2004 O'Reilly 300 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	2004 O'Reilly 300
Name of Track:	Texas Motor Speedway
Date:	April 3rd

Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway). The track measures 1.5 miles around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the quad-oval design, where the front straghtaway juts outward slightly.

The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Lowe's Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Very Fast Track

Based on qualifying speeds in 2004 and 2005, the Texas Motor Speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit, with qualifying speeds in excess of 192 mph and corner entry speeds over 200 mph.

However, as the tracks' respective racing surfaces continue to wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006).

Busy Race Season

Texas Motor Speedway is home to two NASCAR Nextel Cup races: the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 and the Dickies 500, as well as two Busch Series Races, the O'Reilly 300 and the O'Reilly Challenge and last but not least, the Indy Racing League race, the Bombardier Learjet 500.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

2004 O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 2004 O'Reilly 300, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Pts	Status	Sponsor
1	Matt Kenseth	17	15	$65,060	200	0	running	Weight Smart
2	Kyle Busch	5	1	$69,765	200	817	running	Lowe's / Gladiator
3	Robby Gordon	55	17	$40,380	200	802	running	Fruit of the Loom
4	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1	39	$0	200	678	running	Yellow Transportation
5	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	25	10	$0	200	783	running	U.S. Marine Corps
6	Jason Leffler	0	11	$33,850	200	644	running	Haas Automation
7	Joe Nemechek	87	4	$24,000	200	0	running	Cellular One
8	David Green	37	3	$34,950	200	891	running	Timber Wolf
9	Jeff Burton	9	24	$22,400	200	0	running	Pennzoil
10	Martin Truex, Jr.	8	5	$0	200	874	running	Taco Bell
11	Bobby Labonte	29	9	$22,050	200	0	running	ESGR / Army Natl. Guard Reserve
12	Jason Keller	22	29	$32,400	200	800	running	Miller High Life
13	Michael Waltrip	99	23	$21,050	200	848	running	Aaron's
15	Tim Fedewa	12	27	$26,005	200	735	running	Supercuts
16	Johnny Sauter	27	7	$20,345	200	743	running	Kleenex / Brookshire's
17	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	2	19	$0	200	714	running	AC Delco
18	Mike Bliss	20	12	$23,645	200	679	running	Rockwell Automation
19	Mike Wallace	4	33	$23,535	200	0	running	GEICO / Sportclips
20	Tracy Hines	6	14	$19,855	200	0	running	Hellmann's
22	Dave Blaney	31	31	$19,185	199	0	running	Whelen Engineering
23	Randy LaJoie	82	43	$19,025	199	0	running	Jani-King
24	Robert Pressley	47	28	$23,265	199	0	running	Clorox / Wisk / Albertsons
25	Hermie Sadler	2	35	$23,200	198	0	running	The FanZCar
27	David Stremme	32	16	$22,580	198	716	running	Trim Spa
28	Stacy Compton	59	13	$22,465	198	588	running	Kingsford / Bush's / Albertsons
29	Justin Labonte	44	37	$18,315	198	0	running	U.S. Coast Guard
30	David Starr	50	34	$18,205	197	0	running	Enzyte
31	Derrike Cope	49	36	$22,215	196	0	running	Advil Liqui-Gels
32	Kasey Kahne	38	8	$17,985	193	0	crash	Great Clips
33	Ashton Lewis	46	21	$21,895	188	0	running	Courtyard By Marriott
34	Greg Biffle	60	2	$17,770	133	739	engine	Charter Communications
35	Lance Hooper	72	38	$19,660	133	0	engine	MacDonald Motorsports
36	Clint Bowyer	21	6	$19,550	93	0	engine	Reese's
37	Kenny Wallace	23	22	$21,460	71	624	engine	Stacker 2
38	Stanton Barrett	91	32	$17,405	29	0	ignition	Bojangles' / AmericInn
39	Jeff Fuller	88	26	$23,870	18	0	vibration	NEMCO Motorsports
43	Tony Raines	74	40	$19,225	1	0	crash	Outdoor Channel