2004 UAW-GM Quality 500
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The 2004 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 31st stock car race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, the fifth race of the 2004 Chase for the Nextel Cup, and the 45th iteration of the event. The race was on Saturday, October 16, 2004, before a crowd of 140,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Lowe's Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At the race's end, Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports would take advantage of Kasey Kahne's bad luck at the end of the race, holding off the field on the final restart to win his 11th career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his third of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports and Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. would finish second and third, respectively.
Race details | |||
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Race 31 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
Date | October 16, 2004 | ||
Official name | 45th Annual UAW-GM Quality 500 | ||
Location | Concord, North Carolina, Lowe's Motor Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Average speed | 130.214 miles per hour (209.559 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 140,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Penske-Jasper Racing | ||
Time | 28.590 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | |
Laps | 207 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | NBC | ||
Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |