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2004 Firestone Indy 200

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IndyCar Series race number 8 of 16
Saturday, July 17, 2004 at Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN
200 laps on a 1.333 mile paved track (266.600 miles)

Time of race: 1:55:35
Average speed: 134.975 mph
Pole speed: 201.231 mph

Cautions: 7 for 52 laps
Margin of victory: .338 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 2004 IndyCar Series results / 2004 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	11	Tony Kanaan	Team 7-Eleven (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	200	100400	running	19	50
2	9	6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/T/F	200	82900	running	0	40
3	11	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/T/F	200	69600	running	0	35
4	6	10	Darren Manning	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/T/F	200	56500	running	0	32
5	12	2	Townsend Bell	Menards / Johns Manville (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	200	51600	running	0	30
6	1	15	Buddy Rice	Argent / Pioneer (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)	G/H/F	200	55600	running	52	28
7	18	13	Mark Taylor	University Loft Co. (Access Motorsports)	G/H/F	200	46400	running	0	26
8	8	1	Scott Dixon	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/T/F	200	43300	running	0	24
9	14	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Panasonic ARTA (Adrian Fernandez)	G/H/F	200	43300	running	0	22
10	13	5	Adrian Fernandez	Quaker State / Telmex / Tecate (Adrian Fernandez)	G/H/F	200	42000	running	0	20
11	20	12	Tora Takagi	Pioneer (Mo Nunn)	D/T/F	200	40800	running	0	19
12	2	17	Vitor Meira	Team Centrix (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)	G/H/F	200	57100	running	113	21
13	4	26	Dan Wheldon	Klein Tools / Jim Beam (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	199	38500	running	16	17
14	15	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/T/F	199	37100	running	0	16
15	19	24	Felipe Giaffone	Team Purex (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/C/F	198	36000	running	0	15
16	22	14	A.J. Foyt IV	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	D/T/F	190	34900	running	0	14
17	16	51	Alex Barron	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/C/F	178	33600	suspension	0	13
18	3	7	Bryan Herta	XM Satellite Radio (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	161	33600	crash	0	12
19	10	4	Tomas Scheckter	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	108	32400	crash	0	12
20	7	27	Dario Franchitti	ArcaEx (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	65	31300	gearbox	0	12
21	17	20	Jaques Lazier	Patrick Racing (Pat Patrick)	D/C/F	64	31300	axle	0	12
22	21	52	Ed Carpenter	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/C/F	60	31300	crash	0	12

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force
Engine: C - Chevrolet; H - Honda; T - Toyota
Tires: F - Firestone

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	9	9
	10	13	4	debris
	14	34	21
	35	42	8	debris
	43	61	19
	62	72	11	#52 accident turn 4
	73	109	37
	110	118	9	#4 accident turn 2
	119	162	44
	163	176	14	#7 accident turn 2
	177	178	2
	179	181	3	#26,15 accident turn 2
	182	184	3
	185	187	3	#26 lost tire turn 4
	188	200	13
Percent of race run under caution: 26.0% Average green flag run: 18.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Vitor Meira	1	113	113
Buddy Rice	114	165	52
Dan Wheldon	166	181	16
Tony Kanaan	182	200	19

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Tony Kanaan	325
2	Dan Wheldon	264	-61
3	Buddy Rice	253	-72
4	Helio Castroneves	242	-83
5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	200	-125
6	Scott Dixon	188	-137
7	Darren Manning	187	-138
8	Bryan Herta	177	-148
9	Dario Franchitti	173	-152
10	Vitor Meira	170	-155
11	Alex Barron	162	-163
12	Adrian Fernandez	154	-171
13	Tora Takagi	151	-174
14	Kosuke Matsuura	145	-180
15	Scott Sharp	140	-185
16	Tomas Scheckter	125	-200
17	A.J. Foyt IV	118	-207
18	Ed Carpenter	106	-219
19	Mark Taylor	105	-220
20	Greg Ray	99	-226
21	Felipe Giaffone	86	-239