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1998 Coca-Cola 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 33 Sunday, May 24, 1998 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:23:53 Average speed: 136.424 mph Pole speed: 182.976 mph Cautions: 8 for 49 laps Margin of victory: .41 sec Attendance: 175000 Lead changes: 33 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 346450 running 53 180 2 4 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 400 109500 running 51 175 3 6 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 400 102550 running 12 170 4 5 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 95500 running 164 170 5 10 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 400 78700 running 47 160 6 26 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth / The Real Yellowpages   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 400 63450 running 3 155 7 3 43   John Andretti STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 400 66100 running 0 146 8 38 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 59500 running 0 142 9 39 26   Johnny Benson, Jr. Cheerios   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 46800 running 1 143 10 14 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 399 58050 running 0 134 11 18 36   Ernie Irvan Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 399 49550 running 0 130 12 41 16   Ted Musgrave Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 399 47350 running 0 127 13 21 23   Jimmy Spencer Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 399 59800 running 28 129 14 33 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 399 44400 running 0 121 15 30 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 399 37000 running 0 118 16 27 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 399 36450 running 0 115 17 43 1   Darrell Waltrip Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 399 28700 running 0 112 18 37 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo / World Games   (Wood Brothers) Ford 399 39700 running 2 114 19 12 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 398 37950 running 0 106 20 40 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak MAX Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 398 43850 running 0 103 21 7 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 398 37300 running 2 105 22 32 11   Brett Bodine Paychex   (Brett Bodine) Ford 398 36250 running 0 97 23 13 7   Geoffrey Bodine Philips Consumer Communications   (Jim Mattei) Ford 398 35850 running 0 94 24 16 98   Rich Bickle Thorn Apple Valley   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 398 35450 running 0 91 25 42 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 398 28700 running 2 93 26 9 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 398 27950 running 0 85 27 19 9   Lake Speed Cartoon Network / Happy Birthday NASCAR   (Harry Melling) Ford 397 27760 running 0 82 28 20 35   Todd Bodine Tabasco   (Bob Hancher) Pontiac 397 24710 running 0 79 29 34 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 397 27675 running 0 76 30 29 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 396 34150 running 0 73 31 35 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 396 41025 running 0 70 32 23 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 396 31620 running 0 67 33 25 30   Derrike Cope Gumout   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 395 31615 running 0 64 34 2 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 395 43610 running 35 66 35 24 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 386 24605 running 0 58 36 15 91   Kevin Lepage First Union   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 386 25600 running 0 55 37 8 78   Gary Bradberry Pilot Travel Centers   (Jim Wilson) Ford 368 25095 crash 0 52 38 11 50   Randy LaJoie Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 336 31585 crash 0 49 39 28 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 336 39580 crash 0 46 40 22 13   Jerry Nadeau FirstPlus Financial   (Bill Elliott) Ford 331 24575 running 0 43 41 36 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes "Corny"   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 329 40570 running 0 40 42 31 92   Elliott Sadler O.P. / Tower Clothing   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 208 24565 engine 0 37 43 17 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 134 24560 engine 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City Stavola Brothers Chevrolet 45 Kenny Irwin, Jr. 28 Texaco / Havoline Robert Yates Ford 46 Andy Hillenburg 95 Shoney's Inns Sadler Brothers Chevrolet 47 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet 48 Randy MacDonald 85 Sherwin-Williams / Mansion Motorsports Francis Dixon Ford 49 Dan Pardus 07 Midwest Transit Hal Hicks / Mike Witters Chevrolet 50 Billy Standridge 47 Team Fans Can Race Billy Standridge Ford 51 Morgan Shepherd 46 First Union Felix Sabates Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 35 35     36 40 5   #78,13 spun turn 2   41 52 12     53 59 7   #23 spun frontstretch   60 186 127     187 193 7   #40 spun frontstretch   194 240 47     241 246 6   #7 spun frontstretch   247 277 31     278 282 5   #13 spun backstretch   283 321 39     322 326 5   #35 spun backstretch   327 338 12     339 346 8   #3,50,30,42 accident turn 4   347 378 32     379 384 6   #78 accident turn 4   385 400 16       Percent of race run under caution: 12.3%             Average green flag run: 39.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ward Burton 1 29 29   Mark Martin 30 30 1   Ward Burton 31 36 6   Kenny Wallace 37 38 2   Rusty Wallace 39 41 3   Jeff Gordon 42 59 18   Mark Martin 60 60 1   Jeff Gordon 61 61 1   Mark Martin 62 110 49   Johnny Benson, Jr. 111 111 1   Joe Nemechek 112 114 3   Jimmy Spencer 115 116 2   Michael Waltrip 117 118 2   Dick Trickle 119 120 2   Jeff Gordon 121 128 8   Mark Martin 129 181 53   Jimmy Spencer 182 187 6   Jeff Gordon 188 188 1   Mark Martin 189 194 6   Jimmy Spencer 195 214 20   Mark Martin 215 241 27   Rusty Wallace 242 253 12   Dale Jarrett 254 255 2   Jeff Gordon 256 265 10   Mark Martin 266 278 13   Dale Jarrett 279 288 10   Mark Martin 289 292 4   Dale Jarrett 293 327 35   Bobby Labonte 328 339 12   Mark Martin 340 349 10   Jeff Gordon 350 354 5   Rusty Wallace 355 390 36   Jeff Gordon 391 400 10 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 1590     2   Jeremy Mayfield 1563   -27   3   Rusty Wallace 1559   -31   4   Mark Martin 1504   -86   5   Terry Labonte 1461   -129   6   Dale Jarrett 1455   -135   7   Bobby Labonte 1339   -251   8   Jimmy Spencer 1313   -277   9   Ken Schrader 1292   -298   10   Dale Earnhardt 1269   -321   11   Bill Elliott 1260   -330   12   Jeff Burton 1252   -338   12   Michael Waltrip 1252   -338   14   Johnny Benson, Jr. 1222   -368   15   Ward Burton 1202   -388   16   Ernie Irvan 1186   -404   17   Bobby Hamilton 1173   -417   18   Brett Bodine 1153   -437   19   Ted Musgrave 1134   -456   20   Chad Little 1119   -471   21   John Andretti 1042   -548