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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 28 MBNA 1-Mile Banked Concrete Oval 400 L – 400 M Purse: $4,966,610 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 400 190 * 10 $195,477 Running 2 12 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 400 175 * 5 138,560 Running 3 21 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 400 170 * 5 140,533 Running 4 11 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 400 160 122,877 Running 5 13 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 400 160 * 5 99,745 Running 6 23 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 400 150 117,168 Running 7 1 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 146 105,015 Running 8 10 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 400 142 79,715 Running 9 16 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 399 143 * 5 113,293 Running 10 9 48 Jimmie 11 19 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 399 130 75,630 Running 12 14 21 13 7 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 398 124 105,348 Running 14 6 18 Bobby Labonte MBNA Chevrolet 398 121 107,123 Running 15 34 40 16 5 15 Michael Waltrip 17 27 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 397 112 79,415 Running 18 15 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 397 109 97,417 Running 19 30 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 397 106 99,493 Running 20 4 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 397 103 100,648 Running 21 28 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 396 100 89,565 Running 22 25 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper Eng. &
Trans. Dodge 396 97 72,565 Running 23 29 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 395 94 84,740 Running 24 26 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 395 91 73,065 Running 25 31 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 394 93 * 5 62,265 Running 26 36 4 Jimmy Spencer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 393 85 62,415 Running 27 38 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 393 82 88,515 Running 28 37 51 Tony Raines Buddy Lee Dungarees Chevrolet 391 79 58,590 Running 29 22 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 385 76 77,829 Running 30 32 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 385 73 93,977 Running 31 18 10 # Scott
Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 363 70 85,802 Wheel Bearing 32 8 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 319 72 * 5 118,833 Accident 33 33 30 Jeff Burton 34 42 89 Morgan Shepherd Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge 105 61 57,595 Handling 35 24 01 Joe Nemechek 36 35 37 Kevin Lepage 37 17 0 Ward Burton NetZero Chevrolet 50 52 57,125 Engine 38 3 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 46 49 65,100 Accident 39 41 98 Geoffrey Bodine Mach 1 Racing Ford 40 46 56,875 Oil Pressure 40 43 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Vote for Bush Ford 37 43 56,705 Engine 41 40 09 Joe Ruttman Miccosukee Resorts Dodge 27 40 56,550 Rear End 42 20 9 # Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 13 37 86,300 Fly Wheel 43 39 50 Jeff Fuller Arnold Development Co. Dodge 7 34 56,555 Overheating # 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: (7) #02 Hermie
Sadler, #00 Carl Long, #92 Stanton Barrett, #13 Greg Sacks, #35 Kenny Hendrick,
#80 Derrike Cope, #75 Mike Garvey. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 140,000, Ryan Newman won the MBNA America 400 posting his 11th career
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. On Lap 122 the race was red-flagged (12 mins., 35
secs.) to repair the tire barrier alongside the entrance to pit road. 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:
#5 Terry Labonte (backup car); #98 Geoffrey Bodine (engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 21 minutes, 34 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 119.067 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 8.149 seconds BUD POLE AWARD:
Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge (159.405 mph, 22.584 secs.) EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge GILLETTE MACH 3
TURBO AWARD: Ryan
Newman, ALLTEL Dodge GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (Also, received $5,000 MBNA Bonus
for winning race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Ryan
Newman, ALLTEL Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $90,000
at Talladega Superspeedway. OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Mark Martin, Viagra Ford RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Brendan Gaughan, Kodak/Jasper U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Mark Martin, Viagra Ford WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth,
DeWalt Power Tools Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 5 cautions for 38
laps. 15-22 (Oil on Track); 49-55 (Car #25-Accident, Turn 2); 121-127 (Car #17-Accident,
Turn 4); 171-177 (Car #30-Accident, Turn 3); 327-335 (Debris on Track). LAP LEADERS: 13 lead changes among 7 drivers. Jeremy Mayfield-pole, Ryan
Newman 1-32, Matt Kenseth 33-48, Newman 49, Ken Schrader 50, Kenseth 51-92,
Newman 93-184, Kurt Busch 185-195, Newman 196-260, Mark Martin 261-262, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. 263, Jeff Gordon 264, Busch 265, Newman 266-400. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 5371 (5) 2 –Kurt Busch 5370 (3) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5353 (4) 4 –Jimmie 5 –Mark Martin 5314 (1) 6 –Elliott Sadler 5275 (2) 7 –Matt Kenseth 5272 (2) 8 –Ryan Newman 5264 (2) 9 –Tony Stewart 5236 (2) 10–Jeremy Mayfield 5214 (1) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 291 Brian Vickers 198 Scott Wimmer 196 Scott Riggs 186 Brendan Gaughan 184 Johnny Sauter 123 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff
Gordon 6 Ryan
Newman 5 Kasey
Kahne 4 Jeremy
Mayfield 2 Casey
Mears 2 Brian
Vickers 2 4
drivers tied with one pole.
MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 197 15 Ford 177 9 Dodge 158 4 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) 6 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Mark Martin (# 6) 3 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38) 977 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 951 Kevin Harvick (#29) 937 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 Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 NEXT
EVENT: Oct. 3 – EA Sports 500, NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/27/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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