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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 36 FORD 400 HOMESTEAD-MIAMI 1.5-Mile Paved Oval 400.5 M – 267 L – Purse: $5,155,338 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 271 190 * 10 $314,850 Running 2 39 48 Jimmie
3 5 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 271 165 208,708 Running 4 8 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 271 165 * 5 167,003 Running 5 1 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 271 160 * 5 130,650 Running 6 17 77 # Brendan Gaughan Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans. Dodge 271 150 102,000 Running 7 18 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 271 146 88,950 Running 8 10 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 271 147 * 5 110,983 Running 9 7 21 10 9 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 271 134 99,728 Running 11 11 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 271 135 * 5 67,950 Running 12 6 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 271 132 * 5 100,133 Running 13 21 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 271 124 86,175 Running 14 22 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 271 121 91,867 Running 15 25 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 271 118 84,712 Running 16 38 40 17 24 15 Michael Waltrip 18 14 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 271 109 65,225 Running 19 30 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 271 106 104,203 Running 20 23 14 21 29 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 271 100 79,500 Running 22 37 00 Kenny Wallace Aaron’s Chevrolet 271 97 52,800 Running 23 16 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 271 94 100,703 Running 24 27 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 270 91 86,717 Running 25 43 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 269 88 55,500 Running 26 41 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 268 85 68,575 Running 27 19 01 Joe Nemechek 28 32 36 Boris Said USG Durock Chevrolet 266 79 51,575 Transmission 29 33 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 266 76 86,552 Running 30 3 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 264 78 * 5 107,917 Accident 31 42 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 264 70 81,100 Running 32 35 1 Martin Truex Jr Enterprize
Rental Car Chevrolet 251 67 50,750 Rear Tire 33 28 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 247 64 54,480 Wheel Bearing 34 15 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 232 61 89,183 Running 35 20 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 231 58 69,039 Running 36 40 30 Jeff Burton 37 31 43 Jeff Green Chex Party Mix Dodge 223 52 75,975 Engine 38 4 9 # Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 192 49 79,400 Overheating 39 26 06 Travis Kvapil Mobil 1 Dodge 162 46 49,325 Accident 40 12 0 Mike Bliss NetZero Chevrolet 145 43 49,100 Accident 41 13 23 Shane Hmiel Miccosukee
Resorts Dodge 115 40 48,910 Accident 42 34 13 Greg Sacks ARCDehooker/Vita # 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: (13) Kyle Petty,
#45; Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 80,000, Greg Biffle won the season finale
Ford 400, posting his third career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory and second of
2004. 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: #41 Casey Mears (backup car); #0 Mike Bliss (engine change) and #30 Jeff
TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 50 minutes, 55 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 105.623 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .342 second BUD POLE AWARD:
Kurt Busch, Sharpie Ford (179.319 mph, 30.114 secs.) EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle,
National Guard Ford GILLETTE MACH 3
TURBO AWARD: Greg
Biffle, National Guard Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Brendan Gaughan, Kodak/Jasper NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; $70,000 rolls over
into NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point fund. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Brendan Gaughan,
Kodak/Jasper
U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National
Guard Ford WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jimmie WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 14 cautions for 79
laps. 2-4 (Car #0 & 02-Accident, Turn 1); 7-9 (Car #30, 31, 36 & 41-Accident,
Turn 2); 49-52 (Debris on Frontstretch); 94-97
(Debris on Track); 114-131 (Car #19-Accident, Turn 2); 148-151 (Car #0-Accident,
Turn 2); 157-160 (Car #38-Spin, Frontstretch);
164-170 (Car #9, 06 & 8-Accident, Frontstretch);
174-177 (Debris on Backstretch); 192-195 (Debris in Turn 2); 200-207 (Debris on
Frontstretch); 225-231 (Oil on Track); 253-257 (Car #1-Accident,
Turn 4); 266-269 (Car #12-Accident, Turn 2). LAP
LEADERS: 14 lead changes among 7 drivers. Kurt
Busch 1-4, Greg Biffle 5-114, Ryan Newman 115-146, Biffle 147-148, Tony Stewart 149-170, Biffle
171-173, Bobby Labonte 174-183, Newman 184-191, Mark
Martin 192-199, Rusty Wallace 200-225, Newman 226-235, Stewart 236-242, Newman
243-264, Stewart 265-269, Biffle 270-271. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Kurt Busch 6506 (3) 2 –Jimmie 3 –Jeff Gordon 6490 (5) 4 –Mark Martin 6399 (1) 5 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6368 (6) 6 –Tony Stewart 6326 (2) 7 –Ryan Newman 6180 (2) 8 –Matt Kenseth 6069 (2) 9 –Elliott Sadler 6024 (2) 10–Jeremy Mayfield 6000 (1) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 376 Brendan Gaughan 256 Brian Vickers 255 Scott Wimmer 247 Scott Riggs 237 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1227 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1226 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1211 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 266 22 Ford 224 10 Dodge 194 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 5 drivers tied with one pole. MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Jeff Gordon (#24) 11 Ryan Newman (#12) 9 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 231 Hendrick (#48) 192 Richie Gilmore (# 8) 190 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 Jimmie NEXT EVENT: Feb. 20 – Daytona 500,
Daytona International NOTE: The above figures are
based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by
participating manufacturers. (11/22/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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