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2004 EA Sports 500
The 2004 EA Sports 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race that took place on October 3, 2004, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It was the 29th race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the third in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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| Race 29 of 36 in the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |
| 2004 EA Sports 500 program cover, based on the cover for the NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup video game | |
| October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) | |
| EA Sports 500 | |
| Talladega, Alabama, U.S. | |
| Talladega Superspeedway | |
| 2.66 miles (4.28 km) | |
| 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.801 km) | |
| 156.929 miles per hour (252.553 km/h) | |
| 150,000 | |
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| 50.202 sec (190.749 mph, 306.981 km/h) | |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. |
| 78 | |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. |
| NBC | |
| Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. |
The 2004 EA Sports 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race that took place on October 3, 2004, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It was the 29th race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the third in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup.
Following the race, Earnhardt Jr. was asked about the importance of his then-fifth win at Talladega, to which he replied, "It don't mean shit right now. Daddy's won here 10 times." He was fined $10,000 and docked 25 driver points for the violation; without the penalty, he would have still finished fifth in that year's championship, finishing only six points behind Mark Martin for fourth.
Earlier in the year, NASCAR president Mike Helton warned drivers to not use profanity during radio and television interviews (in light of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy). A similar penalty was delivered to Johnny Sauter after he swore during a radio interview that occurred after a Busch Series race at Las Vegas in March, as well as Ron Hornaday Jr. for comments following a Busch race at Dover in June.
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