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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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