2004 Auto Club 500

2004 Auto Club 500

Race details[1]
Race 10 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
Date	May 2, 2004
Official name	Auto Club 500
Location	California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.23 km)
Distance	250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	137.268 miles per hour (220.911 km/h)
Attendance	120,000
Pole position
Driver	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	81
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2004 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on May 2, 2004 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the tenth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

Background

The track, California Speedway, is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long.^[2] The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
3	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge
4	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford
5	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
6	77	Brendan Gaughan	Penske Racing	Dodge
7	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
8	41	Casey Mears	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge
9	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
10	0	Ward Burton	Haas CNC Racing	Chevrolet

References

1. 2004 Auto Club 500 racing information at Racing Reference
2. "Auto Club Speedway Track Facts". Auto Club Speedway. Retrieved March 22, 2013.