Daytona 500

Date
Sun 15th February 2004 (UTC)
Sun 15th February 2004 (Local)

Timestamp
2004-02-15T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
NASCAR Cup Series

Season
2004

Round
1

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Location
Daytona International Speedway

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The 2004 Daytona 500, the 46th running of the event, was the first race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was a race held on February 15, 2004, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was televised by NBC, with Allen Bestwick, 1975 race winner Benny Parsons, and Wally Dallenbach Jr. calling the action for the second time after the 2002 race. It was the first NASCAR Nextel Cup race to air in high definition.

This was the first Daytona 500 without 2-time Daytona 500 Champion and 4-time pole-sitter Bill Elliott since 1976.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race, making this his first Daytona 500 victory exactly six years to the day after his father Dale Earnhardt, Sr. won his first and only Daytona 500 in the 1998 race. Tony Stewart finished second and rookie Scott Wimmer finished third.