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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 25 Pop Secret 500 2-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 250 L Purse: $6,036,554 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 17 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 250 185 * 5 $279,398 Running 2 5 9 # Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 250 175 * 5 190,315 Running 3 11 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 250 175 * 10 144,450 Running 4 23 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 250 160 124,500 Running 5 14 12 Ryan
Newman Sony/ALLTEL Dodge 250 160 * 5 154,367 Running 6 19 99 Carl
Edwards Shop Rat Ford 250 150 136,792 Running 7 9 10 # Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 250 146 121,437 Running 8 25 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 250 142 124,642 Running 9 35 31 Robby
Gordon Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 250 143 * 5 128,612 Running 10 26 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 250 134 131,808 Running 11 4 97 Kurt Busch IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 250 135 * 5 108,425 Running 12 10 01 Joe Nemechek 13 1 25 # Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 250 129 * 5 107,625 Running 14 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 250 126 * 5 103,800 Running 15 34 30 Jeff Burton 16 2 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 250 120 * 5 110,900 Running 17 20 21 Ricky Rudd “Keep It
Genuine” Ford 250 112 111,556 Running 18 33 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 250 109 127,978 Running 19 15 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 250 106 110,775 Running 20 37 18 Bobby Labonte Wellbutrin XL Chevrolet 250 103 127,033 Running 21 38 22 # Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 250 100 103,875 Running 22 30 17 Matt Kenseth Smirnoff Ice/DeWalt Ford 250 97 129,803 Running 23 21 15 Michael Waltrip 24 18 84 Kyle Busch CarQuest Chevrolet 250 91 78,250 Running 25 3 98 Bill Elliott McDonald’s Dodge 250 88 77,925 Running 26 31 40 27 13 43 Jeff Green Pop Secret Dodge 250 82 106,935 Running 28 27 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 250 79 116,238 Running 29 6 41 Casey Mears Target House Dodge 249 76 90,750 Running 30 36 36 Boris Said Centrix Chevrolet 249 73 77,700 Running 31 39 0 Ward
Burton NetZero/Fear Factor
Chevrolet 248 70 80,150 Running 32 41 4 Jimmy Spencer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 247 72 * 5 79,600 Running 33 40 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 231 69 * 5 77,050 Engine 34 12 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 231 61 125,103 Accident 35 28 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 225 58 85,339 Engine 36 7 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 213 55 84,900 Accident 37 8 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 209 52 124,228 Engine 38 24 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 207 49 84,800 Running 39 29 23 Shane Hmiel Bill Davis Racing Dodge 173 51 * 5 76,740 Transmission 40 43 96 Derrike Cope Mach 1 Inc. Ford 154 43 76,690 Accident 41 32 11 J.J. Yeley Vigoro/The Home Depot Chevrolet 32 40 76,640 Accident 42 22 77 # Brendan
Gaughan Kodak/Jasper Eng. &
Trans. Dodge 32 37 84,585 Accident 43 42 50 Jeff Fuller Arnold Development Co. Dodge 5 34 75,875 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: (5) #37 Kevin Lepage,
#02 Hermie Sadler, #35 Mike Wallace, #89 Morgan Shepherd, #72 Kirk Shelmerdine. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 90,000, Elliott Sadler won the Pop Secret 500 posting his third career
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the following driver, under
penalty, dropped from his original starting position to the rear of the field
for the reason indicated: #23 Shane Hmiel (backup car). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 53 minutes, 47 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 128.324 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .263 second ANHEUSER-BUSCH
POLE AWARD: Brian Vickers, GMAC Chevrolet (187.417 mph, 38.417
secs.) EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford GILLETTE MACH 3
TURBO AWARD: Elliott
Sadler, M&M’s Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford (Also, received $5,000 MBNA Bonus
for winning race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Ryan Newman, Sony/ALLTEL Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $60,000
at Richmond Int’l Raceway. OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE DRIVER AWARD:
Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Elliott
Sadler, M&M’s Ford WASTE MANAGEMENT
PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Robby Gordon, Cingular Wireless Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Mark Martin,
Viagra Ford CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 51
laps. 27-30 (Debris); 34-38 (Car #11 & 77-Accident, Turn 2); 45-47
(Debris); 73-77 (Car #16-Accident, Frontstretch); 106-113 (Debris); 117-119 (Car
#4, 16 & 23-Accident, Turn 4); 171-176 (Car #96-Accident, Turn 1); 179-181
(Car #97-Accident, Backstretch); 220-223 (Car #8-Spin, Turn 4); 226-229 (Oil on
track); 235-240 (Car #49 & 8-Accident, Turn 4). LAP
LEADERS: 29 lead changes among 13 drivers. Brian
Vickers 1-9, Jeremy Mayfield 10-18, Vickers
19-44, Kurt Busch 45-51, Michael Waltrip 52-61, Mark Martin 62-73,
Vickers 74-79, Martin 80-105, Elliott
Sadler 106, Ken Schrader 107, Jimmy Spencer 108, Sadler 109-121, Kasey Kahne
122-124, Sadler 125-128, Kahne 129-133, Martin 134-157, Jimmie Johnson 158, Ryan
Newman 159-160, Shane Hmiel 161-164, Kahne 165-172, Sadler 173, Robby Gordon
174-176, Sadler 177-184, R. Gordon 185-189, Sadler 190-193, Kahne 194-216,
Martin 217-219, Sadler 220, Vickers
221-223, Sadler 224-250. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie 2 –Jeff Gordon 3432 (5) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3366 (4) 4 –Tony Stewart 3204 (2) 5 –Matt Kenseth 3253 (2) 6 –Elliott Sadler 3204 (1) 7 –Kurt Busch 3186 (2) 8 –Ryan Newman 3078 (1) 9 –Kasey Kahne 3067 (0) 10–Mark Martin 3058 (1) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne 277 Brian Vickers 193 Scott Wimmer 191 Scott Riggs 181 Brendan Gaughan 173 Johnny Sauter 123 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff
Gordon 6 Kasey
Kahne 4 Ryan
Newman 4 Casey
Mears 2 Brian
Vickers 2 5
drivers tied with one pole.
MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 181 15 Ford 158 8 Dodge 136 2 WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 3 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) 10 Ryan Newman (#12) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jimmie Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 868 Elliott Sadler (#38) 856 Tony Stewart (#20) 840 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 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 NEXT
EVENT: Sept. 11 - Chevy Rock & Roll 400, NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/8/04) ©2004 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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