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2004 Pop Secret 500

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Official name
  
Pop Secret 500

2004 Pop Secret 500

Date
  
September 5, 2004 (2004-September-05)

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)

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.

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 movie Herbie Fully Loaded. Rookie Kasey Kahne got his fifth second-place finish of the season.

Race statistics

  • Time of race: 3:53:47
  • Average Speed: 128.324 miles per hour (206.517 km/h)
  • Pole Speed: 187.417
  • Cautions: 11 for 51 laps
  • Margin of Victory: 0.263
  • Lead changes: 29
  • Percent of race run under caution: 20.4%
  • Average green flag run: 16.6 laps
  • References

    2004 Pop Secret 500 Wikipedia