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1998 Galaxy Food Centers 300

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 8 of 31
Saturday, April 11, 1998 at Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC
300 laps on a .363 mile paved track (108.9 miles)

Time of race: 1:49:22
Average Speed: 59.744 mph
Pole Speed: 88.453 mph

Cautions: 10 for 66 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.645 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	77	Ed Berrier	Lear Corporation / UAW (Tony Hall)	Ford	300	35,555	running	187	185
2	17	29	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Industrial Tools (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	300	18,780	running	0	170
3	18	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	300	14,755	running	0	165
4	5	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket (Ron Parker)	Chevrolet	300	13,580	running	54	165
5	14	17	Matt Kenseth	Lycos (Robbie Reiser)	Chevrolet	300	15,355	running	0	155
6	1	59	Robert Pressley	Kingsford / Matchlight (Tad Geschickter)	Chevrolet	300	6,095	running	59	155
7	24	30	Mike Cope	Slim Jim (Jeffrey Welliver)	Chevrolet	300	7,195	running	0	146
8	16	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AC Delco (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	300	13,045	running	0	142
9	22	85	Shane Hall	Bama Jams & Jellies (Don Stegall)	Chevrolet	300	8,320	running	0	138
10	13	57	Jason Keller	Justin Boots (Steve DeSouza)	Chevrolet	300	9,045	running	0	134
11	9	64	Dick Trickle	Schneider National (Dennis Shoemaker)	Chevrolet	299	4,145	running	0	130
12	6	00	Buckshot Jones	Alka-Seltzer / Bayer (Billy Jones)	Pontiac	299	8,095	running	0	127
13	26	44	Tony Stewart	Shell Oil (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	298	7,245	running	0	124
14	23	66	Elliott Sadler	Phillips 66 (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	298	11,495	running	0	121
15	8	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire (Bill Papke)	Chevrolet	297	7,545	running	0	118
16	19	32	Jason Jarrett	DAJ Racing (Dale Jarrett)	Chevrolet	297	9,570	running	0	115
17	21	56	Jeff Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries (Robert Krogh)	Chevrolet	297	6,770	running	0	112
18	4	10	Phil Parsons	Dura Lube (Phil Parsons)	Chevrolet	296	6,720	running	0	109
19	29	89	Kevin Cywinski	Excite (Meredith Ruark)	Ford	291	7,670	running	0	106
20	7	50	Andy Houston	Dr. Pepper (Joe Washington)	Ford	287	4,920	running	0	103
21	25	34	Mike McLaughlin	Goulds Pumps (Frank Cicci)	Chevrolet	283	10,920	running	0	100
22	11	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Chevrolet	279	7,970	crash	0	97
23	31	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	273	10,820	running	0	94
24	30	36	Matt Hutter	Stanley Tools (Scott Welliver)	Pontiac	264	9,745	running	0	91
25	10	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	252	9,820	running	0	88
26	3	52	Kevin Grubb	Crestar Bank (Kevin Grubb)	Chevrolet	234	3,295	crash	0	85
27	12	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol (Bob Sutton)	Ford	223	5,420	rear end	0	82
28	27	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol (Hubert Hensley)	Chevrolet	205	5,145	overheating	0	79
29	28	47	Andy Santerre	Monro Muffler (George Debidart)	Chevrolet	121	5,120	engine	0	76
30	20	80	Mark Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries (Robert Krogh)	Chevrolet	92	3,220	engine	0	73
31	15	4	Dennis Setzer	Lance Snacks (James Finch)	Chevrolet	59	9,870	crash	0	70

Failed to qualify: Hank Parker, Jr. (#78), Randy Porter (#48), Shane Jenkins (#49), Johnny Rumley (#96), Johnny Chapman (#21), Chris Diamond (#68), Patty Moise (#14), Blaise Alexander (#20), Kevin Lepage (#40), Eddie Beahr (#39)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	43	43
	44	51	8	#50 spun turn 4
	52	60	9
	61	82	22	#47,36,32,63,34,4,3,85 accident turn 2
	83	94	12
	95	101	7	#80,10,6,44,59,52 accident turn 1
	102	155	54
	156	161	6	#50 spun turn 3
	162	190	29
	191	194	4	#32 spun turn 4
	195	198	4
	199	200	2	#38 grease
	201	209	9
	210	215	6	#57,84,50 accident turn 1
	216	224	9
	225	230	6	#56 spun turn 2
	231	234	4
	235	241	7	#74,52 accident frontstretch
	242	281	40
	282	288	7	#37 accident turn 1
	289	300	12
Percent of race run under caution: 25.0% Average green flag run: 20.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Robert Pressley	1	59	59
Ed Berrier	60	139	80
Mike Dillon	140	193	54
Ed Berrier	194	300	107

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1138
2	Matt Kenseth	1107	-31
3	Elliott Sadler	1092	-46
4	Mike McLaughlin	1053	-85
5	Randy LaJoie	996	-142
6	Hermie Sadler	970	-168
7	Buckshot Jones	965	-173
8	Mike Dillon	927	-211
9	Jason Keller	911	-227
10	Mark Green	907	-231
11	Dick Trickle	878	-260
12	Tim Fedewa	871	-267
13	Elton Sawyer	861	-277
14	Glenn Allen, Jr.	839	-299
15	Phil Parsons	817	-321
16	Jeff Burton	797	-341
17	Tracy Leslie	752	-386
18	Tony Stewart	745	-393
19	Andy Santerre	740	-398
20	Shane Hall	700	-438

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