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NASCAR Busch Series race number 10 of 34
Saturday, May 8, 2004 at Gateway International Raceway, Madison, IL
200 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:27:50
Average speed: 101.466 mph
Pole speed: 134.112 mph

Cautions: 6 for 36 laps
Margin of victory: 6.601 sec
Attendance: 60000
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 2004 NASCAR Busch Series results / 2004 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	8	Martin Truex Jr	Taco Bell (Chance2 Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	66955	running	123	190
2	6	2	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	AC Delco (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	51600	running	52	175
3	5	22	Jason Keller	Miller High Life (Greg Pollex)	Ford	200	47505	running	0	165
4	9	25	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	U.S. Marine Corps (Ed Rensi)	Ford	200	40350	running	0	160
5	4	5	Kyle Busch	Lowe's / Gladiator (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	37500	running	1	160
6	7	00	Jason Leffler	NetZero Hi Speed (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	200	30850	running	0	150
7	3	60	Greg Biffle	Charter Communications (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	24900	running	3	151
8	15	32	David Stremme	Trim Spa (Todd Braun)	Dodge	200	27850	running	0	142
9	10	12	Tim Fedewa	Supercuts (Armando Fitz)	Chevrolet	200	27675	running	0	138
10	22	55	Robby Gordon	Fruit of the Loom (Robby Gordon)	Chevrolet	199	23575	running	0	134
11	2	37	David Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Pontiac	199	35625	running	21	135
12	12	21	Clint Bowyer	Reese's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	199	24025	running	0	127
13	14	38	Kasey Kahne	Great Clips (Brad Akins)	Dodge	199	22205	running	0	124
14	20	99	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's (Michael Waltrip)	Chevrolet	199	21765	running	0	121
15	25	46	Ashton Lewis	Lewis Motorsports (Bill Lewis)	Chevrolet	199	27380	running	0	118
16	36	18	J.J. Yeley	Vigoro / Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	199	21495	running	0	115
17	11	20	Mike Bliss	Rockwell Automation (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	199	25330	running	0	112
18	26	27	Johnny Sauter	Kleenex / Dierbergs (Clarence Brewer)	Pontiac	199	21175	running	0	109
19	32	56	Regan Smith	Holiday Inn Express (John McNelly)	Chevrolet	199	21065	running	0	106
20	17	59	Stacy Compton	Kingsford / Schnucks / Bubba Burger (Tad Geschickter)	Ford	198	25425	running	0	103
21	19	02	Hermie Sadler	SCORE Motorsports (Bryant Stith)	Chevrolet	198	25165	running	0	100
22	29	33	Paul Menard	Menards / Energizer (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	197	24755	running	0	97
23	8	14	Casey Atwood	Navy "Accelerate Your Life" (Terry Bradshaw)	Chevrolet	197	24970	running	0	94
24	43	50	David Starr	Enzyte (Michael Holigan)	Chevrolet	196	20490	running	0	91
25	34	10	Gus Wasson	RaceGirl (Johnny Davis)	Chevrolet	193	29975	running	0	88
26	40	72	Jerry Hill	MacDonald Motorsports (Pat MacDonald)	Chevrolet	191	22245	running	0	85
27	39	49	Josh Richeson	Advil Liqui-Gels (Jay Robinson)	Ford	190	22135	running	0	82
28	18	24	Shane Hmiel	Quality Plus Services (Gregg Mixon)	Chevrolet	160	20020	engine	0	79
29	37	1	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Yellow Transportation (James Finch)	Dodge	132	29410	engine	0	76
30	16	87	David Reutimann	Natural Gear (Joe Nemechek)	Chevrolet	95	21880	engine	0	73
31	38	77	Shane Hall	BG Products (Joe Reilly)	Ford	95	19670	electrical	0	70
32	35	51	Stan Boyd	Bicknell Racing Products (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	91	19560	engine	0	67
33	13	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Chevrolet	86	23470	engine	0	64
34	41	39	Andy Ponstein	Yahoo! (Jay Robinson)	Ford	86	19345	engine	0	61
35	33	28	Mark Green	Yahoo! (Jay Robinson)	Ford	70	19235	crash	0	0
36	27	47	Robert Pressley	Clorox / Wisk (Tad Geschickter)	Ford	60	23145	engine	0	55
37	24	88	Jeff Fuller	NEMCO Motorsports (Joe Nemechek)	Chevrolet	48	26560	brakes	0	52
38	42	16	Justin Ashburn	Spectra Metals / 31-W Insulation (Wayne Day)	Chevrolet	48	18980	brakes	0	49
39	31	35	Kenny Hendrick	Compton Roofing / Boemler (Gary Keller)	Chevrolet	41	18945	transmission	0	0
40	30	36	Travis Geisler	National City Bank (Carl Natale)	Chevrolet	22	20910	crash	0	43
41	21	4	Mike Wallace	Sport Clips / GEICO (Fred Biagi)	Ford	17	20875	engine	0	40
42	23	91	Stanton Barrett	AmericInn Lodging Systems (Stanton Barrett)	Pontiac	10	18815	engine	0	37
43	28	66	Billy Parker	Duraflame (Rusty Wallace)	Dodge	1	18769	crash	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Gus Wasson	10	pitting before green flag
Josh Richeson	49	driver change
Robby Gordon	55	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Clint Vahsholtz	90	Vahsholtz Racing	Leonard Vahsholtz	Ford
45	Brad Teague	53	Bolts & Screws / JTC Express	Butch Jarvis	Chevrolet
46	Shane Wallace	63	Speed Racer on SPEED Channel	Ed Wallace	Chevrolet
47	Dion Ciccarelli	84	Star Sales	Martyn Glidden	Ford
48	Randy Briggs	85	Premier Glass / J & S	Daniel Kinney	Chevrolet
DC	Derrike Cope	49	Advil Liqui-Gels	Jay Robinson	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	8	6	#21,66,36,33 accident turn 2
	9	24	16
	25	29	5	#36 accident turn 2
	30	62	33
	63	69	7	oil on track
	70	70	1
	71	75	5	#28 accident frontstretch
	76	83	8
	84	89	6	#77 stalled turn 1
	90	97	8
	98	102	5	oil on track
	103	200	98
Percent of race run under caution: 17.0% Average green flag run: 23.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Martin Truex, Jr.	1	29	29
Ron Hornaday, Jr.	30	80	51
Martin Truex, Jr.	81	89	9
Ron Hornaday, Jr.	90	90	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	91	143	53
Kyle Busch	144	144	1
Greg Biffle	145	147	3
David Green	148	168	21
Martin Truex, Jr.	169	200	32

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Martin Truex Jr	1472
2	Michael Waltrip	1456	-16
3	Kyle Busch	1443	-29
4	David Green	1386	-86
5	Robby Gordon	1379	-93
6	Jason Keller	1322	-150
7	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	1259	-213
8	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	1255	-217
9	Greg Biffle	1223	-249
10	Johnny Sauter	1188	-284
11	Jason Leffler	1148	-324
12	Tim Fedewa	1122	-350
13	Mike Bliss	1091	-381
14	Kenny Wallace	1090	-382
15	Stacy Compton	1076	-396
16	Kasey Kahne	1071	-401
17	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1060	-412
18	David Stremme	1053	-419
19	Ashton Lewis	1003	-469
20	Casey Atwood	980	-492
21	Robert Pressley	970	-502