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1998 Goody's Headache Powder 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 33 Saturday, August 22, 1998 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:03:54 Average speed: 86.949 mph Pole speed: 125.554 mph Cautions: 13 for 86 laps Margin of victory: 2.185 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 85315 running 190 185 2 19 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 58615 running 0 170 3 1 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite / Elvis Presley   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 53165 running 17 170 4 9 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 58855 running 35 165 5 7 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 58650 running 0 155 6 30 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 42540 running 34 155 7 2 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 33965 running 0 146 8 5 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 500 45015 running 173 147 9 3 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 500 45540 running 43 143 10 24 16   Kevin Lepage Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 42590 running 0 134 11 33 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak MAX Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 500 39765 running 0 130 12 21 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 500 33965 running 0 127 13 15 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 37715 running 0 124 14 13 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 499 34315 running 0 121 15 34 28   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 499 40260 running 0 118 16 12 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 499 33410 running 0 115 17 14 46   Jeff Green The Money Store   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 499 21260 running 0 112 18 17 98   Rich Bickle Thorn Apple Valley "Gone Grill Crazy"   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 499 28210 running 0 109 19 27 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's Mac Tonight   (Bill Elliott) Ford 498 32300 running 0 106 20 6 23   Ted Musgrave Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 498 35310 running 0 103 21 29 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 498 24735 running 0 100 22 37 36   Ernie Irvan Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 498 31585 running 0 97 23 35 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 497 24435 running 0 94 24 32 92   Elliott Sadler Phillips 66 / TropArtic   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 497 20760 running 0 91 25 10 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 496 38215 running 8 93 26 16 11   Brett Bodine Paychex   (Brett Bodine) Ford 496 30790 running 0 85 27 43 35   Darrell Waltrip Tabasco   (Tim Beverley) Pontiac 495 20280 running 0 82 28 38 50   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 489 30670 running 0 79 29 40 91   Morgan Shepherd LJ Racing   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 482 24060 running 0 76 30 11 7   Geoffrey Bodine Philips Consumer Communications   (Jim Mattei) Ford 481 30450 running 0 73 31 22 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 466 30340 running 0 70 32 18 9   Jerry Nadeau Cartoon Network / Happy Birthday NASCAR   (Harry Melling) Ford 434 23230 handling 0 67 33 23 26   Johnny Benson, Jr. Trix / Lucky Charms / Cocoa Puffs Kids Car   (Jack Roush) Ford 434 30220 running 0 64 34 36 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 422 22710 running 0 61 35 26 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 405 20205 crash 0 58 36 20 30   Derrike Cope Gumout   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 353 27185 handling 0 55 37 8 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 313 17167 crash 0 52 38 28 43   John Andretti STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 303 35150 handling 0 49 39 41 13   Dennis Setzer FirstPlus Financial   (Bill Elliott) Ford 290 20150 handling 0 46 40 25 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 272 20150 overheating 0 43 41 42 96   Hut Stricklin Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 237 20150 engine 0 40 42 31 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 227 20150 engine 0 37 43 39 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 153 27650 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak Larry Hedrick Chevrolet 45 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet 46 Ken Bouchard 85 Mansion Motorsports Francis Dixon Ford 47 Gary Bradberry 78 Pilot Travel Centers Jim Wilson Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 41 41     42 47 6   #91 accident turn 1   48 119 72     120 126 7   #42 spun turn 1   127 154 28     155 160 6   #90 spun turn 2   161 197 37     198 205 8   #36 spun turn 4   206 215 10     216 225 10   #11,16,22,30,43,77,96,97 accident backstretch   226 249 24     250 257 8   #11 accident frontstretch   258 276 19     277 282 6   #26 accident turn 1   283 289 7     290 296 7   #13 accident turn 1   297 300 4     301 304 4   #1,21 accident turn 1   305 345 41     346 350 5   #9 spun turn 2   351 396 46     397 403 7   #9,22,50 accident turn 3   404 408 5     409 414 6   #75 accident turn 2   415 435 21     436 441 6   #12 spun backstretch   442 500 59       Percent of race run under caution: 17.2%             Average green flag run: 29.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rusty Wallace 1 10 10   Ricky Rudd 11 14 4   Rusty Wallace 15 19 5   Ricky Rudd 20 58 39   Jeremy Mayfield 59 120 62   Rusty Wallace 121 122 2   Jeremy Mayfield 123 190 68   Mark Martin 191 199 9   Dale Jarrett 200 234 35   Jeremy Mayfield 235 277 43   Dale Earnhardt 278 311 34   Bobby Labonte 312 319 8   Mark Martin 320 500 181 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 3417     2   Mark Martin 3350   -67   3   Dale Jarrett 3194   -223   4   Rusty Wallace 3033   -384   5   Bobby Labonte 2932   -485   6   Jeremy Mayfield 2899   -518   7   Jeff Burton 2778   -639   8   Dale Earnhardt 2671   -746   9   Terry Labonte 2606   -811   10   Ken Schrader 2533   -884   11   John Andretti 2410   -1007   12   Bobby Hamilton 2408   -1009   13   Ernie Irvan 2354   -1063   14   Sterling Marlin 2328   -1089   15   Michael Waltrip 2324   -1093   16   Bill Elliott 2309   -1108   17   Jimmy Spencer 2249   -1168   18   Chad Little 2226   -1191   19   Ted Musgrave 2177   -1240   20   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2148   -1269   21   Ward Burton 2090   -1327