Sunday 18th April 2004

Rusty Wallace ended a 105-race winless streak when he drove his Miller Lite Dodge to victory in the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Wallace held off a charging Bobby Labonte down the stretch to score his first win since California Speedway in 2001. It was the Hall of Fame driver’s 55th and final NASCAR Cup Series win. The win was also first victory for Dodge at Martinsville since Dave Marcis won the 1975 Old Dominion 500. Jeff Gordon, who finished sixth after leading a race-high 180 laps, was leading the race on Lap 291 when a piece of concrete came up from the race track and damaged the nose of his DuPont Chevrolet. NASCAR was forced to red flag the race for more than an hour to repair the damage and Gordon lost the top spot in the pits making repairs to his damaged car.