1998 Pepsi 400 Presented by DeVilbiss

Race 21 of 33

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:37:54
Average speed of winner: 151.995 mph
Margin of victory: 1.826 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Irvan 1-27, Martin 28, Irvan 29-31, Martin 32, Irvan 33-42, Martin 43, Irvan 44-49, Martin 50-55, Little 56-57, Earnhardt 58-60, D. Waltrip 61-62, Jarrett 63-67, Irvan 68-95, Jarrett 96, Irvan 97-103, Martin 104, B. Labonte 105-107, T. Labonte 108, Irvan 109-129, Martin 130-131, Irvan 132, Martin 133-154, B. Labonte 155-156, Irvan 157-165, Martin 166-191, Gordon 192-200

Race notes: Debut for Frank Kimmel.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	183.341	200	1	9	running	120302	180
2	2	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	183.374	200	2	5	running	73555	175
3	4	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.132	200	2	6	running	61805	170
4	5	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.792	200	8	60	running	53525	165
5	25	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	180.923	200	0	0	running	48390	155
6	1	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	183.416	200	9	112	running	64840	160
7	8	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	182.556	200	0	0	running	37515	146
8	7	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	182.588	200	0	0	running	39065	142
9	15	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	181.589	200	0	0	running	42815	138
10	40	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	199	1	2	running	38565	139
11	21	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	181.200	199	0	0	running	28090	130
12	6	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	182.704	199	0	0	running	33140	127
13	19	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	181.365	199	0	0	running	39490	124
14	10	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	182.380	199	0	0	running	33690	121
15	20	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	181.337	199	0	0	running	25740	118
16	18	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	181.424	198	0	0	running	38190	115
17	39	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	provisional	198	0	0	running	31140	112
18	37	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	198	1	3	running	34840	114
19	26	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	180.918	198	0	0	running	23340	106
20	24	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	180.945	198	0	0	running	36590	103
21	23	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	180.995	198	0	0	running	30390	100
22	30	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	180.433	198	0	0	running	29590	97
23	11	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	182.283	198	0	0	running	33965	94
24	33	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	180.180	198	0	0	running	23265	91
25	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	198	1	2	running	18715	93
26	31	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	180.419	198	0	0	running	22315	85
27	34	Buckshot Jones	00	RealTree	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	179.996	197	0	0	running	18440	82
28	12	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	181.791	197	0	0	running	25390	79
29	27	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	180.814	197	0	0	running	28490	76
30	22	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	181.132	197	0	0	running	21340	73
31	36	Frank Kimmel	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	179.739	197	0	0	running	28065	70
32	41	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		provisional	197	0	0	running	28015	67
33	42	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	197	0	0	running	27465	64
34	38	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	provisional	194	0	0	running	24915	61
35	28	Dennis Setzer	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	180.510	194	0	0	running	18365	58
36	13	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	181.676	187	1	1	engine	33840	60
37	9	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	182.422	177	0	0	engine	24815	52
38	29	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	180.487	160	0	0	engine	24740	49
39	32	Ted Musgrave	15	Rescue Engine	Ford	Moore	Knuckles	180.221	136	0	0	engine	17740	46
40	17	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	181.442	132	0	0	engine	24740	43
41	35	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		179.883	17	0	0	accident	17740	40
42	16	Morgan Shepherd	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	181.580	15	0	0	accident	20240	37
43	14	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	181.671	7	0	0	accident	24740	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3262	21	6	8	15	16
2	Mark Martin	3165	21	1	4	13	17
3	Dale Jarrett	3029	21	1	2	13	15
4	Rusty Wallace	2863	21	2	0	10	13
5	Bobby Labonte	2839	21	2	2	9	13
6	Jeremy Mayfield	2752	21	1	1	8	11
7	Jeff Burton	2608	21	0	1	9	13
8	Dale Earnhardt	2516	21	0	1	3	7
9	Terry Labonte	2482	21	0	1	4	9
10	Ken Schrader	2412	21	0	0	2	8
11	John Andretti	2361	21	1	0	1	6
12	Bobby Hamilton	2278	21	1	1	2	3
13	Ernie Irvan	2257	21	2	0	0	7
14	Jimmy Spencer	2249	20	0	0	2	5
15	Sterling Marlin	2228	20	0	0	0	5
16	Michael Waltrip	2209	21	0	0	0	4
17	Bill Elliott	2203	21	0	0	0	4
18	Chad Little	2132	20	0	0	1	5
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2084	20	0	0	3	8
20	Ted Musgrave	2074	21	0	0	1	4
21	Ward Burton	2038	21	2	0	0	2
22	Darrell Waltrip	1994	21	0	0	1	2
23	Brett Bodine	1941	21	0	0	0	0
24	Joe Nemechek	1891	20	0	0	1	3
25	Dick Trickle	1863	21	0	0	0	1