1998 Dura Lube/Kmart 500

Race 31 of 33

Phoenix
257 laps
Time of race: 2:22:30
Average speed of winner: 108.211 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 8 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Schrader 1-53, R. Wallace 54-135, J. Burton 136, Martin 137, T. Labonte 138-139, Spencer 140-142, R. Wallace 143-183, Little 184, R. Wallace 185-257

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	130.180	257	3	196	running	78005	185
2	11	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	129.884	257	1	1	running	68430	175
3	39	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	257	0	0	running	57175	165
4	38	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	provisional	257	1	1	running	50512	165
5	10	Ted Musgrave	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	129.931	257	0	0	running	33950	155
6	19	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	129.510	257	0	0	running	46540	150
7	12	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	129.847	257	0	0	running	47040	146
8	3	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar		130.605	257	0	0	running	30680	142
9	15	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	129.781	257	0	0	running	31730	138
10	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	129.055	257	1	2	running	40880	139
11	5	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	McSwain	130.279	257	0	0	running	33230	130
12	16	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	129.762	256	0	0	running	21930	127
13	25	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	129.120	256	0	0	running	29830	124
14	14	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	129.791	256	0	0	running	28230	121
15	17	Todd Bodine	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	129.758	256	0	0	running	24055	118
16	8	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	130.100	256	0	0	running	20955	115
17	24	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	Newt Moore	129.167	256	0	0	running	20705	112
18	32	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	128.958	256	0	0	running	26780	109
19	30	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Donlavey	129.000	256	0	0	running	27380	106
20	42	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	256	1	1	running	21345	108
21	40	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	provisional	255	0	0	running	30970	100
22	1	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	131.234	255	1	53	running	36645	102
23	37	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	provisional	255	0	0	running	30620	94
24	35	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	128.815	255	0	0	running	18870	91
25	23	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	129.329	255	0	0	running	25745	88
26	18	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	129.688	254	1	3	running	25620	90
27	21	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	129.441	254	0	0	running	31895	82
28	33	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		128.871	254	0	0	running	18470	79
29	7	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	130.105	254	0	0	running	18445	76
30	41	Ricky Craven	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	254	0	0	running	24920	73
31	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	253	0	0	running	15395	70
32	20	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	129.459	253	0	0	running	34595	67
33	36	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	128.728	253	0	0	running	22070	64
34	26	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	129.079	253	0	0	running	22045	61
35	27	Mike Bliss	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	129.060	252	0	0	running	15020	58
36	31	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	128.972	252	0	0	running	21995	55
37	9	David Green	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	130.025	251	0	0	running	21950	52
38	4	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	130.373	250	0	0	running	22090	49
39	34	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	128.820	247	0	0	running	14890	46
40	2	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	131.205	247	0	0	running	30390	43
41	28	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Adcock	129.060	243	0	0	handling	14890	40
42	22	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	129.399	237	0	0	running	21890	37
43	13	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		129.814	46	0	0	handling	21890	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4963	31	7	11	24	26
2	Mark Martin	4634	31	2	7	20	24
3	Dale Jarrett	4264	31	2	3	17	20
4	Rusty Wallace	4228	31	4	1	14	20
5	Jeff Burton	4095	31	0	2	16	21
6	Bobby Labonte	4028	31	3	2	11	18
7	Jeremy Mayfield	3963	31	1	1	12	16
8	Dale Earnhardt	3661	31	0	1	5	12
9	Terry Labonte	3612	31	0	1	5	13
10	John Andretti	3549	31	1	0	3	10
11	Bobby Hamilton	3486	31	1	1	3	6
12	Ken Schrader	3408	31	2	0	3	10
13	Sterling Marlin	3369	30	0	0	0	6
14	Jimmy Spencer	3286	29	0	0	3	8
15	Ernie Irvan	3262	30	3	0	0	11
16	Chad Little	3250	30	0	0	1	7
17	Michael Waltrip	3146	30	0	0	0	5
18	Bill Elliott	3088	30	0	0	0	5
19	Ward Burton	3080	31	2	0	1	4
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3021	30	0	0	3	10
21	Ted Musgrave	2912	30	0	0	2	5
22	Mike Skinner	2910	28	0	0	4	8
23	Ricky Rudd	2906	31	0	1	1	4
24	Darrell Waltrip	2841	31	0	0	1	2
25	Brett Bodine	2762	31	0	0	0	0