1998 DieHard 500

Race 9 of 33

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:03:35
Average speed of winner: 163.439 mph
Margin of victory: 0.167 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte 1-17, T. Labonte 18-30, Earnhardt 31-34, B. Labonte 35-36, Jarrett 37-38, Earnhardt 39, Marlin 40-52, Earnhardt 53-57, B. Labonte 58-70, Jarrett 71-72, T. Labonte 73-104, M. Waltrip 105-107, T. Labonte 108-129, Bodine 130, Gordon 131-133, Elliott 134-135, B. Labonte 136-161, Jarrett 162-165, T. Labonte 166-186, B. Labonte 187-188

Race notes: Debut for Dennis Setzer.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	195.728	188	5	60	running	141870	180
2	22	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	191.708	188	0	0	running	97920	170
3	9	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	193.486	188	3	8	running	82370	170
4	3	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	194.452	188	4	88	running	85520	170
5	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	193.830	188	1	3	running	74490	160
6	19	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	192.216	188	0	0	running	52080	150
7	35	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	191.172	188	0	0	running	45830	146
8	20	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	191.792	188	0	0	running	46630	142
9	14	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	192.723	188	1	13	running	37230	143
10	10	Randy LaJoie	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	193.103	188	0	0	running	48580	134
11	41	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		provisional	188	1	1	running	44675	135
12	23	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	191.673	188	0	0	running	44295	127
13	37	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	provisional	188	0	0	running	39615	124
14	29	Kevin Lepage	91	Pionite	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	191.742	187	0	0	running	30785	121
15	24	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	191.604	187	0	0	running	28555	118
16	42	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	187	0	0	running	39065	115
17	27	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	192.247	187	0	0	running	30400	112
18	36	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	191.145	186	0	0	running	29710	109
19	26	Dennis Setzer	89	McDonald's McRib Sandwich	Ford	Elliott	Brandt	192.332	186	0	0	running	26620	106
20	16	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	192.393	185	0	0	running	37810	103
21	33	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	191.325	184	1	3	running	36570	105
22	7	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	193.729	182	0	0	running	35300	97
23	38	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	provisional	180	0	0	running	41990	94
24	13	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	192.905	179	0	0	running	40985	91
25	8	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	193.623	178	0	0	running	34580	88
26	21	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		191.727	176	0	0	running	27300	85
27	28	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Lee Leslie	191.846	176	0	0	running	24045	82
28	31	Billy Standridge	47	Fans Can Race	Ford	Standridge	Dave Smith	191.424	172	0	0	running	23890	79
29	4	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	194.401	157	0	0	accident	33835	76
30	30	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	191.558	153	0	0	handling	38580	73
31	43	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	provisional	152	0	0	running	33725	70
32	11	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	193.010	150	0	0	handling	32770	67
33	15	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	192.417	150	0	0	handling	38140	64
34	34	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	191.218	145	0	0	handling	23210	61
35	5	Morgan Shepherd	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	194.121	145	0	0	handling	22955	58
36	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	195.194	144	3	10	handling	38250	60
37	12	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	192.979	144	0	0	handling	22586	52
38	32	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	191.398	142	0	0	handling	29350	49
39	17	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	192.363	141	1	2	accident	31850	51
40	25	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	191.577	128	0	0	engine	37250	43
41	39	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	provisional	127	0	0	engine	22050	40
42	40	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	provisional	110	0	0	engine	28950	37
43	18	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	192.231	51	0	0	engine	38450	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	1318	9	1	0	5	6
2	Jeremy Mayfield	1282	9	1	0	4	5
3	Terry Labonte	1256	9	0	0	2	5
4	Dale Jarrett	1255	9	1	1	5	6
5	Jeff Gordon	1245	9	0	2	4	5
6	Mark Martin	1149	9	1	2	3	5
7	Bobby Labonte	1120	9	2	2	3	4
8	Bill Elliott	1105	9	0	0	0	3
9	Dale Earnhardt	1085	9	0	1	2	3
10	Jimmy Spencer	1079	9	0	0	2	4
11	Ken Schrader	1040	9	0	0	1	3
12	Michael Waltrip	1035	9	0	0	0	3
13	Ward Burton	1009	9	0	0	0	1
14	Bobby Hamilton	988	9	1	1	1	2
15	Brett Bodine	977	9	0	0	0	0
16	Jeff Burton	976	9	0	0	3	4
17	Ted Musgrave	943	9	0	0	1	4
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	932	8	0	0	3	5
19	Ernie Irvan	932	9	0	0	0	3
20	Chad Little	906	8	0	0	1	3
21	Steve Grissom	901	9	0	0	0	1
22	Dick Trickle	871	9	0	0	0	1
23	John Andretti	826	9	1	0	0	0
24	Robert Pressley	797	9	0	0	1	1
25	Lake Speed	792	9	0	0	0	0