1998 Winston 500

Race 29 of 33

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:08:20
Average speed of winner: 159.317 mph
Margin of victory: 0.140 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 20 laps
Lap leaders: Schrader pole, Jarrett 1, Skinner 2-3, B. Labonte 4-12, Gordon 13-51, Jarrett 52-53, Gordon 54-63, W. Burton 64-65, Earnhardt 66-72, Marlin 73, Skinner 74-113, Earnhardt 114-118, Mayfield 119, Spencer 120-128, Skinner 129-136, B. Bodine 137, T. Labonte 138, Cope 139-144, Skinner 145-168, T. Labonte 169-175, Jarrett 176-188

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 (Finish), Part 15 (Post-race), Part 16 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	195.031	188	3	16	running	1110125	180
2	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	194.153	188	2	49	running	86245	175
3	4	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	194.733	188	2	8	running	68860	170
4	36	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	192.012	188	1	9	running	69850	165
5	24	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	192.583	188	1	1	running	51000	160
6	2	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	195.985	188	1	9	running	62500	155
7	5	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	194.429	188	4	74	running	48350	156
8	15	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	193.494	188	0	0	running	36300	142
9	34	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	192.193	188	0	0	running	41970	138
10	9	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	193.988	188	0	0	running	50150	134
11	26	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	193.201	188	1	6	running	43930	135
12	29	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	192.529	188	0	0	running	30775	127
13	16	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		193.462	188	1	1	running	40427	129
14	10	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	193.948	187	1	1	running	32335	126
15	37	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	provisional	187	0	0	running	45610	118
16	11	Buckshot Jones	00	Aquafresh	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	193.854	187	0	0	running	28775	115
17	27	Ted Musgrave	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	192.812	187	0	0	running	28010	112
18	17	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	193.388	187	0	0	running	44155	109
19	19	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	192.858	187	0	0	running	38375	106
20	41	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	187	0	0	running	38985	103
21	22	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	192.738	187	0	0	running	42155	100
22	23	Andy Hillenburg	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	192.668	186	0	0	running	31825	97
23	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	185	0	0	running	26845	94
24	1	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	196.153	185	0	0	running	43165	91
25	31	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	192.517	184	0	0	running	36885	88
26	21	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	192.761	183	0	0	running	29910	85
27	12	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	193.760	182	0	0	running	41290	82
28	28	Billy Standridge	47	Fans Can Race	Chevrolet	Standridge	Dave Smith	192.754	181	0	0	running	26295	79
29	13	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	193.709	180	0	0	running	36350	76
30	32	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	192.262	178	1	2	running	36180	78
31	33	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	192.216	177	0	0	running	35990	70
32	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	193.685	175	2	12	rear end	40920	72
33	30	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		192.521	170	0	0	engine	28840	64
34	8	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	194.058	166	0	0	running	42595	61
35	38	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	provisional	160	0	0	handling	36265	58
36	18	Steve Grissom	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	193.287	146	0	0	handling	25720	55
37	20	Ernie Irvan	36	Wild Berry Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	192.761	134	0	0	accident	35206	52
38	40	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey		provisional	134	0	0	accident	32550	49
39	39	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	134	0	0	accident	32550	46
40	42	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	provisional	107	0	0	piston	25550	43
41	35	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	192.089	101	0	0	valve	25550	40
42	25	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	192.579	99	0	0	engine	25550	37
43	7	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	194.102	30	0	0	valve	40550	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4632	29	7	10	23	24
2	Mark Martin	4344	29	2	7	19	23
3	Dale Jarrett	4098	29	2	3	17	20
4	Rusty Wallace	3883	29	4	0	12	18
5	Jeff Burton	3806	29	0	2	15	20
6	Jeremy Mayfield	3761	29	1	1	11	15
7	Bobby Labonte	3759	29	2	2	10	17
8	Dale Earnhardt	3357	29	0	1	4	10
9	Terry Labonte	3323	29	0	1	5	11
10	John Andretti	3278	29	1	0	3	9
11	Bobby Hamilton	3256	29	1	1	3	6
12	Ken Schrader	3168	29	1	0	3	9
13	Sterling Marlin	3133	28	0	0	0	6
14	Ernie Irvan	3120	29	3	0	0	10
15	Michael Waltrip	3076	29	0	0	0	5
16	Jimmy Spencer	3064	27	0	0	3	8
17	Chad Little	3039	28	0	0	1	7
18	Bill Elliott	2921	28	0	0	0	5
19	Ward Burton	2813	29	2	0	1	3
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2798	28	0	0	3	9
21	Ricky Rudd	2742	29	0	1	1	4
22	Ted Musgrave	2696	28	0	0	1	4
23	Darrell Waltrip	2692	29	0	0	1	2
24	Brett Bodine	2640	29	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Skinner	2630	26	0	0	3	7