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1998 Galaxy Food Centers 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 8 of 31 Saturday, April 11, 1998 at Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC 300 laps on a 0.363 mile paved track (108.900 miles) Time of race: 1:49:22 Average speed: 59.744 mph Pole speed: 88.453 mph Cautions: 10 for 66 laps Margin of victory: 1.645 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 77   Ed Berrier Lear Corporation / UAW   (Tony Hall) Ford 300 35555 running 187 185 2 17 29   Hermie Sadler DeWalt Industrial Tools   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 300 18780 running 0 170 3 18 33   Tim Fedewa Kleenex   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 300 14755 running 0 165 4 5 72   Mike Dillon Detroit Gasket   (Ron Parker) Chevrolet 300 13580 running 54 165 5 14 17   Matt Kenseth Lycos   (Robbie Reiser) Chevrolet 300 15355 running 0 155 6 1 59   Robert Pressley Kingsford / Matchlight   (Tad Geschickter) Chevrolet 300 6095 running 59 155 7 24 30   Mike Cope Slim Jim   (Jeffrey Welliver) Chevrolet 300 7195 running 0 146 8 16 3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AC Delco   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 300 13045 running 0 142 9 22 85   Shane Hall Bama Jams & Jellies   (Don Stegall) Chevrolet 300 8320 running 0 138 10 13 57   Jason Keller Justin Boots   (Steve DeSouza) Chevrolet 300 9045 running 0 134 11 9 64   Dick Trickle Schneider National   (Dennis Shoemaker) Chevrolet 299 4145 running 0 130 12 6 00   Buckshot Jones Alka-Seltzer / Bayer   (Billy Jones) Pontiac 299 8095 running 0 127 13 26 44   Tony Stewart Shell Oil   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 298 7245 running 0 124 14 23 66   Elliott Sadler Phillips 66   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 298 11495 running 0 121 15 8 99   Glenn Allen, Jr. Luxaire   (Bill Papke) Chevrolet 297 7545 running 0 118 16 19 32   Jason Jarrett DAJ Racing   (Dale Jarrett) Chevrolet 297 9570 running 0 115 17 21 56   Jeff Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 297 6770 running 0 112 18 4 10   Phil Parsons Dura Lube   (Phil Parsons) Chevrolet 296 6720 running 0 109 19 29 89   Kevin Cywinski Excite   (Meredith Ruark) Ford 291 7670 running 0 106 20 7 50   Andy Houston Dr. Pepper   (Joe Washington) Ford 287 4920 running 0 103 21 25 34   Mike McLaughlin Goulds Pumps   (Frank Cicci) Chevrolet 283 10920 running 0 100 22 11 37   Mark Green Timber Wolf   (Clarence Brewer) Chevrolet 279 7970 crash 0 97 23 31 74   Randy LaJoie Fina   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 273 10820 running 0 94 24 30 36   Matt Hutter Stanley Tools   (Scott Welliver) Pontiac 264 9745 running 0 91 25 10 6   Joe Bessey Power Team   (Joe Bessey) Chevrolet 252 9820 running 0 88 26 3 52   Kevin Grubb Crestar Bank   (Kevin Grubb) Chevrolet 234 3295 crash 0 85 27 12 38   Elton Sawyer Barbasol   (Bob Sutton) Ford 223 5420 rear end 0 82 28 27 63   Tracy Leslie Lysol   (Hubert Hensley) Chevrolet 205 5145 overheating 0 79 29 28 47   Andy Santerre Monro Muffler   (George Debidart) Chevrolet 121 5120 engine 0 76 30 20 80   Mark Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 92 3220 engine 0 73 31 15 4   Dennis Setzer Lance Snacks   (James Finch) Chevrolet 59 9870 crash 0 70

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Patty Moise 14 Rhodes Furniture Michael Waltrip Ford Blaise Alexander 20 Rescue Engine Formula Allen Cretsinger Chevrolet Johnny Chapman 21 Michael Waltrip, Inc. Michael Waltrip Ford Eddie Beahr 39 Fidelity Printing Wayne Beahr Ford Kevin Lepage 40 Channellock Doug Taylor Chevrolet Randy Porter 48 Unifirst Uniforms James Porter Ford Shane Jenkins 49 Hoiles Motorsports Chris Hoiles Chevrolet Chris Diamond 68 J & L Motors Jerry Francis Chevrolet Hank Parker, Jr. 78 Mark III Financial Dan Browder Chevrolet Johnny Rumley 96 Big A Auto Parts Mike Curb Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 43 43     44 51 8   #50 spun turn 4   52 60 9     61 82 22   #47,36,32,63,34,4,3,85 accident turn 2   83 94 12     95 101 7   #80,10,6,44,59,52 accident turn 1   102 155 54     156 161 6   #50 spun turn 3   162 190 29     191 194 4   #32 spun turn 4   195 198 4     199 200 2   #38 grease   201 209 9     210 215 6   #57,64,50 accident turn 1   216 224 9     225 230 6   #56 spun turn 2   231 234 4     235 241 7   #74,52 accident frontstretch   242 281 40     282 288 7   #37 accident turn 1   289 300 12       Percent of race run under caution: 25.0%             Average green flag run: 20.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Robert Pressley 1 59 59   Ed Berrier 60 139 80   Mike Dillon 140 193 54   Ed Berrier 194 300 107 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1138     2   Matt Kenseth 1107   -31   3   Elliott Sadler 1092   -46   4   Mike McLaughlin 1053   -85   5   Randy LaJoie 996   -142   6   Hermie Sadler 970   -168   7   Buckshot Jones 965   -173   8   Mike Dillon 927   -211   9   Jason Keller 911   -227   10   Mark Green 907   -231   11   Dick Trickle 878   -260   12   Tim Fedewa 871   -267   13   Elton Sawyer 861   -277   14   Glenn Allen, Jr. 839   -299   15   Phil Parsons 817   -321   16   Jeff Burton 797   -341   17   Tracy Leslie 752   -386   18   Tony Stewart 745   -393   19   Andy Santerre 740   -398   20   Shane Hall 700   -438   21   Joe Nemechek 685   -453