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1998 Food City 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 33 Sunday, March 29, 1998 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 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: .583 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 90860 running 63 180 2 3 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 57960 running 115 175 3 6 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 57660 running 18 170 4 5 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 47670 running 0 160 5 8 26   Johnny Benson, Jr. Cheerios   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 38770 running 0 155 6 14 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 500 43270 running 5 155 7 9 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 39070 running 0 146 8 29 16   Ted Musgrave Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 33470 running 0 142 9 32 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 35320 running 1 143 10 17 50   Randy LaJoie Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 499 38165 running 0 134 11 20 11   Brett Bodine Paychex   (Brett Bodine) Ford 499 32295 running 0 130 12 10 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 499 30940 running 0 127 13 41 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 498 31715 running 0 124 14 26 23   Jimmy Spencer Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 498 37915 running 0 121 15 38 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 498 31515 running 17 123 16 42 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 498 30590 running 0 115 17 39 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 498 29740 running 0 112 18 40 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak MAX Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 498 29540 running 35 114 19 21 43   John Andretti STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 497 34030 running 0 106 20 28 36   Ernie Irvan Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 497 31175 running 16 108 21 30 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 497 23415 running 0 100 22 37 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 496 33715 running 0 97 23 43 1   Darrell Waltrip Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 496 18665 running 0 94 24 12 46   Morgan Shepherd First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 496 18590 running 0 91 25 19 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 496 22245 running 0 88 26 15 30   Derrike Cope Gumout Long Life Formula   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 495 28615 running 0 85 27 23 91   Kevin Lepage Little Joe's Auto   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 491 19495 running 0 82 28 31 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 489 18440 crash 0 79 29 16 35   Todd Bodine Tabasco   (Bob Hancher) Pontiac 486 18410 running 0 76 30 35 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 482 34485 running 0 73 31 36 9   Lake Speed Cartoon Network   (Harry Melling) Ford 480 20315 transmission 0 70 32 4 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 460 17395 running 0 67 33 1 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 446 37275 running 220 74 34 7 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 442 32235 crash 0 61 35 34 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 442 20215 crash 10 63 36 11 98   Greg Sacks Thorn Apple Valley   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 425 26695 running 0 55 37 22 13   Jerry Nadeau FirstPlus Financial   (Bill Elliott) Ford 399 17185 running 0 52 38 33 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 394 24175 running 0 49 39 18 7   Geoffrey Bodine Philips Consumer Communications   (Jim Mattei) Ford 385 24165 overheating 0 46 40 24 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 324 17150 running 0 43 41 25 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 204 17125 handling 0 40 42 13 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 155 17100 crash 0 37 43 27 28   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 88 32077 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Jeff Green 29 Team Monte Carlo Gary Bechtel Chevrolet 45 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth Felix Sabates Chevrolet 46 Gary Bradberry 78 Pilot Travel Centers Jim Wilson Ford 47 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Brett Bodine 603   -306