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1998 Goody's Headache Powder 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 33
Saturday, August 22, 1998 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:03:54
Average Speed: 86.949 mph
Pole Speed: 125.554 mph

Cautions: 13 for 86 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.185 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline / Cummins (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	85,315	running	190	185
8	5	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	500	45,015	running	173	147
9	3	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	500	45,540	running	43	143
4	9	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	58,855	running	35	165
6	30	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	42,540	running	34	155
3	1	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite / Elvis Presley (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	53,165	running	17	170
25	10	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	496	38,215	running	8	93
2	19	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	58,615	running	0	170
5	7	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	58,650	running	0	155
7	2	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	33,965	running	0	146
10	24	16	Kevin Lepage	Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	42,590	running	0	134
11	33	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	500	39,765	running	0	130
12	21	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	500	33,965	running	0	127
13	15	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	37,715	running	0	124
14	13	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	499	34,315	running	0	121
15	34	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	499	40,260	running	0	118
16	12	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	499	33,410	running	0	115
17	14	46	Jeff Green	The Money Store (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	499	21,260	running	0	112
18	17	98	Rich Bickle	Thorn Apple Valley "Gone Grill Crazy" (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	499	28,210	running	0	109
19	27	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's Mac Tonight (Bill Elliott)	Ford	498	32,300	running	0	106
20	6	23	Ted Musgrave	Winston / No Bull (Travis Carter)	Ford	498	35,310	running	0	103
21	29	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	498	24,735	running	0	100
22	37	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	498	31,585	running	0	97
23	35	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Jack Roush)	Ford	497	24,435	running	0	94
24	32	92	Elliott Sadler	Phillips 66 / TropArtic (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	497	20,760	running	0	91
26	16	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex (Brett Bodine)	Ford	496	30,790	running	0	85
27	43	35	Darrell Waltrip	Tabasco (Tim Beverley)	Pontiac	495	20,280	running	0	82
28	38	50	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	489	30,670	running	0	79
29	40	91	Morgan Shepherd	LJ Racing (Joe Falk)	Chevrolet	482	24,060	running	0	76
30	11	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications (Jim Mattei)	Ford	481	30,450	running	0	73
31	22	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	466	30,340	running	0	70
32	18	9	Jerry Nadeau	Cartoon Network / Happy Birthday NASCAR (Harry Melling)	Ford	434	23,230	handling	0	67
33	23	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Trix / Lucky Charms / Cocoa Puffs Kids Car (Jack Roush)	Ford	434	30,220	running	0	64
34	36	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	422	22,710	running	0	61
35	26	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	405	20,205	crash	0	58
36	20	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	353	27,185	handling	0	55
37	8	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	313	17,167	crash	0	52
38	28	43	John Andretti	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	303	35,150	handling	0	49
39	41	13	Dennis Setzer	FirstPlus Financial (Bill Elliott)	Ford	290	20,150	handling	0	46
40	25	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	272	20,150	overheating	0	43
41	42	96	Hut Stricklin	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	237	20,150	engine	0	40
42	31	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	227	20,150	engine	0	37
43	39	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	153	27,650	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Steve Grissom (#41), Dave Marcis (#71), Ken Bouchard (#85), Gary Bradberry (#78)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	41	41
	42	47	6	#91 accident turn 1
	48	119	72
	120	126	7	#42 spun turn 1
	127	154	28
	155	160	6	#90 spun turn 2
	161	197	37
	198	205	8	#36 spun turn 4
	206	215	10
	216	225	10	#11,16,22,30,43,77,96,97 accident backstretch
	226	249	24
	250	257	8	#11 accident frontstretch
	258	276	19
	277	282	6	#26 accident turn 1
	283	289	7
	290	296	7	#13 accident turn 1
	297	300	4
	301	304	4	#1,21 accident turn 1
	305	345	41
	346	350	5	#9 spun turn 2
	351	396	46
	397	403	7	#9,22,50 accident turn 3
	404	408	5
	409	414	6	#75 accident turn 2
	415	435	21
	436	441	6	#12 spun backstretch
	442	500	59
Percent of race run under caution: 17.2% Average green flag run: 29.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rusty Wallace	1	10	10
Ricky Rudd	11	14	4
Rusty Wallace	15	19	5
Ricky Rudd	20	58	39
Jeremy Mayfield	59	120	62
Rusty Wallace	121	122	2
Jeremy Mayfield	123	190	68
Mark Martin	191	199	9
Dale Jarrett	200	234	35
Jeremy Mayfield	235	277	43
Dale Earnhardt	278	311	34
Bobby Labonte	312	319	8
Mark Martin	320	500	181

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	3417
2	Mark Martin	3350	-67
3	Dale Jarrett	3194	-223
4	Rusty Wallace	3033	-384
5	Bobby Labonte	2932	-485
6	Jeremy Mayfield	2899	-518
7	Jeff Burton	2778	-639
8	Dale Earnhardt	2671	-746
9	Terry Labonte	2606	-811
10	Ken Schrader	2533	-884
11	John Andretti	2410	-1007
12	Bobby Hamilton	2408	-1009
13	Ernie Irvan	2354	-1063
14	Sterling Marlin	2328	-1089
15	Michael Waltrip	2324	-1093
16	Bill Elliott	2309	-1108
17	Jimmy Spencer	2249	-1168
18	Chad Little	2226	-1191
19	Ted Musgrave	2177	-1240
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2148	-1269

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