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2004 Pop Secret 500

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2004 Pop Secret 500
Race details[1]
Race 25 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2004 Pop Secret 500 program cover
2004 Pop Secret 500 program cover
Date September 5, 2004 (2004-September-05)
Official name Pop Secret 500
Location California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course Permanent racing facility
2.0 mi (3.23 km)
Distance 250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 128.324 miles per hour (206.517 km/h)
Attendance 90,000
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Mark Martin Roush Racing
Laps 65
Winner
No. 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach Jr.

The 2004 Pop Secret 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on September 5, 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 twenty-fifth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Elliott Sadler of Robert Yates Racing won the race.[1]

The first fall race at California Speedway would be held on Labor Day weekend, bumping the Mountain Dew Southern 500 off as part of the 2004 NASCAR Realignment. Brian Vickers won the pole. Portions of this race were filmed for the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded. Rookie Kasey Kahne got his fifth second-place finish of the season. And this was the first NASCAR Cup Series Start for J.J. Yeley.

Qualifying

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1. Brian Vickers #25 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 187.417 mph

2. Jeremy Mayfield #19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Evernham Motorsports 186.364 mph

3. Bill Elliott #98 McDonalds Dodge Evernham Motorsports 186.307 mph

4. Kurt Busch #97 Sharpie/IRWIN FordR oush Racing 185.955 mph

5. Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Evernham Motorsports 185.816 mph

6. Casey Mears #41 Target House Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 185.802 mph

7. Greg Biffle #16 National Guard Ford Roush Racing 185.773 mph

8. Jeff Gordon #24 DuPont Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 185.658 mph

9. Scott Riggs #10 Valvoline Chevrolet MBV Motorsports 185.557 mph

10. Joe Nemechek #01 US Army Chevrolet MB2 Motorsports 185.553 mph

11. Mark Martin #6 Viagra Ford Roush Racing 185.529 mph

12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt Incorporated 185.266 mph

13. Jeff Green #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge Petty Enterprises 185.261 mph

14. Ryan Newman #12 ALLTEL/Sony Handycam Dodge Penske Racing 185.180 mph

15. Terry Labonte #5 Kellogg's Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 184.810 mph

16. Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 184.772 mph

17. Elliott Sadler #38 M&M's Ford Robert Yates Racing 184.431 mph

18. Kyle Busch #84 CARQUEST Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 184.374 mph

19. Carl Edwards #99 Shop Rat Ford Roush Racing 184.360 mph

20. Ricky Rudd #21 Motorcraft/US Air Force Ford Wood Brothers Racing 184.195 mph

21. Michael Waltrip #15 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt Incorporated 184.135 mph

22. Brendan Gaughan #77 Kodak/Jasper Engines Dodge Penske/Jasper Racing 184.106 mph

23. Jamie McMurray #42 Texaco Havoline Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 184.091 mph

24. Bobby Hamilton Jr #32 Tide Chevrolet PPI Motorsports 184.073 mph

25. Dale Jarrett #88 UPS Ford Robert Yates Racing 183.932 mph

26. Rusty Wallace #2 Miller Lite Dodge Penske Racing 183.899 mph

27. Kevin Harvick #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 183.734 mph

28. Kyle Petty #45 Georgia Pacific/Brawny Dodge Petty Enterprises 183.673 mph

29. Shane Hmiel #23 Bill Davis Racing Dodge Bill Davis Racing 183.613 mph

30. Matt Kenseth #17 DeWalt Ford Roush Racing 183.589 mph

31. Sterling Marlin #40 Coors Light Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 183.486 mph

32. J J Yeley #11 Vigoro/Home Depot Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing 183.243 mph

33. Tony Stewart #20 Home Depot Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing183.206 mph

34. Jeff Burton # 30 America Online Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 182.987 mph

35. Robby Gordon #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 182.788 mph

36. Boris Said #136 Centrix Financial Chevrolet MB2 Motorsports 182.778 mph

37. Bobby Labonte #18 Wellbutrin XL Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing 182.741 mph

38. Scott Wimmer #22 Caterpillar Dodge Bill Davis Racing 182.551 mph

39. Ward Burton #0 Netzero HiSpeed ChevroletHaas CNC Racing 182.131 mph (provisional)

40. Ken Schrader #49 Schwan's Home Service Dodge BAM Racing 181.369 mph (provisional)

41. Jimmy Spencer #4 Morgan-McClure Chevrolet Morgan-McClure Racing 182.209 mph (provisional)

42. Jeff Fuller #50 Arnold Development Companies Dodge Arnold Developments 180.991 mph (provisional)

43. Derrike Cope #96 Mach One Inc Ford William Edwards no time (provisional)

Did not qualify

44. Morgan Shepherd #89 Racing With Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge Cindy Shepherd 178.191 mph

45. Kirk Shelmerdine #72 Freddie B's Ford Kirk Shelmerdine 176.592 mph

46. Hermie Sadler #02 SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet Angela Sadler 179.730 mph

47. Kevin Lepage #37 Carter's Royal Dispos-all Dodge John Carter 180.591 mph

48. Mike Wallace #35 Gary Keller Racing Chevrolet Gary Keller Racing 179.368 mph[2]

Results

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POS[3] ST # DRIVER SPONSOR / OWNER CAR LAPS MONEY STATUS LED PTS
1 17 38   Elliott Sadler M&M's   (Yates Racing) Ford 250 279398 running 59 185
2 5 9   Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 250 190315 running 39 175
3 11 6   Mark Martin Viagra   (Jack Roush) Ford 250 144450 running 65 175
4 23 42   Jamie McMurray Texaco / Havoline   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 250 124500 running 0 160
5 14 12   Ryan Newman Alltel / Sony Handycam   (Roger Penske) Dodge 250 154367 running 2 160
6 19 99   Carl Edwards Shop Rat   (Jack Roush) Ford 250 136792 running 0 150
7 9 10   Scott Riggs Valvoline   (James Rocco) Chevrolet 250 121437 running 0 146
8 25 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 250 124642 running 0 142
9 35 31   Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 250 128612 running 8 143
10 26 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Dodge 250 131808 running 0 134
11 4 97   Kurt Busch Irwin Industrial Tools / Sharpie   (Jack Roush) Ford 250 114700 running 7 135
12 10 01   Joe Nemechek U.S. Army   (Nelson Bowers) Chevrolet 250 108425 running 0 127
13 1 25   Brian Vickers GMAC Financial Services   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 250 107625 running 44 129
14 16 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Tool World   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 250 103800 running 1 126
15 34 30   Jeff Burton America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 250 96200 running 0 118
16 2 19   Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 250 110900 running 9 120
17 20 21   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft / U.S. Air Force   (Wood Brothers) Ford 250 111556 running 0 112
18 33 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 250 127978 running 0 109
19 15 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 250 110775 running 0 106
20 37 18   Bobby Labonte Wellbutrin XL   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 250 127033 running 0 103
21 38 22   Scott Wimmer CAT Dealers   (Bill Davis) Dodge 250 103875 running 0 100
22 30 17   Matt Kenseth Smirnoff Ice / DeWalt   (Jack Roush) Ford 250 129803 running 0 97
23 21 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 250 115606 running 10 99
24 18 84   Kyle Busch Carquest   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 250 78250 running 0 91
25 3 98   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Dodge 250 77925 running 0 88
26 31 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 250 114325 running 0 85
27 13 43   Jeff Green Pop Secret   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 250 106935 running 0 82
28 27 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 250 116238 running 0 79
29 6 41   Casey Mears Target House   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 249 90750 running 0 76
30 36 36   Boris Said Centrix Financial   (Nelson Bowers) Chevrolet 249 77700 running 0 73
31 39 0   Ward Burton NetZero / Fear Factor   (Gene Haas) Chevrolet 248 80150 running 0 70
32 41 4   Jimmy Spencer Lucas Oil Products   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 247 79600 running 1 72
33 40 49   Ken Schrader Schwan's Home Service   (Beth Ann Morgenthau) Dodge 231 77050 engine 1 69
34 12 8   Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser True Music / Dave Matthews   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 231 125103 crash 0 61
35 28 45   Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific / Brawny   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 225 85339 engine 0 58
36 7 16   Greg Biffle National Guard   (Jack Roush) Ford 213 84900 crash 0 55
37 8 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 209 124228 engine 0 52
38 24 32   Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide   (Cal Wells) Chevrolet 207 84800 running 0 49
39 29 23   Shane Hmiel Bill Davis Racing   (Bill Davis) Dodge 173 76740 transmission 4 51
40 43 96   Derrike Cope Mach One Inc.   (William Edwards) Ford 154 76690 crash 0 43
41 32 11   J.J. Yeley Vigoro / Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 32 76640 crash 0 40
42 22 77   Brendan Gaughan Kodak Easy Share / Jasper   (Doug Bawel) Dodge 32 84585 crash 0 37
43 42 50   Jeff Fuller Arnold Development Companies   (Don Arnold) Dodge 5 75875 overheating 0 34
Failed to qualify or withdrew
POS NAME NBR SPONSOR OWNER CAR
44 Kevin Lepage 37 Woodward John Carter Dodge
45 Hermie Sadler 02 SCORE Motorsports Hermie Sadler Chevrolet
46 Mike Wallace 35 Gary Keller Racing Gary Keller Chevrolet
47 Morgan Shepherd 89 Racing With Jesus / Red Line Oil Morgan Shepherd Dodge
48 Kirk Shelmerdine 72 Freddie B's Kirk Shelmerdine Ford
WD Joe Ruttman 09 Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts James Finch Dodge
WD Damon Lusk 62 SWAT Fitness Club Larry Hollenbeck Chevrolet
WD Tony Raines 92 Broadway Motors Bob Jenkins Ford
WD Steve Grissom 93 Global Industrial Contractors Pat Whitener Chevrolet

Race statistics

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  • Time of race: 3:53:47
  • Average Speed: 128.324 miles per hour (206.517 km/h)
  • Pole Speed: 187.417
  • Cautions: 11 for 51 laps
  • Margin of Victory: 0.263
  • Lead changes: 29
  • Percent of race run under caution: 20.4%
  • Average green flag run: 16.6 laps

References

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  1. ^ a b "Official Race Results: Pop Secret 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 9, 2004. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Qualifying times: Pop Secret 500". Crash. 2004-09-04. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. ^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-03.