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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 30 BANQUET 400 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 267 L – 400.5 M Purse: $5,696,382 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 01 Joe
Nemechek 2 12 21 3 6 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Subway Ford 267 170 * 5 160,325 Running 4 11 38 Elliott
Sadler Pedigree/Wizard of
Oz Ford 267 165 * 5 159,708 Running 5 3 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 165 * 10 138,075 Running 6 22 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 267 155 * 5 111,825 Running 7 10 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 267 151 * 5 101,100 Running 8 9 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 267 147 * 5 119,917 Running 9 8 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 267 138 135,678 Running 10 13 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper/Wizard of Oz
Dodge 267 134 94,475 Running 11 26 15 Michael Waltrip 12 2 9 # Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 132 * 5 110,450 Running 13 30 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 267 124 129,078 Running 14 24 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 267 121 121,228 Running 15 17 30 Jeff Burton 16 5 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 267 115 118,733 Running 17 15 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 267 112 123,428 Running 18 36 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 267 109 115,883 Running 19 25 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 267 106 83,150 Running 20 18 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 267 103 84,400 Running 21 19 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 267 105 * 5 100,500 Running 22 16 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 267 97 106,467 Running 23 31 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 267 94 94,275 Running 24 38 23 Shane Hmiel Bill Davis Racing Dodge 265 91 71,650 Running 25 33 4 Jimmy Spencer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 265 88 71,350 Running 26 14 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Wizard of
Oz Chevrolet 265 85 95,437 Running 27 32 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 265 82 69,650 Running 28 23 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 265 79 101,237 Running 29 27 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 262 76 94,600 Running 30 35 0 Ward Burton NetZero Chevrolet 255 73 66,100 Running 31 21 41 Casey Mears Target/Energizer Dodge 243 75 * 5 75,900 Running 32 4 48 Jimmie 33 7 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 223 69 * 5 121,867 Accident 34 28 40 35 29 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 160 58 100,378 Overheating 36 37 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 146 55 80,789 Overheating 37 34 84 Kyle Busch CarQuest Chevrolet 136 52 64,175 Accident 38 39 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 88 49 63,975 Handling 39 20 50 Todd Bodine Arnold Development Co. Dodge 66 46 63,765 Steering Box 40 41 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet 38 43 63,550 Rear End 41 43 94 Stanton Barrett AmericInn/Racer’s Edge Ford 30 40 63,355 Vibration 42 40 98 Larry Gunselman Mach 1 Inc. Ford 26 37 63,170 Suspension 43 42 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Vote for Bush Ford 3 34 63,212 Clutch # 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: (4) #75 Mike Garvey;
#35 Mike Wallace; #00 Carl Long; #89 Morgan Shepherd. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 90,000, Joe Nemechek won the Banquet 400, posting his fourth career
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. He became the 13th different race winner in 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: #02 Hermie Sadler (engine change); #72 Kirk Shelmerdine (engine
change) and #94 Stanton Barrett (engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 128.058 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .081 second BUD POLE AWARD:
Joe EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Joe Nemechek, GILLETTE MACH 3
TURBO AWARD: Joe GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $15,000 at MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Dale
Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $20,000
at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Joe RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Brendan Gaughan, Kodak/Jasper/Wizard of Oz Dodge U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Joe
WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeremy Mayfield,
Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 39
laps. 2-4 (Debris on Track); 17-19 (Car #99-Spin, Frontstretch); 142-150
(Debris on Track); 153-156 (Car #97 & 48-Accident, Backstretch); 198-203 (Car
#41-Accident, Turn 2); 210-213 (Car #12-Spin, Frontstretch); 215-217 (Car #48-Accident,
Backstretch); 242-245 (Car #9-Spin, Backstretch); 252-254 (Car #31-Spin, Turn
4). LAP
LEADERS: 24 lead changes among 12 drivers. Joe
Nemechek 1-4, Jeremy Mayfield 5-16, Kasey Kahne 17-19, Mayfield 20-62, Greg
Biffle 63-73, Mayfield 74, Ryan Newman 75-76, TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Kurt Busch 5685 (3) 2 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5656 (5) 3 –Jeff Gordon 5606 (5) 4 –Elliott Sadler 5542 (2) 5 –Mark Martin 5535 (1) 6 –Tony Stewart 5512 (2) 7 –Matt Kenseth 5505 (2) 8 –Ryan Newman 5453 (2) 9 –Jimmie 10–Jeremy Mayfield 5428 (1) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 293 Brendan Gaughan 202 Brian Vickers 200 Scott Wimmer 198 Scott Riggs 190 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Jeff Gordon 6 Ryan Newman 5 Kasey Kahne 4 Jeremy Mayfield 2 Casey Mears 2 Joe Nemechek 2 Brian Vickers 2 4 drivers tied with one pole. MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 215 17 Ford 189 9 Dodge 166 4 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17)
122 Robby Gordon (#31) 78 Kurt Busch (#97) 62 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 14 Ryan Newman (#12) 6 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car
# Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Mark Martin (# 6) 3 McDONALD’S/ Car
# Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1031 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1029 Kurt Busch (#97) 1020 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Jeff Gordon (#24) 11 Ryan Newman (#12) 7 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Hendrick (#24) 165 Mark Cronquist (#20) 155 Richie Gilmore (# 8) 146 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 NEXT EVENT: Oct. 16 – UAW-GM
Quality 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, NOTE: The above figures
are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards
by participating manufacturers. (10/11/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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