2004 Auto Club 500
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Date
May 2, 2004
Official name
Auto Club 500
Location
California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
 The 2004 Auto Club 400 program cover. | |||
| Date | May 2, 2004 | ||
| Official name | Auto Club 500 | ||
| Location | California Speedway, Fontana, California | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.0 miles (3.23 km) | ||
| Distance | 250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 137.268 miles per hour (220.911 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 120,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Evernham Motorsports | ||
| Time | 38.515 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 81 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2004 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on May 2, 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 tenth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Rookie Kasey Kahne of Evernham Motorsports won the pole, and Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.[1]
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The track, California Speedway, was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 miles (3.2 km) long.[2] The track's turns were banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees.