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2004 NASCAR

• 26 year old Kurt Busch won the title for the chase by finishing 5th in the final race (Homestead). He finished the season with 3 wins. Jimmy Johnson finished championship runner-up with 8 race wins; Jeff Gordon finished 3rd.
• BUSCH, 2004 CHAMPION, ROUSH RACING: "... Just unbelievable ... To be able to persevere how we did and overcome everything that we did, I cannot believe this team and everything we have been able to overcome this year. There are positions and times to be lucky and positions and times to stay focused and put together your best effort. It's a true testament to what a driver has to do, a team has to do, and team owner has to do."
• JACK ROUSH: "... Kurt is an incredible quick study. Once he understands how something works, he never forgets it and he won't put it aside. If something happens that's not right for him or not good for him, then he makes the commitment to go forward and do it differently. If somebody had asked me what the thing is that's made the most difference as seen by me for Kurt this year is how close he's been to Mark and how close he's been to Matt and how close he's been to Greg Biffle .."

2004 NEXTEL CUP - NASCAR

• 2004 NASCAR CHAMPION: Kurt Busch, Roush Racing, Ford
• 2004 NASCAR MANUFACTURER TITLE: Chevrolet; a record 28th manufacturer title - more than any other manufacturer
• 2004 NASCAR BUSCH TITLE: Martin Turex
• 2004 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK TITLE: Bobby Hamilton
• 2004 NASCAR ROOKIE: Kasey Kahne

2004 NASCAR STANDING: FINAL

	1 Kurt Busch, Ford, Roush Racing, 3 wins, 6506 points Age: 26  TOTAL WINNING FOR 2004 : over $9 million Winners cheque: $5.36 million dollars
	2 Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 8 wins, 6498, +8 points Age: 29
	3 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 5 wins, 6490 +16 points Age: 33
4 Mark Martin, Ford, 1 win , 6399 +107 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 6 wins* , 6368 +138 (*fined 25 points for swearing after Talledega win on Oct 4) 6 Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 2 wins, 6326 +180 7 Ryan Newman 1 win 8 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 2 wins 9 Elliott Sadler, Ford, 2 wins 10 Jeremy Mayfield 1 win 11 Jamie McMurray 12 Bobby Labonte 13 Kasey Kahne - rookie 14 Kevin Harvick 15 Dale Jarrett 16 Wallace 17 Biffle 18 J Burton 19 Nemechek 20 Waltrip 21 Marlin 22 Mears 23 R Gordon 24 Rudd 25 Vickers 26 T Labonte 27 Wimmer 28 Gaughan 29 Riggs 30 Green 2004 ROOKIE DRIVER STANDING - FINAL 1 Kasey Kahne , 376 points, 14 top 10 2 Brendan Gaughan , 256 3 Brian Vickers , 255 4 Scott Wimmer , 247 5 Scott Riggs , 237 2004 TEAM OWNER STANDING - FINAL 1 Georgetta Roush , car # 97, 6506 points 2 Jeff Gordon , car # 48, 6498 3 Rick Hendrick , car # 24, 6490 4 Jack Roush 5 Teresa Earnhardt 6 Joe Gibbs 7 Roger Penske 8 Mark Martin 9 Robert Yates 10 Ray Evernham 11 Floyd Ganassi 12 Joe Gibbs 13 Ray Evernham 14 Richard Childress 15 Robert Yates 16 Roger Penske

• Jimmy Johnson is on a roll having won 4 from the last 5 races. He lies just 18 points behind Busch.
  "... Winning the Southern 500 and winning at Martinsville with what took place with the airplane and Hendrick Motorsports. Going to Atlanta and doing it. Fighting our way back in this championship. I just can't believe it."
  BEFORE RACE:
  2ND, GORDON: "... We're second in the points with only two races left, so we need to be aggressive. The pressure will keep building and it will become more intense. This is one track where you'd better block all that out ... If you don't, this track will bite you in a second."
  3RD, EARNHARDT JR; "... We just have to lead the most laps and win each race. If we win the Cup, cool. If we don't, I know we'll still be proud of the season we've had. We're testing at Homestead this week and we're going to keep doing everything we can to win the last two. That's all we can do at this point"

2004 NASCAR BUSCH STANDING:

• Martin Turex's maiden Busch championship title.
  TRUEX, 2004 CHAMPION: "... Just to have the opportunity to win my first championship with this paint scheme (Earnhardt's) is beyond anything any driver could ever dream ... I would like to thank Teresa, Dale Jr. and the Wrangler Corporation for making this possible ... (I have) the greatest car owners in the world ... We've been through so much - we've learned so much together. I'm glad to get my man Junior his first owner's trophy. I've got to thank him for everything he's given me."
• Truex finish the season with 6 race wins and 7 poles (matching Jeff Green's 6 wins in 2000)
• Kyle Busch is Rookie of the Year and finished runner-up. He set new rookie records for most poles (5), most points (4714), most laps led (1,089), most wins (5, equalling Greg Biffle 2001), most top 10s (21, equalling Biffle) and most races led (19).

2004 NASCAR BUSCH TOP 10 DRIVERS (after Nov 13, 2004)

• 1 Martin Truex Jr. , Chevrolet, 6 wins, 5030 points *** 2004 champion ***
• 2 Kyle Busch, 5 wins, 4773 points
• 3 Greg Biffle 5 wins
• 4 Ron Hornaday 1 win
• 5 David Green
• 6 Mike Bliss 1 win
• 7 Jason Keller
• 8 Ashton Lewis
• 9 Kenny Wallace
• 10 Jason Leffler 1 win

2004 NASCAR TRUCK STANDING:

• 47 year old Bobby Hamilton's maiden Craftsman Truck Series championship title. He won 4 races and 12 top 5 finishes.
• First Truck title for Dodge
• HAMILTON, 2004 CHAMPION: "... We had a good truck, but we just tried to use our head and stay out of trouble ... The engineers got together and actually wrote a program that they could just punch a button if Dennis led a lap, which he did, where I'd have to finish at. When he made a position or five positions they could punch it and they'd let me know where everybody was and what we had to do."

The victory celebration for Jimmy Johnson at Martinsville on Sunday (Martinsville 500, Oct 24) was cancelled due to death of 10 people associated with his team. Hendrick Motorsport owned by Rick Hendrick is one of the most successful NASCAR operation with 4 Cup titles, 1 Busch title, 3 Truck titles and over 100 Cup wins. The team's private plane on its way to the race crashed in the Bull Mountain region of Virginia. Among the dead are the President of Hendrick Motorsports John Hendrick (Rick Hendrick's brother) and heir apparent 24 year old Ricky Hendrick IV (Rick Hendrick's son). Others are Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick (John Hendrick's twin daughters), Joe Jackson (DuPont), Jeff Turner (General manager of Hendrick Motorsports), Randy Dorton, (team's chief engine builder), Scott Lathram (pilot for Tony Stewart), and pilots Richard Tracy and Elizabeth Morrison.

NASCAR (B FRANCE): "The thoughts and prayers of the entire NASCAR family go out to all the families affected by this accident. I am confident that the NASCAR community will rally to provide comfort and support during this trying time. As a family oriented sport, we are all feeling a very personal loss at this time."

M MARTIN: "... I was hoping never have to hear this again in my life time, I just feel so bad that it's unreal. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families of those involved in this terrible tragedy."

M KENSETH: "... I really don't know what to say, this is such a terrible tragedy. It's not only a tragedy for NASCAR, but it's a personal one for the Hendrick Family; Rick has been through a lot this year already and I think the best thing any of us can do right now is just pray for them. We all knew the people onboard and Randy Dorton has been a very close friend of mine. We just need to pray for everybody right now for what they're going through."

K BUSCH: "... It's such an extremely unfortunate situation. It's certainly something that illustrates how close-knit the entire racing community really is, and right now we're all just thinking and praying for all of the families."

INDYCAR (T GEORGE): "... At moments like this, it is difficult to adequately express the deep sense of loss so many friends and families are feeling. Times of reflection for me in the near future will be full of prayer for Rick Hendrick, his family and his entire organization. We can take comfort, though, in knowing that the 10 souls that were taken yesterday made our lives richer for having known them, and we should always hold dear their memory"

2004 RACE RESULTS:

• FEB / 15 / 2004: Daytona 500   Earnhardt Jr. wins
  Grid: 1 Greg Biffle 2 Sadler 3 Earnhardt Jr.
  Result: 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Stewart 3 Wimmer 4 Harvick 5 Johnson 6 Nemechek
• FEB / 22 / 2004: Subway 400, Rockingham in North Carolina
  Result: 1 Matt Kenseth 2 Kahne 3 McMurray 4 Marlin 5 Earnhardt Jr. 6 Newman
• MAR / 7 / 2004: UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, Las Vegas
  Result: 1 Matt Kenseth 2 Kahne 3 Stewart 4 McMurray 5 Martin 6 Sadler
• MAR / 14 / 2004: Golden Corral 500, Atlanta
  Result: 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Mayfield 3 Kahne 4 Johnson 5 Newman 6 Kenseth
• MAR / 21 / 2004: Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Darlington Raceway
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Labonte 3 Newman 4 Gordon 5 Sadler 6 Busch
• MAR / 28 / 2004: Food City 500, Bristol
  Result: 1 Kurt Busch 2 Wallace 3 Harvick 4 Marlin 5 Kenseth 6 Schrader
• APRIL / 4 / 2004: Samsung/Radio Shack 500
  Result: 1 Elliott Sadler 2 Kahne 3 Gordon 4 Earnhardt Jr 5 Wallace 6 Busch
• APRIL / 18 / 2004: Advance Auto Parts 500
  Result: 1 Rusty Wallace 2 Labonte 3 Earnhardt Jr 4 Johnson 5 Newman 6 Gordon
• APRIL / 25 / 2004: Aaron's 499, Talladega Superspeedway
  Result: 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Earnhardt Jr 3 Harvick 4 Johnson 5 Gordon 6 Martin
• MAY / 2 / 2004: Auto Club 500, Fontana
  Result: 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Johnson 3 Newman 4 Kenseth 5 Labonte 6 Gaughan
• MAY / 15 / 2004: Pontiac Performance 400, Richmond
  Result: 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Johnson 3 Labonte 4 Stewart 5 Kenseth 6 Gordon
• MAY / 30 / 2004: Coca-Cola 600
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Waltrip 3 Kenseth
• JUNE / 6 / 2004: MBNA America 400
  Result: 1 Mark Martin 2 Stewart 3 Earnhardt Jr
• JUNE / 13 / 2004: Pocono 500
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Mayfield 3 Labonte
• JUNE / 20 / 2004: Michigan 400
  Result: 1 Ryan Newman 2 Kahne 3 Jarrett
• JUNE / 27 / 2004: Sears Point
  Result: 1 Jeff Gordon 2 JMcMurray 3 Pruett
• JULY / 3 / 2004: Daytona II
  Result: 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Johnson 3 Earnhardt
• JULY / 12 / 2004: Chicagoland Speedway
  Result: 1 Tony Stewart 2 Johnson 3 Jarrett
• JULY / 25 / 2004: New England 300
  Result: 1 Kurt Busch 2 Gordon 3 Newman
• AUG / 1 / 2004: Pennsylvania 500
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Martin 3 Kahne
• AUG / 8 / 2004: Brickyard 400
  Result: 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Jarrett 3 Sadler
• AUG / 15 / 2004: Sirius at the Glen
  Result: 1 Tony Stewart 2 Fellows 3 Martin
• AUG / 22 / 2004: Michigan 400
  Result: 1 Greg Biffle 2 Martin 3 Jarrett
• AUG / 28 / 2004: Sharpie 500
  Result: 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Newman 3 Johnson
• SEPT / 5 / 2004: Pop Secret 500
  Result: 1 Elliott Sadler 2 Kahne 3 Martin
• SEPT / 11 / 2004: Richmond II 400
  Result: 1 Jeremy Mayfield 2 Earnhardt Jr. 3 Gordon
• SEPT / 19 / 2004: New Hampshire 300
  Result: 1 Kurt Busch 2 Kenseth 3 Earnhardt Jr
• SEPT / 26 / 2004: MBNA America 400
  Result: 1 Ryan Newman 2 Martin 3 Gordon
• OCT / 3 / 2004: EA Sports 500
  Result: 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Harvick 3 Jarrett
• OCT / 11 / 2004: Banquet 400
  Result: 1 Joe Nemechek 2 Rudd 3 Biffle
• OCT / 16 / 2004: UAW-GM Quality 500
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Gordon 3 Earnhardt Jr.
  *** CHEVROLET WINS ITS 28th MANUFACTURER TITLE ***
• OCT / 24 / 2004: Martinsville 500
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 McMurray 3 Newman
• OCT / 31 / 2004: Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Martin 3 Edwards
• NOV / 7 / 2004: Phoenix 500
  Result: 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Newman 3 Gordon
• NOV / 14 / 2004: Southern 500 Darlington
  Result: 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Martin 3 Gordon
  *** Chevrolet's 22 race win of the year; equalling previous record set in 1980 ***
• FINALE: NOV / 21 / 2004: Homestead-Miami Speedway

LAST SEASON: 2003

• 31 year old Matt Kenseth is 2003 champion. He won with consistent result throughout the season inlcuding 1 race win and 25 top 10 finish. He finished 4th in the penultimate race at North Carolina which gave himn enough points for the title.
  ".. I got all this stuff bottled up inside because I didn't want to get too excited the last few months .. I don't know what I'm going to do now - it's an awesome feeling.."
• FINAL 2003 STANDING:
  1 Kenseth
  2 Johnson +90
  3 Earnhardt +207
  4 J Gordon 5 Harvick 6 Newman 7 Stewart 8 B Labonte 9 Elliott10 T Labonte

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