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1998 Food City 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 33
Sunday, March 29, 1998 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:13:00
Average Speed: 82.85 mph
Pole Speed: 124.275 mph

Cautions: 14 for 88 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.583 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	90,860	running	63	180
2	3	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	57,960	running	115	175
3	6	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	57,660	running	18	170
4	5	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	47,670	running	0	160
6	14	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	500	43,270	running	5	155
7	9	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline / Cummins (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	39,070	running	0	146
5	8	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Cheerios (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	38,770	running	0	155
10	17	50	Randy LaJoie	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	499	38,165	running	0	134
14	26	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston / No Bull (Travis Carter)	Ford	498	37,915	running	0	121
33	1	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	446	37,275	running	220	74
9	32	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	500	35,320	running	1	143
30	35	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	482	34,485	running	0	73
19	21	43	John Andretti	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	497	34,030	running	0	106
22	37	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	496	33,715	running	0	97
8	29	16	Ted Musgrave	Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	33,470	running	0	142
11	20	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex (Brett Bodine)	Ford	499	32,295	running	0	130
34	7	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	442	32,235	crash	0	61
43	27	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	88	32,077	crash	0	34
13	41	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	498	31,715	running	0	124
15	38	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	498	31,515	running	17	123
20	28	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	497	31,175	running	16	108
12	10	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	499	30,940	running	0	127
16	42	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	498	30,590	running	0	115
17	39	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	498	29,740	running	0	112
18	40	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	498	29,540	running	35	114
26	15	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout Long Life Formula (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	495	28,615	running	0	85
36	11	98	Greg Sacks	Thorn Apple Valley (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	425	26,695	running	0	55
38	33	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	394	24,175	running	0	49
39	18	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications (Jim Mattei)	Ford	385	24,165	overheating	0	46
21	30	96	David Green	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	497	23,415	running	0	100
25	19	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	496	22,245	running	0	88
31	36	9	Lake Speed	Cartoon Network (Harry Melling)	Ford	480	20,315	transmission	0	70
35	34	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Jack Roush)	Ford	442	20,215	crash	10	63
27	23	91	Kevin Lepage	Little Joe's Auto (Joe Falk)	Chevrolet	491	19,495	running	0	82
23	43	1	Darrell Waltrip	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	496	18,665	running	0	94
24	12	46	Morgan Shepherd	First Union (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	496	18,590	running	0	91
28	31	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	489	18,440	crash	0	79
29	16	35	Todd Bodine	Tabasco (Bob Hancher)	Pontiac	486	18,410	running	0	76
32	4	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	460	17,395	running	0	67
37	22	13	Jerry Nadeau	FirstPlus Financial (Bill Elliott)	Ford	399	17,185	running	0	52
40	24	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	324	17,150	running	0	43
41	25	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	204	17,125	handling	0	40
42	13	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	155	17,100	crash	0	37

Failed to qualify: Jeff Green (#29), Joe Nemechek (#42), Gary Bradberry (#78), Dave Marcis (#71)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	9	4	#13,9 spun turn 4
	10	26	17
	27	31	5	#13 spun turn 4
	32	53	22
	54	58	5	#35,16 spun backstretch
	59	89	31
	90	93	4	#28 accident turn 4
	94	104	11
	105	109	5	#41 spun turn 4
	110	133	24
	134	139	6	#98 spun turn 2
	140	156	17
	157	167	11	#8,81 spun turn 1
	168	193	26
	194	199	6	NASCAR
	200	216	17
	217	221	5	#44 accident turn 1
	222	342	121
	343	356	14	#31 spun turn 4
	357	372	16
	373	377	5	#46 spun backstretch
	378	436	59
	437	441	5	#2 accident turn 1
	442	443	2
	444	452	9	#18,31,97 accident turns 3/4
	453	486	34
	487	490	4	#98 spun backstretch
	491	500	10
Percent of race run under caution: 17.6% Average green flag run: 27.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rusty Wallace	1	18	18
Terry Labonte	19	54	36
Chad Little	55	63	9
Rusty Wallace	64	104	41
Chad Little	105	105	1
Bill Elliott	106	109	4
Bobby Hamilton	110	143	34
Rusty Wallace	144	162	19
Bobby Hamilton	163	163	1
Ken Schrader	164	168	5
Ernie Irvan	169	184	16
Rusty Wallace	185	217	33
Bill Elliott	218	230	13
Rusty Wallace	231	237	7
Terry Labonte	238	241	4
Rusty Wallace	242	343	102
Michael Waltrip	344	344	1
Dale Jarrett	345	362	18
Terry Labonte	363	437	75
Jeff Gordon	438	500	63

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Rusty Wallace	909
2	Jeremy Mayfield	908	-1
3	Jeff Gordon	868	-41
4	Terry Labonte	851	-58
5	Bill Elliott	803	-106
6	Dale Earnhardt	802	-107
7	Mark Martin	799	-110
8	Jeff Burton	794	-115
9	Dale Jarrett	785	-124
10	Ken Schrader	730	-179
11	Jimmy Spencer	690	-219
12	Michael Waltrip	687	-222
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	683	-226
14	Bobby Labonte	680	-229
15	Ward Burton	665	-244
16	Ted Musgrave	663	-246
17	Bobby Hamilton	645	-264
18	Dick Trickle	619	-290
19	John Andretti	611	-298
20	Ernie Irvan	610	-299

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