1998 Food City 500

Race 6 of 33

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:13:00
Average speed of winner: 82.850 mph
Margin of victory: 0.583 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 88 laps
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-18, T. Labonte 19-54, Little 55-63, R. Wallace 64-104, Little 105, Elliott 106-109, Hamilton 110-143, R. Wallace 144-162, Hamilton 163, Schrader 164-168, Irvan 169-184, R. Wallace 185-217, Elliott 218-230, R. Wallace 231-237, T. Labonte 238-241, R. Wallace 242-343, M. Waltrip 344, Jarrett 345-362, T. Labonte 363-437, Gordon 438-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	123.762	500	1	63	running	90860	180
2	3	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	123.539	500	3	115	running	57960	175
3	6	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.395	500	1	18	running	57660	170
4	5	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	123.499	500	0	0	running	47670	160
5	8	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	123.245	500	0	0	running	31770	155
6	14	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	123.008	500	1	5	running	43270	155
7	9	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.221	500	0	0	running	39070	146
8	29	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	122.411	500	0	0	running	33470	142
9	32	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	122.263	500	1	1	running	35320	143
10	17	Randy LaJoie	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	122.976	499	0	0	running	38165	134
11	20	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		122.670	499	0	0	running	32295	130
12	10	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	123.182	499	0	0	running	30940	127
13	41	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	provisional	498	0	0	running	31715	124
14	26	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	122.521	498	0	0	running	37915	121
15	38	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	provisional	498	2	17	running	31515	123
16	42	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	498	0	0	running	30590	115
17	39	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	provisional	498	0	0	running	29740	112
18	40	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	provisional	498	2	35	running	29540	114
19	21	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	122.654	497	0	0	running	34030	106
20	28	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	122.435	497	1	16	running	31175	108
21	30	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	122.411	497	0	0	running	23415	100
22	37	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	provisional	496	0	0	running	33715	97
23	43	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	provisional	496	0	0	running	18655	94
24	12	Morgan Shepherd	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		123.110	496	0	0	running	18590	91
25	19	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	122.725	496	0	0	running	22245	88
26	15	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	123.008	495	0	0	running	28615	85
27	23	Kevin Lepage	91	Pionite	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	122.584	491	0	0	running	19495	82
28	31	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	122.388	489	0	0	accident	18440	79
29	16	Todd Bodine	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	ISM		123.000	486	0	0	running	18410	76
30	35	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	122.170	482	0	0	running	34485	73
31	36	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	122.131	460	0	0	handling	20315	70
32	4	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	123.515	460	0	0	running	17395	67
33	1	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	124.275	446	6	220	running	37275	74
34	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	123.324	442	0	0	accident	32235	61
35	34	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	122.193	442	2	10	accident	20215	63
36	11	Greg Sacks	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	123.158	425	0	0	running	26695	55
37	22	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	122.584	399	0	0	running	17185	52
38	33	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	122.217	394	0	0	running	24175	49
39	18	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Brewer	122.748	385	0	0	engine	24165	46
40	24	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	122.568	324	0	0	running	17150	43
41	25	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	122.552	204	0	0	accident	17125	40
42	13	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	123.055	155	0	0	accident	17100	37
43	27	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	122.443	88	0	0	accident	32077	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	909	6	1	0	5	5
2	Jeremy Mayfield	908	6	0	0	4	4
3	Jeff Gordon	868	6	0	2	3	3
4	Terry Labonte	851	6	0	0	1	3
5	Bill Elliott	803	6	0	0	0	3
6	Dale Earnhardt	802	6	0	1	1	2
7	Mark Martin	799	6	1	1	2	4
8	Jeff Burton	794	6	0	0	3	4
9	Dale Jarrett	785	6	1	1	3	4
10	Ken Schrader	730	6	0	0	1	2
11	Jimmy Spencer	690	6	0	0	1	2
12	Michael Waltrip	687	6	0	0	0	2
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	683	5	0	0	2	4
14	Bobby Labonte	680	6	1	1	2	2
15	Ward Burton	665	6	0	0	0	0
16	Ted Musgrave	663	6	0	0	0	3
17	Bobby Hamilton	645	6	0	0	0	1
18	Dick Trickle	619	6	0	0	0	1
19	John Andretti	611	6	1	0	0	0
20	Ernie Irvan	610	6	0	0	0	1
21	Brett Bodine	603	6	0	0	0	0
22	Steve Grissom	564	6	0	0	0	0
23	Chad Little	555	5	0	0	0	2
24	Geoff Bodine	547	6	0	0	1	1
25	Rick Mast	526	6	1	0	0	0