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2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500

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2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500
Race details
Race 7 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
The 2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass.
The 2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass.
Date April 4, 2004
Official name 8th Annual Samsung/Radio Shack 500
Location Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Scheduled Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Average speed 138.845 miles per hour (223.449 km/h)
Attendance 216,000
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 27.849
Most laps led
Driver Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports
Laps 148
Winner
No. 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network FOX
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

The 2004 Samsung/Radio Shock 500 was the seventh stock car race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and the eighth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 4, 2004, before a crowd of 216,000 in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Elliott Sadler of Robert Yates Racing would win in a photo finish against Kasey Kahne of Evernham Motorsports to win his second career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his first win of the season.[1] Sadler would win by 0.028 seconds over Kahne. To fill out the podium, Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports would finish third.

Background

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The layout of Texas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race as held.

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Ward Burton Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet NetZero Hi Speed
01 Joe Nemechek MBV Motorsports Chevrolet U. S. Army
2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge Miller Lite
02 Andy Belmont SCORE Motorsports Pontiac Continental Fire & Safety, Southern Pan Services
4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Featherlite Luxury Coaches
5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's, Delphi
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Viagra
8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser
9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers, UAW
09 Johnny Benson Jr. Phoenix Racing Dodge Miccosukee Resort & Gaming
10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet Valvoline
12 Ryan Newman Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge Alltel
14 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge Fort Worth Harley-Davidson, Smith Chrysler-Dodge
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 Interstate Batteries
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 Motorcraft Genuine Parts, U.S. Air Force
22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar
23 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Dodge Batesville Speedway, Bad Boy Mowers
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet GMAC Financial Services
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench, Ice Breakers
30 Johnny Sauter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet America Online
31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless
32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
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 Fujifilm / Target
42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Texaco, Havoline
43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge Cheerios, Betty Crocker
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 Derrike Cope Arnold Motorsports Dodge Arnold Development Companies
72 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford Freddie B's
77 Brendan Gaughan Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge Kodak Easy Share
80 Andy Hillenburg Hover Motorsports Ford Commercial Truck & Trailer, Kevin Triplett for Congress
84 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Carquest, Kellogg's
88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge Racing With Jesus, Voyles Equipment Co.
91 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge Evernham Motorsports
94 Stanton Barrett* W. W. Motorsports Chevrolet Bojangles
97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Irwin Industrial Tools, Sharpie
98 Todd Bodine Mach 1 Motorsports Ford Lucas Oil Products
99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Roush Racing
Official entry list

*Withdrew.[2]

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session would occur on Friday, April 2, at 11:20 AM CST and would last for two hours.[2] Casey Mears of Chip Ganassi Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.081 and an average speed of 192.301 miles per hour (309.478 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 28.081 192.301
2 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 28.092 192.226
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.105 192.137
Full first practice results

Second practice

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The second practice session would occur on Saturday, April 3, at 9:30 AM CST and would last for 45 minutes.[2] Bill Elliott of Evernham Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.759 and an average speed of 187.767 miles per hour (302.182 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 91 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 28.759 187.767
2 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 28.856 187.136
3 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 28.925 186.690
Full second practice results

Third and final practice

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The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, would occur on Saturday, April 3, at 11:10 AM CST and would last for 45 minutes.[2] Jeremy Mayfield of Evernham Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.759 and an average speed of 187.767 miles per hour (302.182 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 28.957 186.483
2 23 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Dodge 29.003 186.188
3 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 29.124 185.414
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, April 2, at 3:00 PM CST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[2] Positions 1-38 would be decided on time, while positions 39-43 would be based on provisionals. Four spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The fifth is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champ needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional.[6]

Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 27.849 and an average speed of 193.903 miles per hour (312.057 km/h).[7]

Andy Belmont, driving for SCORE Motorsports would crash on his first lap. As the team had already run out of provisionals, Belmont failed to qualify.[8]

Four drivers would fail to qualify: Kyle Busch, Morgan Shepherd, Andy Hillenburg, and Andy Belmont.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 27.849 193.903
2 91 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 27.874 193.729
3 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 27.882 193.673
4 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 27.951 193.195
5 01 Joe Nemechek MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 27.952 193.188
6 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 27.961 193.126
7 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 27.965 193.098
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.993 192.905
9 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.043 192.561
10 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 28.062 192.431
11 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 28.069 192.383
12 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 28.073 192.356
13 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.074 192.349
14 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 28.139 191.904
15 12 Ryan Newman Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 28.141 191.891
16 77 Brendan Gaughan Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 28.149 191.836
17 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 28.173 191.673
18 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.223 191.333
19 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 28.226 191.313
20 23 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Dodge 28.239 191.225
21 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 28.251 191.144
22 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.259 191.090
23 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 28.269 191.022
24 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 28.296 190.840
25 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 28.298 190.826
26 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 28.320 190.678
27 0 Ward Burton Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 28.342 190.530
28 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 28.350 190.476
29 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.386 190.235
30 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.390 190.208
31 50 Derrike Cope Arnold Motorsports Dodge 28.412 190.061
32 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 28.422 189.994
33 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 28.453 189.787
34 09 Johnny Benson Jr. Phoenix Racing Dodge 28.462 189.727
35 14 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge 28.493 189.520
36 98 Todd Bodine Mach 1 Motorsports Ford 28.551 189.135
37 30 Johnny Sauter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.572 188.996
38 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 28.581 188.937
Provisionals
39 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 28.591 188.871
40 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 29.164 185.160
41 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 28.847 187.195
42 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 28.812 187.422
43 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford 30.017 179.898
Failed to qualify or withdrew
44 84 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.695 188.186
45 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge 28.883 186.961
46 80 Andy Hillenburg Hover Motorsports Ford 29.511 182.983
47 02 Andy Belmont SCORE Motorsports Pontiac
WD 94 Stanton Barrett W. W. Motorsports Chevrolet
Official qualifying results

Race results

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Fin[9] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 19 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 334 48 running 185 $507,733
2 3 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 334 148 running 180 $335,550
3 9 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 47 running 170 $253,178
4 7 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 334 4 running 165 $227,653
5 10 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 334 2 running 160 $174,883
6 12 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 334 1 running 155 $147,050
7 6 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 334 0 running 146 $117,875
8 17 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 334 0 running 142 $156,453
9 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 0 running 138 $126,475
10 26 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 334 0 running 134 $114,150
11 20 23 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Dodge 334 0 running 130 $101,950
12 13 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 333 0 running 127 $107,950
13 22 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 333 0 running 124 $135,153
14 5 01 Joe Nemechek MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 333 33 running 126 $104,925
15 24 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 332 0 running 118 $121,712
16 25 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 332 0 running 115 $145,103
17 28 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 332 0 running 112 $100,425
18 11 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 332 0 running 109 $121,842
19 39 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 332 0 running 106 $89,425
20 41 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 332 0 running 103 $124,981
21 38 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 332 1 running 105 $87,375
22 29 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 332 0 running 97 $110,981
23 18 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 331 0 running 94 $119,537
24 37 30 Johnny Sauter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 331 1 running 96 $89,925
25 1 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 330 5 running 93 $139,908
26 14 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 330 18 running 90 $111,925
27 23 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 330 0 running 82 $110,842
28 40 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 330 0 running 79 $83,925
29 42 4 Jimmy Spencer Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 328 0 running 76 $74,825
30 35 14 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge 327 0 running 48 $74,175
31 4 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 318 0 engine 70 $79,775
32 27 0 Ward Burton Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 304 0 running 67 $70,675
33 32 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 294 0 crash 64 $78,500
34 21 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 293 0 crash 61 $76,475
35 33 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 290 0 engine 58 $93,625
36 2 91 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 273 26 crash 60 $72,350
37 31 50 Derrike Cope Arnold Motorsports Dodge 232 0 driveshaft 52 $65,125
38 16 77 Brendan Gaughan Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 230 0 engine 49 $72,000
39 15 12 Ryan Newman Penske-Jasper Racing Dodge 194 0 crash 46 $110,742
40 34 09 Johnny Benson Jr. Phoenix Racing Dodge 151 0 rear end 43 $63,750
41 30 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 119 0 engine 40 $90,385
42 43 72 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford 8 0 handling 37 $63,525
43 36 98 Todd Bodine Mach 1 Motorsports Ford 5 0 engine 34 $63,634
Failed to qualify or withdrew
44 84 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
45 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge
46 80 Andy Hillenburg Hover Motorsports Ford
47 02 Andy Belmont SCORE Motorsports Pontiac
WD 94 Stanton Barrett W. W. Motorsports Chevrolet
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ "Sadler holds off Kahne in Texas by a nose". ESPN.com. 2004-04-04. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jayski's® Silly Season Site - 2004 Texas Race Info Page". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on February 5, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "NASCAR.com - Races - 2004 Texas Practice 1 Results". NASCAR.com. April 4, 2004. Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "NASCAR.com - Races - 2004 Texas Practice 2 Results". NASCAR.com. April 4, 2004. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "NASCAR.com - Races - 2004 Texas Practice 3 Results". NASCAR.com. April 4, 2004. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Provisional Land Page". 2005-02-05. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  7. ^ "Home cooking: Bobby Labonte lands Texas pole". ESPN.com. 2004-04-03. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  8. ^ 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Samsung Radio Shack 500 Bud Pole Qualifying, retrieved 2021-12-12
  9. ^ "2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
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