The 2004 Chevy Rock and Roll 400 was the 26th stock car race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, the final race of the 2004 NASCAR regular season, and the 47th iteration of the event . The race was held on Saturday, September 11, 2004, before a crowd of 110,000 in Richmond, Virginia , at Richmond International Raceway , a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Jeremy Mayfield of Evernham Motorsports would pass a fuel-ailing Kurt Busch with 8 to go and take home a clutch win to lock himself into the 2004 Chase for the Nextel Cup . The race was Mayfield's fourth career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his first and only win of the season.[ 1] Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
The ten drivers to make it into the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup were Jeff Gordon , Jimmie Johnson , Dale Earnhardt Jr. , Tony Stewart , Matt Kenseth , Elliott Sadler , Kurt Busch , Mark Martin , Jeremy Mayfield , and Ryan Newman .[ 2]
Background The layout of Richmond International Raceway , the venue where the race was at. Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D -shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County . It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series . Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
Entry list # Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Ward Burton Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet NetZero Hi Speed 00 Ryan McGlynn McGlynn Racing Chevrolet Buyer's Choice Auto Warranties 01 Joe Nemechek MBV Motorsports Chevrolet U. S. Army 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge Miller Lite 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet Jenkins & Jenkins Attorneys at Law 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Lucas Oil 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Reverse Viagra 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser 08 Carl Long Hover Motorsports Ford Commercial Truck & Trailer 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 09 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Dodge Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet Valvoline 12 Ryan Newman Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge Alltel 13 Greg Sacks Sacks Motorsports Dodge Vita Coco , ARC Dehooker 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford National Guard 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford DeWalt Power Tools 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Wellbutrin XL 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet The Home Depot 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford U. S. Air Force "Let's Roll" 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar 23 Shane Hmiel Bill Davis Racing Dodge Bill Davis Racing 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet GMAC Financial Services 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet Timber Wolf 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench , KISS 30 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet America Online , Big & Rich 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 33 Johnny Sauter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Maglite , GM Card 37 Kevin Lepage R&J Racing Dodge Carter's Royal Dispos-all 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Coors Light 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Target 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Texaco , Havoline 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge Pillsbury Grands! 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge Georgia-Pacific Brawny 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge Schwan's Home Service 50 Todd Bodine Arnold Motorsports Dodge The Orleans 51 Tony Raines Competitive Edge Motorsports Chevrolet Great Value 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford Kirk Shelmerdine Racing 75 Mike Garvey * Haefele Racing Dodge Jani-King 77 Brendan Gaughan Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge Kodak 80 Mike Bliss Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Van Camp's , Hunt's 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge Racing With Jesus, Red Line Oil 92 Brad Teague Front Row Motorsports Ford Broadway Motors 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Irwin Industrial Tools 98 Derrike Cope Mach 1 Motorsports Ford Mach One Inc. 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford Roush Racing Official entry list
*Withdrew.[ 3]
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, September 10, at 11:20 AM EST , and would last for two hours.[ 3] Ryan Newman of Penske-Jasper Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.024 and an average speed of 128.425 miles per hour (206.680 km/h).[ 4]
Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, September 10, at 6:00 PM EST , and would last for one hour and 15 minutes.[ 3] Kasey Kahne of Evernham Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.480 and an average speed of 125.698 miles per hour (202.291 km/h).[ 5]
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, September 10, at 3:10 PM EST . Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[ 3] [ 6]
Ryan Newman of Penske-Jasper Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 20.979 and an average speed of 128.700 miles per hour (207.123 km/h).[ 7]
Nine drivers would fail to qualify: Johnny Sauter , Tony Raines , Kevin Lepage , Greg Sacks , Hermie Sadler , Brad Teague , Ryan McGlynn , Morgan Shepherd , and Carl Long .
Full qualifying results
Race results Fin[ 8] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 7 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 400 151 running 190 $211,120 2 14 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 400 42 running 175 $153,543 3 9 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 20 running 170 $138,333 4 33 80 Mike Bliss Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 160 $82,655 5 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 0 running 155 $84,055 6 13 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 400 0 running 150 $102,997 7 41 09 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Dodge 400 45 running 151 $78,430 8 8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 400 0 running 142 $74,580 9 36 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 400 0 running 138 $74,180 10 12 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 400 0 running 134 $105,863 11 22 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 400 0 running 130 $89,680 12 27 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 127 $99,843 13 19 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 399 0 running 124 $96,836 14 24 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 399 0 running 121 $96,455 15 17 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 399 94 running 123 $80,830 16 18 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 399 0 running 115 $104,213 17 20 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 399 0 running 112 $97,763 18 23 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 109 $89,230 19 15 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 399 0 running 106 $105,433 20 1 12 Ryan Newman Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 399 3 running 108 $110,572 21 6 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 399 0 running 100 $88,536 22 4 01 Joe Nemechek MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 97 $82,705 23 5 30 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 399 8 running 99 $69,905 24 11 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 399 0 running 91 $92,080 25 10 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 399 0 running 88 $87,105 26 25 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 398 0 running 85 $91,147 27 37 77 Brendan Gaughan Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 398 0 running 82 $68,005 28 16 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 397 5 running 84 $107,658 29 30 23 Shane Hmiel Bill Davis Racing Dodge 397 0 running 76 $59,760 30 32 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 397 0 running 73 $59,600 31 34 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet 397 0 running 70 $56,565 32 28 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 396 0 running 67 $91,717 33 39 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 392 0 running 64 $57,425 34 31 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 392 0 running 61 $66,935 35 29 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 352 0 running 58 $64,789 36 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 338 32 running 60 $76,165 37 26 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 335 0 running 52 $64,330 38 21 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 297 0 running 49 $64,295 39 35 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 292 0 ignition 46 $81,442 40 38 0 Ward Burton Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 192 0 crash 43 $56,185 41 43 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford 87 0 brakes 40 $56,130 42 42 98 Derrike Cope Mach 1 Motorsports Ford 30 0 ignition 37 $56,090 43 40 50 Todd Bodine Arnold Motorsports Dodge 9 0 crash 34 $56,303 Failed to qualify or withdrew 44 33 Johnny Sauter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45 51 Tony Raines Competitive Edge Motorsports Chevrolet 46 37 Kevin Lepage R&J Racing Dodge 47 13 Greg Sacks Sacks Motorsports Dodge 48 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet 49 92 Brad Teague Front Row Motorsports Ford 50 00 Ryan McGlynn McGlynn Racing Chevrolet 51 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge 52 08 Carl Long McGlynn Racing Ford WD 75 Mike Garvey Haefele Racing Dodge Official race results
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