2004 Banquet 400

Auto race run in Kansas in 2004 February 2025 CUST Race 30 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season Banquet 400 Weather information for the 2004 Banquet 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac 2004 10 10 2004 30 36 KansasSpeedway all.PNG Layout of Kansas Speedway Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas 1.5 2.4 267 400.5 644.5 Mild with temperatures approaching 70 F C; wind speeds reached a maximum sustained speed of 13 mph km/h 128.085 mi/h 90,000 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports 79 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports NBC Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. MRN Joe Moore and Barney Hall Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) The 2004 Banquet 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race that took place on October 10, 2004, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The race was won from the pole by Joe Nemechek, his final trip to victory lane in NASCAR. Ricky Rudd finished 2nd and Greg Biffle came in 3rd. Race report Joe Nemechek would defeat Ricky Rudd by just one car length (.081 of a second) in front of 90,000 fans. Nemechek won the pole position for the race at just over 180 mph km/h during Friday's qualifying session. The race took three hours to complete and nine caution periods slowed the race for 39 laps. The race began at approximately 2:00 PM EDT and concluded at approximately 5:07 PM EDT.2004 Banquet 400 at Crash.net At an interview done in 2012, Nemechek praised NASCAR's then-lenient rules on "vehicle innovation" that allowed him to acquire his fourth (and final) NASCAR Cup Series victory.A conversation with NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek posted by Chad Bonham at Jam The Hype Sterling Marlin had problems in the pits and came out with a terrible 34th-place finish due to a crash. Kirk Shelmerdine received the last-place finish on the third lap of this 267-lap race due to a problem with his clutch.2004 Banquet 400 racing information at Racing Reference Shane Hmiel would make the best finish in his NASCAR career to date with a respectable 24th-place finish. Veteran driver Larry Gunselman would make his final Nextel Cup Series start.2004 Banquet 400 racing information at Race Database He would attempt the next two Daytona 500 races and make several starts in the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series before becoming the owner of Max Q Motorsports; a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team that is currently inactive. Kyle Busch crashed out for the second time in his fourth career start in 2004. Oddly enough, neither of his first two crashouts directly resulted in cautions coming out for his wrecks. At Las Vegas, he smacked the outside wall twice very early on. The hits weren't hard enough to spray debris but they were enough to force the crew to park the car after Kyle limped it back to the pits. Here at Kansas, Kyle hit the outside wall in the trioval and knocked a brake rotor out of his car, which was promptly run over by a trailing Mark Martin. Kyle slowed on the track without any visibly significant cosmetic damage while Mark had to pit after one more lap with two flat tires, finally prompting a caution for the debris. Mark was almost instantly bailed out thanks to a caution just after the ensuing restart, earning him the lucky dog, but Kyle had to drive his car straight to the back of the hauler due to the terminal brake system damage. This was the fifth and final NASCAR Cup Series race for owner Dave Watson, the owner of W.W. Motorsports. Purse monies for each driver ranged from $279,725 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to $63,212 ($ when adjusted for inflation). Kansas Speedway awarded a grand total of $3,553,992 to all the drivers who qualified for this event ($ when adjusted for inflation).Racing winnings information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet Top 10 finishers Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Laps led Number of laps led Winnings 1 1 01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 267 41 $279,725 2 12 21 Ricky Rudd Ford 267 2 $177,840 3 6 16 Greg Biffle Ford 267 64 $147,825 4 11 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 267 2 $120,875 5 3 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 267 72 $110,675 6 22 97 Kurt Busch Ford 267 1 $91,825 7 10 42 Jamie McMurray Dodge 267 19 $88,800 8 9 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 267 4 $84,800 9 8 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 267 0 $88,500 10 13 77 Brendan Gaughan Dodge 267 0 $82,375 Standings after the race Pos Driver Points Differential 1 Kurt Busch 5685 0 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5656 -29 3 Jeff Gordon 5606 -79 4 Elliott Sadler 5542 -143 5 Mark Martin 5535 -150 References 2004 Nextel Cup Series 2004 EA Sports 500 2004 UAW-GM Quality 500 Banquet 400 Banquet 400 Category:NASCAR races at Kansas Speedway