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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE NO. 3 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 1.5-Mile Banked Paved Oval 400.5 M – 267 L Purse: $6,011,590 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 25 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 267 190 * 10 $458,828 Running 2 1 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 175 * 5 260,775 Running 3 19 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 267 170 * 5 219,603 Running 4 4 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 267 160 150,925 Running 5 27 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 267 155 127,875 Running 6 11 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 267 150 131,808 Running 7 13 41 Casey
Mears Target Dodge 267 146 117,050 Running 8 7 18 Bobby
Labonte Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 267 142 136,583 Running 9 2 97 Kurt
Busch IRWIN Industrial
Tools Ford 267 143 * 5 108,500 Running 10 21 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 267 134 129,108 Running 11 29 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 267 130 120,492 Running 12 32 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 267 127 101,275 Running 13 28 99 Jeff Burton Pennzoil Ford 267 129 * 5 119,417 Running 14 6 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 121 104,950 Running 15 20 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 267 118 128,128 Running 16 12 48 Jimmie 17 37 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 267 112 107,600 Running 18 23 40 19 38 01 Joe Nemechek USG Sheetrock Chevrolet 266 106 97,150 Running 20 10 91 Bill Elliott UAW/DaimlerChrysler/NTC Dodge 266 103 76,200 Running 21 16 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 266 105 * 5 112,328 Running 22 8 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak
Easy Share Dodge 266 97 83,450 Running 23 3 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Financial
Services Chevrolet 266 94 83,275 Running 24 30 30 # 25 17 32 26 34 0 Ward Burton NetZero Hi-Speed Chevrolet 265 85 70,750 Running 27 5 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 265 82 114,117 Running 28 33 21 29 15 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 264 81 * 5 91,237 Running 30 22 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 264 73 101,487 Running 31 36 09 32 31 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 263 67 65,400 Running 33 40 50 Derrike
Cope redneckjunk.com Dodge 262 64 66,125 Running 34 24 43 Jeff Green Lucky Charms Dodge 200 61 91,250 Accident 35 26 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 196 58 111,978 Handling 36 35 4 Kevin Lepage YOKE TV.com Chevrolet 182 55 64,600 Engine 37 14 15 Michael Waltrip 38 41 02 Carl Long RacingJunk.com 39 39 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 37 46 71,975 Engine 40 9 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 23 43 71,750 Engine 41 18 84 Kyle Busch CarQuest Chevrolet 11 40 63,555 Accident 42 43 89 Morgan Shepherd Voyles/Carter’s Royal Disposal Dodge 9 37 63,375 Overheating 43 42 72 Kirk Shelmerdine TUCSON/Freddie B’s Ford 8 34 63,413 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (1) #98 Larry Gunselman. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 148,000, Matt Kenseth won the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, posting his ninth
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory and his second consecutive at TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 6 minutes, 35 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 128.790 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.426 seconds BUD
POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge (174.904 mph, 30.874 secs.) TRACK RECORD EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford
(Also collects $5,000 MBNA Bonus for winning the race.) MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller Lite
Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford
($30,000) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Matt Kenseth, DeWalt
Power Tools Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 6 cautions for 37 laps. 40-45 (Oil on Track); 88-92 (Car #12-Accident, Turn 4);
138-142 (Car #43-Accident, Turn 2); 166-172 (Car #15-Accident, Turn 4), 184-192
(Oil on Track), 202-206 (Debris on Track). LAP LEADERS: 18 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Kasey Kahne-pole,
Kurt Busch 1-4, Kahne 5-35, Jimmie TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 523 (2) 2 –Tony Stewart 435 (0) 3 –Elliott Sadler 405 (0) 4 –Jeff Gordon 404 (0) 5 –Kurt Busch 400 (0) 6 –Kevin Harvick 399 (0) 7 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 398 (1) 8 –Kasey Kahne 385 (0) 9 –Jamie McMurray 385 (0) 10–Casey Mears 367 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 46 Scott Wimmer 34 Johnny Sauter 27 Brendan Gaughan 27 Brian Vickers 24 Scott Riggs 21 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 22 2 Dodge 18 0 Chevrolet 17 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Greg Biffle 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Ryan
Newman 1 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 46 Jeff Gordon (#24) 31 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 85 Ricky Rudd (#21) 80 Elliott Sadler (#38) 77 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF.
AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 2 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Scott Wimmer (#22) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 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 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/16/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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