2004 Auto Club 500
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The 2004 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on May 2, 2004 at California Speedway in Fontana, California . Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the tenth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season . Rookie Kasey Kahne of Evernham Motorsports won the pole, and Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.[1]
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Background
The track, California Speedway , was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 miles (3.2 km) long.[2] banked from fourteen degrees , while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees.
Qualifying
*Driver would change to Joe Ruttman for the race.
Results
Fin[1] [4] [5] St No. Driver Team Make Laps Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 16 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 81 running 190 $318,628 2 19 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 37 running 175 $194,675 3 7 12 Ryan Newman Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 250 2 running 170 $191,267 4 25 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 250 11 running 165 $172,578 5 27 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 155 $150,233 6 5 77 Brendan Gaughan Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 250 1 running 155 $106,125 7 29 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 146 $119,625 8 13 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 250 0 running 142 $108,375 9 24 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 3 running 143 $123,203 10 15 0 Ward Burton Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 134 $88,350 11 26 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 250 0 running 130 $90,450 12 23 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 127 $112,437 13 1 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 250 77 running 129 $127,250 14 20 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 249 1 running 126 $112,437 15 12 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 249 0 running 118 $87,725 16 11 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 249 0 running 115 $120,603 17 35 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 249 0 running 112 $102,981 18 34 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 249 0 running 109 $97,225 19 10 8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 249 0 running 106 $119,203 20 32 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 249 1 running 108 $74,925 21 37 30 Johnny Sauter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 249 0 running 100 $84,175 22 14 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 249 0 running 97 $109,058 23 21 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 249 0 running 94 $90,550 24 31 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 249 0 running 91 $103,217 25 4 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 249 0 running 88 $97,187 26 30 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 249 0 running 85 $104,317 27 8 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 249 0 running 82 $103,200 28 2 01 Joe Nemechek MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 249 2 running 84 $88,100 29 6 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 248 1 running 81 $76,900 30 39 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 248 0 running 73 $83,039 31 36 50 Derrike Cope Arnold Motorsports Dodge 248 0 running 70 $65,975 32 17 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 245 0 running 67 $101,831 33 18 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 223 28 running 69 $74,500 34 41 98 Todd Bodine Mach 1 Motorsports Ford 209 1 engine 66 $65,375 35 9 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 193 0 running 58 $109,008 36 38 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge 163 1 electrical 60 $65,025 37 3 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 147 0 engine 52 $91,050 38 22 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 127 3 engine 54 $64,550 39 28 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 40 0 engine 46 $64,430 40 43 94 Stanton Barrett W. W. Motorsports Chevrolet 20 0 crash 43 $64,280 41 40 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet 20 0 transmission 40 $64,155 42 42 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford 5 0 handling 37 $64,050 43 33 09 Joe Ruttman Phoenix Racing Dodge 2 0 vibration 34 $64,161
References
^ "2004 Auto Club 500 race results" . Racing-Reference . Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.^ "Auto Club Speedway Track Facts" . Auto Club Speedway. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved March 22, 2013.^ "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site" . 2005-02-05. Archived 2005-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-08-27.^ "2004 Auto Club 500 - The Third Turn" . www.thethirdturn.com . Retrieved 2021-08-27.^ "Auto Club 500" . www.ultimateracinghistory.com . Retrieved 2021-08-27.