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2004 Charter 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 38 42 16   Justin Ashburn Spectra Metals / 31-W Insulation   (Wayne Day) Chevrolet 48 18980 brakes 0 49 23 8 14   Casey Atwood Navy "Accelerate Your Life"   (Terry Bradshaw) Chevrolet 197 24970 running 0 94 42 23 91   Stanton Barrett AmericInn Lodging Systems   (Stanton Barrett) Pontiac 10 18815 engine 0 37 29 37 1   Johnny Benson, Jr. Yellow Transportation   (James Finch) Dodge 132 29410 engine 0 76 7 3 60   Greg Biffle Charter Communications   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 24900 running 3 151 17 11 20   Mike Bliss Rockwell Automation   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 199 25330 running 0 112 12 12 21   Clint Bowyer Reese's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 199 24025 running 0 127 32 35 51   Stan Boyd Bicknell Racing Products   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 91 19560 engine 0 67 5 4 5   Kyle Busch Lowe's / Gladiator   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 37500 running 1 160 20 17 59   Stacy Compton Kingsford / Schnucks / Bubba Burger   (Tad Geschickter) Ford 198 25425 running 0 103 9 10 12   Tim Fedewa Supercuts   (Armando Fitz) Chevrolet 200 27675 running 0 138 37 24 88   Jeff Fuller NEMCO Motorsports   (Joe Nemechek) Chevrolet 48 26560 brakes 0 52 40 30 36   Travis Geisler National City Bank   (Carl Natale) Chevrolet 22 20910 crash 0 43 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 35 33 28   Mark Green Yahoo!   (Jay Robinson) Ford 70 19235 crash 0 0 31 38 77   Shane Hall BG Products   (Joe Reilly) Ford 95 19670 electrical 0 70 4 9 25   Bobby Hamilton, Jr. U.S. Marine Corps   (Ed Rensi) Ford 200 40350 running 0 160 39 31 35   Kenny Hendrick Compton Roofing / Boemler   (Gary Keller) Chevrolet 41 18945 transmission 0 0 26 40 72   Jerry Hill MacDonald Motorsports   (Pat MacDonald) Chevrolet 191 22245 running 0 85 28 18 24   Shane Hmiel Quality Plus Services   (Gregg Mixon) Chevrolet 160 20020 engine 0 79 2 6 2   Ron Hornaday, Jr. AC Delco   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 51600 running 52 175 13 14 38   Kasey Kahne Great Clips   (Brad Akins) Dodge 199 22205 running 0 124 3 5 22   Jason Keller Miller High Life   (Greg Pollex) Ford 200 47505 running 0 165 6 7 00   Jason Leffler NetZero Hi Speed   (Gene Haas) Chevrolet 200 30850 running 0 150 15 25 46   Ashton Lewis Lewis Motorsports   (Bill Lewis) Chevrolet 199 27380 running 0 118 22 29 33   Paul Menard Menards / Energizer   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 197 24755 running 0 97 43 28 66   Billy Parker Duraflame   (Rusty Wallace) Dodge 1 18769 crash 0 34 34 41 39   Andy Ponstein Yahoo!   (Jay Robinson) Ford 86 19345 engine 0 61 36 27 47   Robert Pressley Clorox / Wisk   (Tad Geschickter) Ford 60 23145 engine 0 55 30 16 87   David Reutimann Natural Gear   (Joe Nemechek) Chevrolet 95 21880 engine 0 73 27 39 49   Josh Richeson Advil Liqui-Gels   (Jay Robinson) Ford 190 22135 running 0 82 21 19 02   Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports   (Bryant Stith) Chevrolet 198 25165 running 0 100 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 24 43 50   David Starr Enzyte   (Michael Holigan) Chevrolet 196 20490 running 0 91 8 15 32   David Stremme Trim Spa   (Todd Braun) Dodge 200 27850 running 0 142 1 1 8   Martin Truex Jr Taco Bell   (Chance2 Motorsports) Chevrolet 200 66955 running 123 190 33 13 23   Kenny Wallace Stacker 2   (Bill Davis) Chevrolet 86 23470 engine 0 64 41 21 4   Mike Wallace Sport Clips / GEICO   (Fred Biagi) Ford 17 20875 engine 0 40 14 20 99   Michael Waltrip Aaron's   (Michael Waltrip) Chevrolet 199 21765 running 0 121 25 34 10   Gus Wasson RaceGirl   (Johnny Davis) Chevrolet 193 29975 running 0 88 16 36 18   J.J. Yeley Vigoro / Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 199 21495 running 0 115

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Gus Wasson 10 pitting before green flag Josh Richeson 49 driver change Robby Gordon 55 engine change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 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 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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