The 2004 Sharpie 500 was a now Nextel Cup event held at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 28, 2004. Recovering from a poor qualifying position, Dale Earnhardt, Jr led 295 of the 500 laps in route to a domainating 4.4-second victory on Ryan Newman. Pit road penalties derailed points leader Jeff Gordon whose 14th place finish shrunk his points lead to 29 markers. Stats