1998 Jiffy Lube 300

Race 17 of 33

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 3:04:54
Average speed of winner: 102.996 mph
Margin of victory: 7.439 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Craven 1-8, Gordon 9, Craven 10-14, Gordon 15-79, J. Burton 80-93, Gordon 94-96, Skinner 97, B. Labonte 98-99, Spencer 100-102, Elliott 103-112, Spencer 113, J. Burton 114-136, Gordon 137-140, Skinner 141, J. Burton 142-211, Little 212-215, B. Bodine 216, J. Burton 217-300

Race notes: Finale for Lake Speed.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	126.374	300	4	191	running	131075	185
2	15	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	125.657	300	0	0	running	82575	170
3	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	127.872	300	4	73	running	116025	170
4	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	125.915	300	0	0	running	59725	160
5	12	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	125.765	300	2	2	running	56025	160
6	16	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	125.504	300	0	0	running	60875	150
7	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	126.956	300	0	0	running	55825	146
8	6	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	126.069	300	0	0	running	47775	142
9	26	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	127.949	300	0	0	running	52575	138
10	17	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	125.273	300	0	0	running	62625	134
11	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	125.844	300	1	2	running	49325	135
12	28	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		127.168	300	0	0	running	33325	127
13	8	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	126.040	300	0	0	running	37425	124
14	32	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	126.664	299	0	0	running	48925	121
15	37	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	provisional	299	0	0	running	49975	118
16	29	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	127.066	299	0	0	running	43825	115
17	14	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	125.749	299	0	0	running	43400	112
18	20	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	125.232	299	0	0	running	47150	109
19	33	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	126.576	299	0	0	running	48400	106
20	7	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	126.057	298	0	0	running	45050	103
21	39	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	provisional	298	0	0	running	43775	100
22	4	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	126.421	298	1	4	running	35425	102
23	34	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	126.555	298	0	0	running	41975	94
24	38	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	provisional	298	0	0	running	42325	91
25	23	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	125.039	298	2	4	running	42475	93
26	13	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	125.753	297	1	10	running	41325	90
27	22	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	125.228	297	0	0	running	33950	82
28	19	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		125.261	297	1	1	running	40700	84
29	1	Ricky Craven	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	128.394	296	2	13	running	46950	81
30	30	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	127.053	294	0	0	running	40325	73
31	43	Andy Hillenburg	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	provisional	293	0	0	running	33200	70
32	18	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	125.269	291	0	0	running	30075	67
33	25	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	124.687	286	0	0	running	44950	64
34	41	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	provisional	280	0	0	running	29825	61
35	35	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	126.341	261	0	0	running	29700	58
36	21	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	125.232	249	0	0	running	36575	55
37	42	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	provisional	184	0	0	handling	36450	52
38	31	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	126.968	137	0	0	accident	38700	49
39	27	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	127.530	127	0	0	accident	36200	46
40	11	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Giles	125.798	118	0	0	accident	29200	43
41	36	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	126.295	34	0	0	accident	29200	40
42	24	Hut Stricklin	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	124.760	34	0	0	accident	29200	37
43	40	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	34	0	0	accident	36200	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2527	17	5	4	11	12
2	Mark Martin	2475	17	1	4	9	13
3	Dale Jarrett	2429	17	1	2	10	12
4	Jeremy Mayfield	2390	17	1	1	8	10
5	Rusty Wallace	2307	17	2	0	9	10
6	Bobby Labonte	2205	17	2	2	6	9
7	Terry Labonte	2166	17	0	1	4	8
8	Jeff Burton	2134	17	0	1	7	11
9	Jimmy Spencer	1968	17	0	0	2	5
10	Dale Earnhardt	1961	17	0	1	2	5
11	Ken Schrader	1924	17	0	0	2	6
12	Bill Elliott	1896	17	0	0	0	4
13	Bobby Hamilton	1845	17	1	1	2	3
14	John Andretti	1808	17	1	0	1	3
15	Michael Waltrip	1794	17	0	0	0	3
16	Ward Burton	1759	17	1	0	0	2
17	Ernie Irvan	1740	17	0	0	0	4
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1728	16	0	0	3	7
19	Sterling Marlin	1704	16	0	0	0	4
20	Brett Bodine	1700	17	0	0	0	0
21	Ted Musgrave	1698	17	0	0	1	4
22	Chad Little	1684	16	0	0	1	4
23	Dick Trickle	1589	17	0	0	0	1
24	Darrell Waltrip	1565	17	0	0	1	2
25	Ricky Rudd	1490	17	0	0	0	1