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1998 Kroger 200 Presented by the Fifth Third Bank Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 21 of 31 Friday, July 31, 1998 at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Clermont, IN 200 laps on a 0.686 mile paved track (137.200 miles) Time of race: 1:44:23 Average speed: 78.883 mph Pole speed: 111.409 mph Cautions: 6 for 34 laps Margin of victory: 1.468 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 16 3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AC Delco   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 200 34225 running 63 185 2 8 66   Elliott Sadler Phillips 66   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 200 32050 running 56 175 3 1 00   Buckshot Jones Bayer / Alka-Seltzer   (Billy Jones) Pontiac 200 18025 running 50 170 4 2 74   Randy LaJoie Fina   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 200 20600 running 0 160 5 6 36   David Green Stanley Tools   (Scott Welliver) Pontiac 200 15575 running 0 155 6 32 17   Matt Kenseth Lycos   (Robbie Reiser) Chevrolet 200 15375 running 0 150 7 27 21   Mike Bliss Band-Aid   (Michael Waltrip) Ford 200 10600 running 0 146 8 4 38   Elton Sawyer Barbasol   (Bob Sutton) Ford 200 12375 running 0 142 9 7 15   Mike Wallace Oakwood Homes   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 200 5300 running 0 138 10 10 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Clean Shower   (Robert Hayes) Chevrolet 200 8075 running 0 134 11 38 56   Jeff Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 200 6750 running 0 130 12 20 44   Tony Stewart Shell Oil   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 200 9000 running 0 127 13 17 77   Ed Berrier Lear Corporation / UAW   (Tony Hall) Ford 200 9650 running 0 124 14 33 72   Mike Dillon Detroit Gasket   (Ron Parker) Chevrolet 200 7600 running 0 121 15 18 30   Todd Bodine Slim Jim   (Jeffrey Welliver) Chevrolet 200 6115 running 0 118 16 30 57   Jason Keller Progressive Motorsports   (Steve DeSouza) Chevrolet 200 7680 running 0 115 17 31 23   Lance Hooper WCW   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 200 4570 running 0 112 18 12 34   Mike McLaughlin Goulds Pumps   (Frank Cicci) Chevrolet 199 12050 running 0 109 19 9 83   Wayne Grubb Link-Belt Construction   (William Grubb) Chevrolet 199 6100 running 0 106 20 13 40   Kevin Lepage Channellock   (Doug Taylor) Chevrolet 199 6915 running 0 103 21 29 29   Hermie Sadler DeWalt Industrial Tools   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 199 7655 running 0 100 22 3 35   Lyndon Amick SCANA / South Carolina   (Bill Amick) Pontiac 199 4445 running 31 102 23 14 14   Patty Moise Rhodes Furniture   (Michael Waltrip) Ford 199 4435 running 0 94 24 28 80   Mark Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 199 5425 running 0 91 25 37 59   Jimmie Johnson Kingsford / Matchlight   (Tad Geschickter) Chevrolet 198 4765 running 0 88 26 39 50   Dave Rezendes Dr. Pepper   (Joe Washington) Ford 198 4405 running 0 85 27 36 99   Glenn Allen, Jr. Luxaire   (Bill Papke) Chevrolet 196 7495 running 0 82 28 11 37   Mark Green Timber Wolf   (Clarence Brewer) Chevrolet 187 7385 running 0 79 29 22 47   Andy Santerre Monro Muffler   (George Debidart) Chevrolet 183 7375 running 0 76 30 25 63   Tracy Leslie Lysol   (Hubert Hensley) Chevrolet 180 6590 running 0 73 31 15 6   Joe Bessey Power Team   (Joe Bessey) Chevrolet 138 10855 handling 0 70 32 26 89   Jeff Fuller Allerest / Fiberall   (Meredith Ruark) Ford 138 6345 running 0 67 33 19 93   Dave Blaney Amoco   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 115 4335 crash 0 64 34 23 10   Phil Parsons Dura Lube   (Phil Parsons) Chevrolet 91 6325 crash 0 61 35 34 64   Curtis Markham Schneider National   (Dennis Shoemaker) Chevrolet 91 6315 crash 0 58 36 35 4   Matt Hutter Lance Snacks   (James Finch) Chevrolet 91 10805 crash 0 55 37 24 85   Shane Hall Big A Auto Parts   (Don Stegall) Chevrolet 84 6295 crash 0 52 38 5 33   Tim Fedewa Kleenex   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 49 10785 crash 0 49 39 21 90   Kevin Prince Golden Leaf   (Charles Prince) Chevrolet 8 4275 engine 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mark Day 16 31-W Insulation Wayne Day Pontiac Brad Noffsinger 43 Curb Records Mike Curb Chevrolet Stevie Reeves 54 IGA Kat Teasdale Chevrolet Mark McFarland 82 Carolina Shoe Robert McFarland Chevrolet Kenneth Nichols 94 Clabber Girl Baking Powder Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 49 49     50 53 4   #33 accident turn 1   54 59 6     60 65 6   #6 accident backstretch   66 84 19     85 88 4   #85 accident turn 2   89 93 5     94 104 11   #10,64,47,4 accident backstretch   105 115 11     116 120 5   #93 accident backstretch   121 150 30     151 154 4   #50 spun turn 4   155 200 46       Percent of race run under caution: 17.0%             Average green flag run: 23.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buckshot Jones 1 50 50   Lyndon Amick 51 81 31   Elliott Sadler 82 137 56   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 138 200 63 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2991     2   Matt Kenseth 2943   -48   3   Mike McLaughlin 2864   -127   4   Randy LaJoie 2654   -337   5   Buckshot Jones 2495   -496   6   Elton Sawyer 2472   -519   7   Elliott Sadler 2467   -524   8   Tim Fedewa 2454   -537   9   Phil Parsons 2398   -593   10   Mike Dillon 2372   -619   11   Hermie Sadler 2354   -637   12   Mark Green 2231   -760   13   Jason Keller 2229   -762   13   Glenn Allen, Jr. 2229   -762   15   Jeff Purvis 2119   -872   16   Joe Bessey 1985   -1006   17   Ed Berrier 1910   -1081   18   Shane Hall 1891   -1100   19   Tracy Leslie 1887   -1104   20   Kevin Lepage 1760   -1231   21   Dick Trickle 1752   -1239