn 4); 408-413 (Car #43 & 10-Accident, Backstretch); 432-437 (Car
#8-Spin Turn 2); 464-472 (Car #94-Accident, Turn 2); 483-487 (Car #77-Spin, Frontstretch); 494-498 (Car #88-Accident, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 13 lead changes among 10 drivers. Ryan Newman 1-25, Rusty
Wallace 26-81, Tony Stewart 82-106, Greg Biffle 107-149,
R. Wallace 150-172, Biffle 173-187, R. Wallace
188-203, Robby Gordon 204, Sterling Marlin 205-276, R. Wallace 277-281, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. 282-372, TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 898 (2) 2 –Kurt Busch 877 (1) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 857 (2) 4 –Tony Stewart 804 (0) 5 –Ryan Newman 788 (0) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 785 (1) 7 –Kevin Harvick 773 (0) 8 –Jeremy Mayfield 764 (0) 9 –Elliott Sadler 757 (0) 10–Sterling Marlin 727 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 82 Scott Wimmer 63 Johnny Sauter 52 Brian Vickers 50 Brendan Gaughan 49 Scott Riggs 44 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 39 3 Ford 39 3 Dodge 36 0 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 3 Kasey Kahne 2 Greg Biffle 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) 194 Tony Stewart (#20) 184 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 183 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF.
AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 3 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 2 Robby Gordon (#31) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
AWARD Car #
Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jimmie Kurt Busch (#97) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Sterling Marlin (#40) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Roush/Yates (#17) 47 Mark McArdle (# 9) 34 Mark Cronquist (#20) 32 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/29/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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