2004 Advance Auto Parts 500

Race #8 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Season

2004 Advance Auto Parts 500
*Held on April 18, 2004 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA*
500 L, 263 M, 423.5 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	17	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Dodge	500	45	running	185
2	23	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Chevy	500	0	running	170
3	4	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	500	154	running	170
4	8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	500	104	running	165
5	3	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel	Dodge	500	16	running	160
6	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	500	180	running	160
7	2	42	Jamie McMurray	Texaco, Havoline	Dodge	500	0	running	146
8	29	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	500	0	running	142
9	18	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Dodge	500	0	running	138
10	25	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS	Ford	500	0	running	134
11	7	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie, Irwin Industrial Tools	Ford	500	0	running	130
12	9	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's	Ford	500	0	running	127
13	35	25	Brian Vickers	GMAC Financial Services	Chevy	500	0	running	124
14	30	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot	Chevy	500	0	running	121
15	39	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevy	500	0	running	118
16	32	32	Ricky Craven	Tide	Chevy	500	0	running	115
17	11	77	Brendan Gaughan	Kodak Easy Share	Dodge	500	0	running	112
18	31	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific, Brawny	Dodge	500	0	running	109
19	5	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench	Chevy	500	0	running	106
20	14	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft, U.S. Air Force	Ford	499	0	running	103
21	15	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	499	1	running	105
22	6	0	Ward Burton	NetZero Hi Speed	Chevy	499	0	running	97
23	28	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's	Chevy	498	0	running	94
24	33	43	Jeff Green	Cheerios, Betty Crocker	Dodge	498	0	running	91
25	27	99	Jeff Burton	Team Caliber Racing	Ford	497	0	running	88
26	37	02	Hermie Sadler	The FanZCar	Chevy	497	0	running	85
27	20	01	Joe Nemechek	U.S. Army	Chevy	496	0	running	82
28	13	10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline	Chevy	495	0	running	79
29	16	22	Scott Wimmer	Caterpillar	Dodge	494	0	running	76
30	21	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless	Chevy	493	0	running	73
31	22	30	Johnny Sauter	America Online	Chevy	493	0	running	70
32	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Voyles, Carter's Royal Dispos-All	Dodge	492	0	running	67
33	40	50	Derrike Cope	Arnold Development Companies	Dodge	491	0	running	64
34	19	6	Mark Martin	Viagra	Ford	469	0	running	61
35	24	16	Greg Biffle	National Guard	Ford	445	0	running	58
36	10	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	390	0	running	55
37	12	41	Casey Mears	Target	Dodge	366	0	running	52
38	34	4	Jimmy Spencer	Featherlite Trailers	Chevy	272	0	engine	49
39	43	98	Todd Bodine	Lucas Oil	Ford	151	0	brakes	46
40	26	49	Ken Schrader	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	118	0	brakes	43
41	36	94	Stanton Barrett	W.W. Motorsports	Chevy	65	0	brakes	40
42	41	80	Andy Hillenburg	Commercial Truck & Trailer	Ford	4	0	accident	37
43	38	09	Joe Ruttman	Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts	Dodge	2	0	brakes	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		72	Kirk Shelmerdine	Freddie B's Bar & Grill	Ford			DNQ
		00	Ryan McGlynn	Buyer's Choice Auto Warranties	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:51:29
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jeff Gordon - 20.252 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.538 seconds
Average Speed: 68.169 mph
Cautions: 11 for 106 laps - Laps 7-22 (#80 accident turn 3); Laps 27-31 (#31 accident turn 4); Laps 120-127 (#49 accident frontstretch); Laps 162-169 (#10 spun frontstretch); Laps 215-223 (#77 accident turn 3); Laps 270-277 (#19 accident turn 2); Laps 285-301 (#4,15 accident turn 3); Laps 372-380 (#9,89 accident turn 4); Laps 415-422 (#22 accident turn 4); Laps 430-439 (#29 accident turn 4); Laps 457-463 (#29,32,50 accident turn 2)
Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers - Jeff Gordon (IN) (1-48); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (49-65); Jeff Gordon (IN) (66-117); Jimmie Johnson (118-163); Ryan Newman (164-179); Jimmie Johnson (180-192); Jeff Gordon (IN) (193-272); Kasey Kahne (273); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (274-410); Jimmie Johnson (411-455); Rusty Wallace (456-500)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered