2004 Daytona 500 - Stat Wrap

Stat Wrap

  • Time of the Race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds (22 minutes, 58 seconds longer than Buddy Baker's 1980 record)
  • Average Speed: 172.284mph (Baker's record: 177.602 mph)
  • Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
    • Laps 8-11 (oil from Martin's blown engine)
    • Laps 34-38 (Cope, Riggs Turn 4 accident)
    • Laps 60-64 (Green, Schrader, Wallace backstretch accident)
    • Laps 72-80 (Andretti, Benson, R.Gordon, T.Labonte, Lepage, Marlin, McMurray, Newman, Riggs, Sauter, Vickers, Waltrip backstretch accident).
  • Lead Changes: 26 among 10 drivers;
    • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (1-29)
    • Kevin Harvick (30-35)
    • Tony Stewart (36-39)
    • Jimmie Johnson (40-41)
    • Tony Stewart (42-43)
    • Jimmie Johnson (44-52)
    • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (53-58)
    • Tony Stewart (59)
    • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (60)
    • Tony Stewart (61-71)
    • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (72)
    • Kyle Petty (73-77)
    • Jeff Gordon (78-84)
    • Tony Stewart (85-104)
    • Jimmie Johnson (105-107)
    • Matt Kenseth (108)
    • John Andretti (109)
    • Tony Stewart (110-136)
    • Jeff Gordon (137)
    • Matt Kenseth (138)
    • Jimmie Johnson (139)
    • Terry Labonte (140)
    • Tony Stewart (141-168)
    • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (169)
    • Jimmie Johnson (170)
    • Scott Wimmer* (171-175)
    • Tony Stewart (176-180)
    • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (181-200).
  • Led the Most Laps: Tony Stewart, 97 of 200 laps
  • Cars running at the finish: 31
  • Rookie of the race: Scott Wimmer
  • Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s win was the 3rd Daytona 500 win for DEI, after Michael Waltrip's wins in 2001 and 2003. Overall, it was DEI's fifth Daytona race victory, counting Waltrip's and Earnhardt, Jr.'s Pepsi 400 victories.
  • For the third year in a row, the Pole winner (Greg Biffle) did not lead a lap
  • Nextel Cup debut for Brendan Gaughan, Kasey Kahne, and Scott Riggs.
  • Only Daytona 500 for Larry Foyt.
  • Final Daytona 500 for Johnny Benson, Derrike Cope, 2002 winner Ward Burton, Ricky Craven, and Jimmy Spencer.
  • Detailed Results
Daytona 500
Track and Race Information
Track
  • Daytona International Speedway
  • International Speedway Corporation
  • Daytona 500 Experience
  • Fatalities
Statistics
  • Winners
  • Pole-sitters
  • Records
  • Harley J. Earl Trophy
Lore
  • Daytona 500 history
  • Broadcasters
  • Death of Dale Earnhardt
  • Bill France
  • Ken Squier
Notable races
  • The Photo-Finish
  • Pearson/Petty Crash
  • The Fight
  • The Slingshot
  • The Dale and Dale Show
  • This One's For You (Hendrick podium sweep)
  • Earnhardt's Daytona win
  • Death of Dale Earnhardt
  • Marlin Loses by a Fender
  • Last-Lap Mayhem
  • Pothole in Turn 2
  • Bayne Becomes the Youngest 500 Winner
  • Monday Night Primetime
Related events
  • Sprint Unlimited at Daytona
  • Speedweeks
  • Budweiser Duel
  • Coke Zero 400
  • NextEra Energy Resources 250
  • DRIVE4COPD 300
  • Subway Jalapeño 250
  • Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200
  • Daytona 200
  • Rolex 24 at Daytona
Related area
  • City of Daytona Beach
  • Sports in Florida
  • Daytona Beach Road Course
  • Daytona Beach International Airport
  • The Daytona Beach News-Journal
  • WDSC-TV
Daytona 500 Race Reports
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NASCAR on NBC / TNT
Commentators
  • Allen Bestwick
  • Wally Dallenbach Jr.
  • Benny Parsons
  • Bill Weber
  • Kyle Petty
  • Ralph Sheheen
  • Dave Burns
  • Marty Snider
  • Matt Yocum
  • Joe Gibbs
  • Lindsay Czarniak
  • Adam Alexander
  • Liz Allison
  • Chris Neville
  • Larry McReynolds
Lore
NBC
  • First race back at Daytona after Earnhardt's Death
  • First race back after 9/11
  • Marlin's Mistake
  • McMurray's Upset
  • Sadler's Airborne
  • Earnhardt Jr.'s Daytona 500 win
  • Hendrick plane crash
  • In Loving Memory All The Way
  • Closest title chase in history
  • Final race with only American-born drivers
TNT
  • The Bump and Run
  • Hendrick plane crash
  • Montoya's first victory
  • McMurray edges Kyle Busch
  • Joey Logano becomes Youngest Winner in Cup History
  • First new venue since 2001 results with traffic problems
  • Dale Jr. ends four years of frustration
Daytona 500
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
Theme songs
  • "Fuel"
TNT
  • "Born to Be Wild"
  • "Highway Star"
  • "T.N.T."

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