This is Earnhardt Jr.’s second victory on a short-track. He also won here at Richmond in May 2000 during his rookie season.
Earnhardt Jr. remained 45th on NASCAR’s all-time win list.
This is his seventh top-10 finish in 10 races at Richmond International Raceway
This is Earnhardt Jr’s third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 11 races in 2004.
Earnhardt Jr., led five times for 115 laps; the second time in 2004 he led the most laps. He also led the most laps at Talladega.
This is the sixth victory for Chevrolet in 2004. Ford has four and Dodge has one.
Notebook Items
Fourteen drivers are within 400 points of current point leader Dale Earnhardt Jr., in the Chase for the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship.
The 12 different leaders in the Chevy American Revolution 400 ties the record on the 3/4-mile configuration set in September 2003.
Earnhardt Jr., has scored seven top-five finishes in 2004 and is tied with Jimmie Johnson for the most of the season.
Jimmie Johnson (second) scored his seventh top-five finish in 11 races in 2004. Johnson has scored five straight top-10 finishes, extending a streak that began Texas. Johnson scored his first top-10 finish in five races at Richmond International Raceway.
Bobby Labonte (third) scored his sixth top-10 finish in 2004. Labonte has scored top-10 finishes in his last four races in 2004. He has scored three straight top-10s at Richmond International Raceway.
Tony Stewart (fourth) scored his fifth top-10 finish in 11 races in 2004. He climbed from eighth to fifth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings. It was his seventh top-10 finish in 11 races at Richmond International Raceway.
Matt Kenseth (fifth) scored his eighth top-10 finish in 2004. It was his fifth straight top-10 finish at Richmond. Kenseth has scored six top-10 finishes in nine races at Richmond International Raceway.
Kenseth has ranked among the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Top 10 for 46 straight races.
Brian Vickers (8th) scored his first top-10 finish in 2004. This is his career-best finish in 16 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races. It was his first race at Richmond in NASCAR’s premier division.
Vickers was the highest finishing rookie for the second time in 2004. He was also the highest finishing rookie three races ago at Martinsville.
Michael Waltrip (10th) scored his first top-10 finish in 37 races at Richmond International Raceway. Waltrip has scored just two top-10 finishes in 2004.
Ricky Rudd (11th) led for the first time since New Hampshire in September 2003.
Jeremy Mayfield (22nd) led for the first time in his 21 races at Richmond.
Kevin Harvick (25th) extended his streak of running at the finish to 50 straight races (since Rockingham in November 2002).(NASCAR Statistical Services)(5-15-2004)