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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 35 MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500 1.366-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 367 L – Purse: $5,219,075 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 4 48 Jimmie
2 5 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 367 175 * 5 190,825 Running 3 2 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 367 175 * 10 185,403 Running 4 11 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 367 165 * 5 118,675 Running 5 13 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 367 155 129,550 Running 6 1 97 Kurt
Busch Smirnoff
Ice/Sharpie Ford 367 155 * 5 103,275 Running 7 24 99 Carl
Edwards World Financial Group
Ford 367 146 114,642 Running 8 18 01 Joe
Nemechek USG Sheetrock
Chevrolet 367 147 * 5 102,625 Running 9 15 18 Bobby
Labonte Interstate Batteries
Chevrolet 367 138 115,958 Running 10 30 0 Mike Bliss NetZero Chevrolet 367 134 86,750 Running 11 3 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 367 130 114,253 Running 12 20 40 13 21 30 Jeff Burton 14 32 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 367 121 95,025 Running 15 23 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 367 123 * 5 100,562 Running 16 26 21 17 6 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 366 112 109,678 Running 18 16 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 365 109 106,058 Running 19 10 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 365 106 88,150 Running 20 9 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 365 108 * 5 113,603 Running 21 27 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 365 100 71,700 Running 22 28 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 365 97 83,975 Running 23 8 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 365 94 98,683 Running 24 19 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 365 96 * 5 69,550 Running 25 31 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 364 88 86,437 Running 26 22 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 364 85 70,575 Running 27 29 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper Eng. &
Trans. Dodge 363 82 67,375 Running 28 25 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 363 79 85,500 Running 29 42 09 # 30 33 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 362 73 55,875 Running 31 35 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 357 70 71,514 Running 32 14 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 354 67 90,728 Running 33 17 15 Michael Waltrip 34 7 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL/Mobil 1 Dodge 330 61 101,517 Engine 35 34 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 300 58 54,425 Accident 36 39 98 Randy LaJoie Mach 1 Inc. Ford 262 55 54,275 Engine 37 12 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 194 52 84,992 Accident 38 37 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 180 49 53,850 Oil Pump 39 38 50 Todd Bodine 40 41 02 Hermie Sadler 41 43 80 Mario Gosselin Adesa Impact Ford 14 40 53,450 Too Slow 42 36 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Freddie B’s Ford 14 37 53,340 Too Slow 43 40 89 Morgan Shepherd Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge 10 34 53,454 Too Slow # 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: (5) Kevin Lepage #37,
Derrike Cope #94, Carl Long #00, Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 70,000, Jimmie TIME
OF RACE: 4 hours, 0 minutes, 33 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 125.044 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .959 second BUD POLE AWARD:
None, qualifying was rained out. EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jimmie GILLETTE MACH 3
TURBO AWARD: Jimmie
GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Mark Martin, Viagra Ford (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $10,000 at MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Mike Bliss, NetZero Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $70,000
at Homestead-Miami Speedway. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Jimmie RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jimmie WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Mike Bliss, NetZero Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon,
DuPont Chevrolet CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 47
laps. 83-87 (Car #32-Accident, Turn 2); 121-124 (Car #18-Spin, Turn 4); 145-150
(Car #50 & 15-Accident, Turn 4); 195-201 (Car #88-Accident, Turn 4);
250-253 (Debris on Track); 303-309 (Car #21 & 40-Accident, Turn 4); 331-340
(Oil on Track); 346-349 (Car #29-Stalled, Turn 3). LAP
LEADERS: 27 lead changes among 10 drivers. Kurt
Busch 1, Jeff Gordon 2-19, Busch 20-26, Jimmie TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Kurt Busch 6346 (3) 2 –Jimmie 3 –Jeff Gordon 6325 (5) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6274 (6) 5 –Mark Martin 6264 (1) 6 –Tony Stewart 6161 (2) 7 –Ryan Newman 6102 (2) 8 –Matt Kenseth 5963 (2) 9 –Elliott Sadler 5963 (2) 10–Jeremy Mayfield 5942 (1) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 346 Brendan Gaughan 231 Brian Vickers 229 Scott Wimmer 226 Scott Riggs 219 McDONALD’S/ Car
# Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1194 Tony Stewart (#20) 1191 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1181 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 260 22 Ford 215 9 Dodge 190 4 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17)
122 Dale Jarrett (#88) 93 Robby Gordon (#31) 78 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 16 Ryan Newman (#12) 7 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car
# Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Kurt Busch (#97) 3 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 9 Jeff Gordon 6 Kasey Kahne 4 Jeremy Mayfield 2 Casey Mears 2 Joe Nemechek 2 Brian Vickers 2 4 drivers tied with one pole. MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Jeff Gordon (#24) 11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 8 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Hendrick (#24) 218 Richie Gilmore (# 8) 190 Hendrick (#48) 178 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 Jimmie NEXT EVENT: Nov. 21 – Ford 400,
Homestead-Miami NOTE: The above figures
are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards
by participating manufacturers. (11/15/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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