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1998 Texas 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 33
Sunday, April 5, 1998 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:39:47
Average Speed: 136.771 mph
Pole Speed: 185.906 mph

Cautions: 7 for 43 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.573 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
33	12	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	247	42,700	crash	0	64
38	28	98	Greg Sacks	Thorn Apple Valley (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	135	44,675	crash	0	49
39	4	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	80	52,675	crash	0	46
40	33	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	11	37,675	crash	0	43
41	14	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	1	37,575	crash	0	40
42	15	43	John Andretti	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	1	52,525	crash	0	37
43	19	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	1	44,525	crash	0	34
30	30	16	Ted Musgrave	Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	262	56,500	handling	0	73
31	17	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	252	66,900	handling	0	70
34	31	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	214	41,700	handling	0	61
32	29	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications (Jim Mattei)	Ford	248	53,200	ignition	0	67
28	36	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	295	48,500	oil leak	0	79
27	20	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	315	65,900	overheating	0	82
1	7	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline / Cummins (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	356,850	running	37	180
2	5	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	238,550	running	49	175
3	8	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	334	161,750	running	0	165
4	2	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	334	162,100	running	3	165
5	27	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Cheerios (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	113,650	running	9	160
6	37	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	113,100	running	0	150
7	39	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston / No Bull (Travis Carter)	Ford	334	106,350	running	0	146
8	11	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	334	97,300	running	0	142
9	40	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	334	91,350	running	5	143
10	42	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	334	94,250	running	0	134
11	13	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	93,500	running	51	135
12	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	334	87,500	running	0	127
13	38	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	333	81,700	running	0	124
14	21	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	333	72,600	running	0	121
15	3	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	332	78,900	running	27	123
16	18	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex (Brett Bodine)	Ford	332	76,550	running	0	115
17	26	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	332	75,750	running	0	112
18	9	96	David Green	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	332	67,600	running	0	109
19	22	46	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	First Union (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	332	62,500	running	0	106
20	43	9	Lake Speed	Cartoon Network (Harry Melling)	Ford	332	66,650	running	0	103
21	32	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	332	67,300	running	0	100
22	41	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	331	64,800	running	0	97
23	1	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	331	87,700	running	105	104
24	10	78	Gary Bradberry	Pilot Travel Centers (Jim Wilson)	Ford	331	52,500	running	0	91
25	24	50	Randy LaJoie	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	328	61,600	running	0	88
26	25	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	328	60,500	running	0	85
29	23	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	276	64,100	running	48	81
35	34	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	205	58,200	running	0	58
37	16	91	Kevin Lepage	Little Joe's Auto (Joe Falk)	Chevrolet	148	39,675	running	0	52
36	35	1	Darrell Waltrip	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	185	39,675	transmission	0	55

Failed to qualify: Todd Bodine (#35), Jerry Nadeau (#13), Andy Hillenburg (#95), Billy Standridge (#47), Derrike Cope (#30)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	6	4	#3,16,24,1,36,8,75,43,81,91 accident turn 1
	7	30	24
	31	34	4	NASCAR
	35	81	47
	82	85	4	#28 accident turn 2
	86	123	38
	124	127	4	#16 spun turn 3
	128	136	9
	137	148	12	#98 accident turn 1
	149	251	103
	252	259	8	#31 accident frontstretch
	260	303	44
	304	310	7	#33 accident frontstretch
	311	334	24
Percent of race run under caution: 12.9% Average green flag run: 36.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ward Burton	1	27	27
Jeremy Mayfield	28	31	4
Chad Little	32	34	3
Mark Martin	35	36	2
Jeremy Mayfield	37	82	46
Jeff Burton	83	87	5
Jeremy Mayfield	88	92	5
Jeff Burton	93	105	13
Jeremy Mayfield	106	127	22
Jeff Burton	128	149	22
Jeremy Mayfield	150	177	28
Jeff Burton	178	185	8
Chad Little	186	191	6
Mark Martin	192	192	1
Joe Nemechek	193	195	3
Johnny Benson, Jr.	196	204	9
Michael Waltrip	205	209	5
Dale Jarrett	210	216	7
Chad Little	217	230	14
Dale Jarrett	231	248	18
Mark Martin	249	252	4
Dale Jarrett	253	278	26
Chad Little	279	304	26
Mark Martin	305	334	30

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Rusty Wallace	1036
2	Jeremy Mayfield	1012	-24
3	Terry Labonte	1001	-35
4	Mark Martin	979	-57
5	Jeff Gordon	938	-98
6	Bill Elliott	927	-109
7	Dale Jarrett	920	-116
8	Jeff Burton	875	-161
9	Dale Earnhardt	860	-176
10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	843	-193
11	Jimmy Spencer	836	-200
12	Michael Waltrip	830	-206
13	Ken Schrader	830	-206
14	Bobby Labonte	822	-214
15	Ward Burton	788	-248
16	Ted Musgrave	736	-300
17	Chad Little	730	-306
18	Bobby Hamilton	730	-306
19	Brett Bodine	718	-318
20	Dick Trickle	716	-320

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