1998 Farm Aid on CMT 300

Race 23 of 33

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 2:49:55
Average speed of winner: 112.078 mph
Margin of victory: 0.664 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon 1, B. Labonte 2, Schrader 3, K. Wallace 4-33, Martin 34-76, Marcis 77-78, Martin 79-167, T. Labonte 168-169, Little 170, Martin 171-231, Jarrett 232-233, Gordon 234-300

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	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	129.033	300	2	68	running	205400	180
2	5	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	128.079	300	3	193	running	119750	180
3	9	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	127.645	300	0	0	running	87300	165
4	7	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	127.756	300	1	2	running	78875	165
5	25	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	126.677	300	0	0	running	66700	155
6	4	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	128.182	300	1	30	running	52900	155
7	2	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	128.398	300	1	1	running	57350	151
8	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	127.091	300	0	0	running	51350	142
9	18	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	127.002	300	0	0	running	50550	138
10	35	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	126.517	300	0	0	running	59500	134
11	11	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	127.491	300	0	0	running	51350	130
12	24	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	126.690	300	0	0	running	39650	127
13	17	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	127.036	300	0	0	running	44900	124
14	27	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	127.534	300	1	1	running	36650	126
15	12	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	127.351	300	0	0	running	37600	118
16	33	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	126.913	300	0	0	running	42550	115
17	37	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	provisional	300	0	0	running	34525	112
18	32	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	126.947	300	0	0	running	40825	109
19	28	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	127.530	300	0	0	running	40425	106
20	6	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	128.001	299	0	0	running	41225	103
21	38	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	provisional	299	0	0	running	40850	100
22	8	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	127.752	299	0	0	running	32500	97
23	31	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	127.062	299	0	0	running	40100	94
24	34	Dennis Setzer	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	126.867	299	0	0	running	28600	91
25	15	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	127.083	299	0	0	running	38700	88
26	30	Morgan Shepherd	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	127.385	299	0	0	running	32000	85
27	29	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	127.500	299	0	0	running	38075	82
28	19	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	126.918	298	0	0	running	37775	79
29	26	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	127.538	298	0	0	running	31575	76
30	16	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		127.062	298	0	0	running	36875	73
31	20	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	126.905	298	0	0	running	34175	70
32	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	297	0	0	running	26975	67
33	23	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	126.732	295	0	0	running	33775	64
34	10	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	127.560	293	0	0	running	41575	61
35	42	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	286	1	2	running	26375	63
36	41	Ron Fellows	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	provisional	286	0	0	running	26175	55
37	22	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	126.787	254	0	0	running	32975	52
38	21	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		126.871	252	0	0	accident	25625	49
39	13	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	127.100	249	1	2	engine	41625	51
40	40	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Eyler	provisional	232	0	0	accident	32625	43
41	39	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	provisional	218	0	0	running	25625	40
42	3	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	128.212	175	1	1	accident	36625	42
43	36	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	126.349	169	0	0	engine	36625	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3597	23	7	9	17	18
2	Mark Martin	3530	23	1	5	15	19
3	Dale Jarrett	3359	23	1	2	15	17
4	Rusty Wallace	3175	23	3	0	11	15
5	Bobby Labonte	3083	23	2	2	9	14
6	Jeremy Mayfield	3002	23	1	1	8	12
7	Jeff Burton	2933	23	0	1	11	15
8	Dale Earnhardt	2809	23	0	1	3	9
9	Terry Labonte	2657	23	0	1	4	9
10	John Andretti	2575	23	1	0	2	7
11	Ken Schrader	2575	23	0	0	2	8
12	Bobby Hamilton	2469	23	1	1	2	3
13	Sterling Marlin	2440	22	0	0	0	5
14	Ernie Irvan	2433	23	2	0	0	7
15	Michael Waltrip	2406	23	0	0	0	4
16	Jimmy Spencer	2373	21	0	0	2	5
17	Bill Elliott	2361	23	0	0	0	4
18	Chad Little	2352	22	0	0	1	5
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2248	22	0	0	3	8
20	Ted Musgrave	2177	22	0	0	1	4
21	Ward Burton	2160	23	2	0	0	2
22	Darrell Waltrip	2143	23	0	0	1	2
23	Ricky Rudd	2119	23	0	0	0	3
24	Brett Bodine	2099	23	0	0	0	0
25	Joe Nemechek	2070	22	0	0	1	3