October 24, 2004 | Race 32 of 36 | Practice 3
| FIN | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Dodge | Miller Lite | 95.854 | 19.755 | Leader |
| 2 | 9 | Kasey Kahne* | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW | 95.675 | 19.792 | -0.037 |
| 3 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries | 95.588 | 19.810 | -0.055 |
| 4 | 0 | Ward Burton | Chevrolet | NetZero | 95.420 | 19.845 | -0.090 |
| 5 | 21 | Ricky Rudd | Ford | Motorcraft / U.S. Air Force | 95.386 | 19.852 | -0.097 |
| 6 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW | 95.122 | 19.907 | -0.152 |
| 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | National Guard / Subway | 95.084 | 19.915 | -0.160 |
| 8 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Alltel | 95.065 | 19.919 | -0.164 |
| 9 | 49 | Ken Schrader | Dodge | Schwan's Home Service | 95.008 | 19.931 | -0.176 |
| 10 | 06 | Travis Kvapil | Dodge | Mobil 1 / Jasper Engines | 95.008 | 19.931 | -0.176 |
| 11 | 22 | Scott Wimmer* | Dodge | Caterpillar | 95.003 | 19.932 | -0.177 |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 94.984 | 19.936 | -0.181 |
| 13 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 94.951 | 19.943 | -0.188 |
| 14 | 30 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | America Online | 94.946 | 19.944 | -0.189 |
| 15 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Ford | IRWIN Industrial Tools / Sharpie | 94.941 | 19.945 | -0.190 |
| 16 | 42 | Jamie McMurray | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | 94.927 | 19.948 | -0.193 |
| 17 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | GM Goodwrench | 94.917 | 19.950 | -0.195 |
| 18 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 94.903 | 19.953 | -0.198 |
| 19 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | UPS | 94.879 | 19.958 | -0.203 |
| 20 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | M&M's | 94.827 | 19.969 | -0.214 |
| 21 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Home Depot | 94.813 | 19.972 | -0.217 |
| 22 | 77 | Brendan Gaughan* | Dodge | Kodak / Jasper Engines | 94.680 | 20.000 | -0.245 |
| 23 | 10 | Scott Riggs* | Chevrolet | Valvoline | 94.680 | 20.000 | -0.245 |
| 24 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 94.618 | 20.013 | -0.258 |
| 25 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT Power Tools | 94.609 | 20.015 | -0.260 |
| 26 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | Chevrolet | NAPA Auto Parts | 94.585 | 20.020 | -0.265 |
| 27 | 32 | Bobby Hamilton Jr. | Chevrolet | Tide | 94.566 | 20.024 | -0.269 |
| 28 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Dodge | Coors Light | 94.548 | 20.028 | -0.273 |
| 29 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | Viagra | 94.534 | 20.031 | -0.276 |
| 30 | 31 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless | 94.515 | 20.035 | -0.280 |
| 31 | 25 | Brian Vickers* | Chevrolet | GMAC Financial Services | 94.510 | 20.036 | -0.281 |
| 32 | 43 | Jeff Green | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 94.463 | 20.046 | -0.291 |
| 33 | 02 | Hermie Sadler | Chevrolet | SCORE Motorsports | 94.444 | 20.050 | -0.295 |
| 34 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Georgia-Pacific / Brawny | 94.416 | 20.056 | -0.301 |
| 35 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Kellogg's | 94.373 | 20.065 | -0.310 |
| 36 | 4 | Jimmy Spencer | Chevrolet | Lucas Oil Products | 94.232 | 20.095 | -0.340 |
| 37 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Roush Racing | 93.882 | 20.170 | -0.415 |
| 38 | 198 | Chad Chaffin | Ford | Mach One Inc. | 93.803 | 20.187 | -0.432 |
| 39 | 50 | Todd Bodine | Dodge | Arnold Development Companies | 93.692 | 20.211 | -0.456 |
| 40 | 41 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Target / Breast Cancer Rsrch Fndation | 93.655 | 20.219 | -0.464 |
| 41 | 280 | Mario Gosselin | Ford | Hover Motorsports | 92.805 | 20.404 | -0.649 |
| 42 | 137 | Kevin Lepage | Dodge | Carter's Royal Dispos-all | 92.218 | 20.534 | -0.779 |
| 43 | 172 | Kirk Shelmerdine | Ford | Vote for Bush | 88.805 | 21.323 | -1.568 |