1998 Texas 500

Race 7 of 33

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:39:47
Average speed of winner: 136.771 mph
Margin of victory: 0.573 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 43 laps
Lap leaders: Mayfield pole, W. Burton 1-27, Mayfield 28-31, Little 32-34, Martin 35-36, Mayfield 37-82, J. Burton 83-87, Mayfield 88-92, J. Burton 93-105, Mayfield 106-127, J. Burton 128-149, Mayfield 150-177, J. Burton 178-185, Little 186-191, Martin 192, Nemechek 193-195, Benson 196-204, M. Waltrip 205-209, Jarrett 210-216, Little 217-230, Jarrett 231-248, Martin 249-252, Jarrett 253-278, Little 279-304, Martin 305-334

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	184.193	334	4	37	running	356850	180
2	5	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	184.477	334	4	49	running	238550	175
3	8	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	184.187	334	0	0	running	161750	165
4	2	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	184.875	334	1	3	running	155100	165
5	27	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	182.611	334	1	9	running	113650	160
6	37	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	334	0	0	running	113100	150
7	39	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	334	0	0	running	106350	146
8	11	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	183.986	334	0	0	running	97300	142
9	40	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	provisional	334	1	5	running	91350	143
10	42	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	334	0	0	running	94250	134
11	13	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.773	334	3	51	running	93500	135
12	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	184.326	334	0	0	running	87500	127
13	38	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	provisional	333	0	0	running	81700	124
14	21	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	183.051	333	0	0	running	72600	121
15	3	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	184.862	332	1	27	running	78900	123
16	18	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		183.324	332	0	0	running	76550	115
17	26	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	182.679	332	0	0	running	75750	112
18	9	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	184.156	332	0	0	running	67600	109
19	22	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		182.970	332	0	0	running	62500	106
20	43	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	332	0	0	running	66650	103
21	32	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	181.892	332	0	0	running	67300	100
22	41	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	provisional	331	0	0	running	64800	97
23	1	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	185.906	331	5	105	running	87700	104
24	10	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Broome	184.143	331	0	0	running	52500	91
25	24	Randy LaJoie	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	182.840	328	0	0	running	61600	88
26	25	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	182.692	328	0	0	running	60500	85
27	20	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	183.094	315	0	0	handling	65900	82
28	36	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Lee Leslie	181.026	295	0	0	oil pump	48500	79
29	23	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	182.840	276	4	48	running	64100	81
30	30	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	182.334	262	0	0	handling	56500	73
31	17	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	183.362	252	0	0	handling	66900	70
32	29	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Brewer	182.420	248	0	0	ignition	53200	67
33	12	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	183.811	247	0	0	accident	42700	64
34	31	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	181.916	214	0	0	handling	41700	61
35	34	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	181.708	205	0	0	running	55700	58
36	35	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	181.354	185	0	0	handling	39675	55
37	16	Kevin Lepage	91	Pionite	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	183.530	148	0	0	running	39675	52
38	28	Greg Sacks	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	182.488	135	0	0	accident	44675	49
39	4	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	184.622	80	0	0	accident	52675	46
40	33	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	181.818	11	0	0	accident	37675	43
41	14	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	183.705	1	0	0	handling	37575	40
42	15	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	183.680	1	0	0	accident	52525	37
43	19	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	183.187	1	0	0	accident	44525	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	1036	7	1	0	5	5
2	Jeremy Mayfield	1012	7	1	0	4	4
3	Terry Labonte	1001	7	0	0	1	4
4	Mark Martin	979	7	1	2	3	5
5	Jeff Gordon	938	7	0	2	3	3
6	Bill Elliott	927	7	0	0	0	3
7	Dale Jarrett	920	7	1	1	3	4
8	Jeff Burton	875	7	0	0	3	4
9	Dale Earnhardt	860	7	0	1	1	2
10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	843	6	0	0	3	5
11	Jimmy Spencer	836	7	0	0	1	3
12	Ken Schrader	830	7	0	0	1	2
13	Michael Waltrip	830	7	0	0	0	3
14	Bobby Labonte	822	7	1	1	2	3
15	Ward Burton	788	7	0	0	0	0
16	Ted Musgrave	736	7	0	0	0	3
17	Chad Little	730	6	0	0	1	3
18	Bobby Hamilton	730	7	0	0	0	1
19	Brett Bodine	718	7	0	0	0	0
20	Dick Trickle	716	7	0	0	0	1
21	Steve Grissom	698	7	0	0	0	1
22	John Andretti	648	7	1	0	0	0
23	Ernie Irvan	644	7	0	0	0	1
24	Robert Pressley	633	7	0	0	1	1
25	Geoff Bodine	614	7	0	0	1	1