2004 Pop Secret 500

2004 Pop Secret 500
Race details^[1]
Race 25 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
Date	September 5, 2004 (2004-September-05)
Official name	Pop Secret 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	128.324 miles per hour (206.517 km/h)
Attendance	90,000
Pole position
Driver	Brian Vickers	Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Mark Martin	Roush Racing
Laps	65
Winner
No. 38	Elliott Sadler	Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

The 2004 Pop Secret 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on September 5, 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 twenty-fifth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Elliott Sadler of Robert Yates Racing won the race.^[1]

The first fall race at California Speedway would be held on Labor Day weekend, bumping the Mountain Dew Southern 500 off as part of the 2004 NASCAR Realignment. Brian Vickers won the pole. Portions of this race were filmed for the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded. Rookie Kasey Kahne got his fifth second-place finish of the season.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	38	Elliott Sadler	Robert Yates Racing	Ford
2	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge
3	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford
4	42	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge
5	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge
6	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford
7	10	Scott Riggs	MBV Motorsports	Chevrolet
8	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford
9	31	Robby Gordon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
10	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Dodge

1 2 "Official Race Results: Pop Secret 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 9, 2004. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Points races	Daytona 500 Subway 400 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Golden Corral 500 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Food City 500 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 Advance Auto Parts 500 Aaron's 499 Auto Club 500 Chevy American Revolution 400 Coca-Cola 600 MBNA America 400 "A Salute to Heroes" Pocono 500 DHL 400 Dodge/Save Mart 350 Pepsi 400 Tropicana 400 Siemens 300 Pennsylvania 500 Brickyard 400 Sirius at The Glen GFS Marketplace 400 Sharpie 500 Pop Secret 500 Chevy Rock and Roll 400
Chase for the Nextel Cup	Sylvania 300 MBNA America 400 EA Sports 500 Banquet 400 UAW-GM Quality 500 Subway 500 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Checker Auto Parts 500 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Ford 400
Exhibition races	Budweiser Shootout Gatorade 125s Nextel All-Star Challenge

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