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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 27 1.058-Mile Flat Paved Oval 300 L – 317.4 M Purse: $5,129,482 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 7 97 Kurt
Busch IRWIN Industrial
Tools Ford 300 190 * 10 $237,225 Running 2 5 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 300 170 175,108 Running 3 3 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 300 170 * 5 155,158 Running 4 12 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 300 165 * 5 131,700 Running 5 11 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 300 160 * 5 92,400 Running 6 25 01 Joe
Nemechek U.S.G. Sheetrock
Chevrolet 300 150 105,725 Running 7 1 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 300 151 * 5 116,478 Running 8 6 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 300 147 * 5 107,333 Running 9 16 15 Michael
Waltrip 10 14 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 300 139 * 5 109,778 Running 11 2 48 Jimmie 12 19 40 13 8 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 300 124 78,425 Running 14 17 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 300 121 108,533 Running 15 26 30 Jeff Burton 16 33 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 300 115 67,875 Running 17 35 32 18 13 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 299 109 107,333 Running 19 31 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 299 106 92,000 Running 20 21 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 299 103 100,817 Running 21 34 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 299 100 78,125 Running 22 24 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 298 97 72,800 Running 23 36 50 Todd Bodine 24 23 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 298 91 90,950 Running 25 29 0 Ward Burton NetZero Chevrolet 298 88 64,285 Running 26 30 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 298 85 88,762 Running 27 15 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 297 82 94,267 Running 28 20 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 297 79 70,675 Running 29 18 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 296 81 * 5 70,390 Running 30 32 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper Eng. &
Trans. Dodge 296 73 67,650 Running 31 42 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet 295 70 59,950 Running 32 22 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 293 67 94,417 Running 33 10 12 Ryan Newman Mobil 1/ALLTEL Dodge 262 69 * 5 105,902 Engine 34 41 09 Mike Wallace Miccosukee Resort Dodge 256 61 59,725 Accident 35 9 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 251 58 74,989 Running 36 27 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 207 55 66,410 Accident 37 28 21 38 38 4 Jimmy Spencer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 121 49 58,100 Suspension 39 4 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 83 51 * 5 104,813 Accident 40 40 89 Morgan Shepherd Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge 81 43 57,950 Too Slow 41 39 98 Geoffrey Bodine Mach 1 Racing Ford 50 40 57,850 Ignition 42 37 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Vote for Bush Ford 30 37 57,800 Too Slow 43 43 80 Ted Christopher Commercial Truck & Trailer Ford 17 34 57,959 Engine # 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: (8) #37 Kevin
Lepage, #1 Martin Truex, #33 Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 101,000, Kurt Busch won the TIME
OF RACE: 2 hours, 53 minutes, 31 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 109.753 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.488 seconds BUD POLE AWARD:
None, qualifying was rained out. EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford GILLETTE MACH 3
TURBO AWARD: Kurt
Busch, IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Kurt Busch, IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Kurt Busch, IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford (Also, received $5,000 MBNA Bonus
for winning race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $80,000
at Dover Int’l Speedway. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Kurt
Busch, IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kurt
Busch, IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Joe Nemechek, U.S.G. Sheetrock Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kurt Busch, IRWIN Industrial
Tools Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 30
laps. 18-21 (Car #31-Accident, Turn 1); 37-40 (Competition Caution); 65-70 (Car
#16, 19, 20 & 31-Accident, Turn 2); 104-107 (Car #22-Accident, Turn 4);
114-116 (Car #31-Spin, Backstretch); 177-181 (Debris-Turn 2); 277-280 (Debris-Backstretch). LAP
LEADERS: 15 lead changes among 12 drivers. Jeff
Gordon 1-11, Tony Stewart 12-27, J. Gordon 28-37, Kasey Kahne 38-65, Michael Waltrip 66-104, Casey Mears
105-111, Elliott Sadler 112-131, Kahne
132-134, Kurt Busch 135-183, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 184-185, Busch 186-255,
Ryan Newman 256-259, Jamie McMurray 260, Kevin Harvick 261, Jimmie TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5210 (4) 2 –Kurt Busch 5210 (3) 3 –Jeff Gordon 5201 (5) 4 –Matt Kenseth 5200 (2) 5 –Jimmie 6 –Elliott Sadler 5172 (2) 7 –Mark Martin 5139 (1) 8 –Tony Stewart 5086 (2) 9 –Ryan Newman 5074 (1) 10–Jeremy Mayfield 5068 (1) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 290 Brian Vickers 197 Scott Wimmer 193 Scott Riggs 184 Brendan Gaughan 179 Johnny Sauter 123 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff
Gordon 6 Ryan
Newman 5 Kasey
Kahne 4 Casey
Mears 2 Brian
Vickers 2 5
drivers tied with one pole.
MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 193 15 Ford 171 9 Dodge 149 3 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Kurt Busch (#97) 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 122 Kurt Busch (#97) 62 Dale Jarrett (#88) 60 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 12 Ryan Newman (#12) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Kurt Busch (#97) 3 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38) 941 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 914 Tony Stewart (#20) 908 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Jeff Gordon (#24) 11 Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 162 Mark Cronquist (#20) 143 Hendrick (#48) 123 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 7 Kurt Busch (#97) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 NEXT
EVENT: Sept. 26 – MBNA NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/20/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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