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1998 TranSouth Financial 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 33 Sunday, March 22, 1998 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 293 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (400.238 miles) Time of race: 3:07:40 Average speed: 127.962 mph Pole speed: 168.665 mph Cautions: 5 for 31 laps Margin of victory: .228 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 293 110035 running 68 180 2 24 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 293 75075 running 0 170 3 14 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 293 52240 running 1 170 4 37 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 293 45930 running 25 165 5 2 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 293 49075 running 195 165 6 33 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 293 48600 running 0 150 7 1 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 293 47995 running 3 151 8 21 26   Johnny Benson, Jr. Cheerios   (Jack Roush) Ford 293 26340 running 0 142 9 26 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 293 33285 running 0 138 10 20 16   Ted Musgrave Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 292 39930 running 0 134 11 9 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 292 33500 running 0 130 12 27 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 292 37595 running 0 127 13 16 43   John Andretti STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 292 37990 running 0 124 14 8 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 291 24560 running 0 121 15 30 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 291 32430 running 1 123 16 7 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 291 32435 running 0 115 17 29 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 291 23690 running 0 112 18 32 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 291 32820 running 0 109 19 36 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 291 29740 running 0 106 20 17 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 291 20970 running 0 103 21 35 23   Jimmy Spencer Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 290 31405 running 0 100 22 22 11   Brett Bodine Paychex   (Brett Bodine) Ford 290 28840 running 0 97 23 6 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 290 33425 running 0 94 24 4 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 290 28310 running 0 91 25 34 9   Lake Speed Cartoon Network   (Harry Melling) Ford 290 20995 running 0 88 26 13 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 290 20685 running 0 85 27 41 35   Todd Bodine Tabasco   (Bob Hancher) Pontiac 290 17300 running 0 82 28 19 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 289 20245 running 0 79 29 40 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 288 26940 running 0 76 30 43 17   Darrell Waltrip NASCAR 50th Anniversary / Tim Flock Special   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 288 26810 running 0 73 31 25 13   Jerry Nadeau FirstPlus Financial   (Bill Elliott) Ford 288 17655 running 0 70 32 42 29   Jeff Green Team Monte Carlo   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 288 20025 running 0 67 33 18 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 288 32745 running 0 64 34 10 91   Kevin Lepage Pionite   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 287 16215 running 0 61 35 38 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak MAX Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 286 23085 running 0 58 36 39 36   Ernie Irvan Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 285 22955 running 0 55 37 28 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 285 22875 running 0 52 38 23 50   Randy LaJoie Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 284 25225 running 0 49 39 5 28   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 270 30600 running 0 46 40 31 30   Derrike Cope Gumout   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 231 22475 engine 0 43 41 11 7   Geoffrey Bodine Philips Consumer Communications   (Jim Mattei) Ford 144 22350 crash 0 40 42 12 98   Greg Sacks Thorn Apple Valley   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 142 22225 crash 0 37 43 15 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 26 15116 engine 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 46 First Union Felix Sabates Chevrolet 45 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet 46 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City Stavola Brothers Chevrolet 47 Gary Bradberry 78 Pilot Travel Centers Jim Wilson Ford 48 Morgan Shepherd 05 Accu-Turn / Wendy's Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 49 Ron Hornaday, Jr. 1 Pennzoil Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 24 24     25 29 5   #7 accident frontstretch   30 130 101     131 138 8   #50 spun turn 1   139 147 9     148 155 8   #98 accident backstretch   156 163 8     164 168 5   debris backstretch   169 249 81     250 254 5   #50 spun turn 4   255 293 39       Percent of race run under caution: 10.6%             Average green flag run: 43.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mark Martin 1 2 2   Dale Jarrett 3 6 4   Jeff Burton 7 24 18   Bill Elliott 25 25 1   Dale Jarrett 26 30 5   Jeff Burton 31 90 60   Mark Martin 91 91 1   Dale Jarrett 92 99 8   Jeff Burton 100 133 34   Dale Jarrett 134 164 31   Jeremy Mayfield 165 180 16   Jeff Burton 181 226 46   Jeremy Mayfield 227 227 1   Dale Jarrett 228 228 1   Rusty Wallace 229 229 1   Jeff Burton 230 242 13   Jeremy Mayfield 243 250 8   Jeff Burton 251 274 24   Dale Jarrett 275 293 19 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rusty Wallace 835     2   Jeremy Mayfield 781   -54   3   Dale Earnhardt 705   -130   4   Jeff Gordon 688   -147   5   Bill Elliott 680   -155   6   Terry Labonte 676   -159   7   Mark Martin 653   -182   8   Jeff Burton 634   -201   9   Bobby Labonte 619   -216   10   Dale Jarrett 615   -220   11   Ken Schrader 575   -260   12   Jimmy Spencer 569   -266   13   Ward Burton 553   -282   14   Michael Waltrip 544   -291   15   Bobby Hamilton 531   -304   16   Johnny Benson, Jr. 528   -307   17   Ted Musgrave 521   -314   18   John Andretti 505   -330   19   Ernie Irvan 502   -333   20   Geoffrey Bodine 501   -334   21   Dick Trickle 495   -340