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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 33
Sunday, October 4, 1998 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:04:01
Average speed: 123.188 mph
Pole speed: 181.69 mph

Cautions: 11 for 65 laps
Margin of victory: 1.11 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1998 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline / Cummins (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	151950	running	215	185
2	13	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	334	96700	running	35	175
3	28	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	76250	running	0	165
4	5	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	334	83300	running	0	160
5	26	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive Finishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	79450	running	47	160
6	32	16	Kevin Lepage	Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	54700	running	0	150
7	11	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth Pagers (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	334	46400	running	0	146
8	20	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	36500	running	0	142
9	39	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications (Jim Mattei)	Ford	334	45000	running	0	138
10	18	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston / No Bull (Travis Carter)	Ford	334	50600	running	0	134
11	29	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's Get Back With Big Mac (Bill Elliott)	Ford	334	37900	running	0	130
12	7	43	John Andretti	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	334	41100	running	0	127
13	27	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	334	35850	running	1	129
14	1	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout Long Life Formula (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	334	68289	running	6	126
15	8	91	Todd Bodine	Little Joe's Auto (Joe Falk)	Chevrolet	333	28300	running	0	118
16	30	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	333	25400	running	0	115
17	42	98	Rich Bickle	Thorn Apple Valley 'Gone Grill Crazy' (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	333	30000	running	0	112
18	34	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	332	28800	running	0	109
19	21	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex (Brett Bodine)	Ford	332	28400	running	1	111
20	10	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco / Havoline / The Joker (Yates Racing)	Ford	326	35050	running	0	103
21	19	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	321	20600	running	0	100
22	43	35	Darrell Waltrip	Tabasco (Tim Beverley)	Pontiac	319	17200	running	0	97
23	25	50	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	307	27100	handling	0	94
24	17	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit / Batman (Yates Racing)	Ford	301	33850	running	0	91
25	9	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	290	27100	running	0	88
26	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	282	32300	running	0	85
27	36	13	Ted Musgrave	FirstPlus Financial (Bill Elliott)	Ford	279	16500	engine	0	82
28	37	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Cheerios (Jack Roush)	Ford	278	26400	running	0	79
29	33	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	278	31300	running	0	76
30	24	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	275	18700	running	0	73
31	4	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	271	28100	crash	26	75
32	31	96	Steve Grissom	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	270	16000	running	0	67
33	35	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	267	23450	crash	0	64
34	41	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	258	15900	running	0	61
35	12	9	Jerry Nadeau	Cartoon Network / Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (Harry Melling)	Ford	242	15870	handling	0	58
36	38	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	237	15850	running	0	55
37	14	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	231	32235	crash	0	52
38	22	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	215	31820	handling	0	49
39	3	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	202	39915	crash	3	51
40	15	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	185	22810	engine	0	43
41	40	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	155	15805	engine	0	40
42	16	78	Gary Bradberry	Pilot Travel Centers (Jim Wilson)	Ford	133	15800	crash	0	37
43	23	41	David Green	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	68	22795	crash	0	34

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Jeff Green	46	First Union / The Money Store	Felix Sabates	Chevrolet
45	Tony Raines	19	Yellow Freight / Roehrig Motorsports	Kurt Roehrig	Ford
46	Andy Hillenburg	80	Hover Motorsports	Stan Hover	Ford
47	Dave Marcis	71	RealTree Camouflage	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet
48	Randy MacDonald	85	Mansion Motorsports	Francis Dixon	Ford
WD	?	15	Rescue Engine Formula	Bud Moore	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	6	4	#9 accident turn 4
	7	11	5
	12	15	4	#96 accident turn 2
	16	68	53
	69	74	6	#41 accident turn 2
	75	89	15
	90	98	9	NASCAR
	99	105	7
	106	110	5	#1 accident turn 2
	111	113	3
	114	118	5	oil on track
	119	136	18
	137	141	5	#78 accident turn 2
	142	193	52
	194	199	6	#26,50,75 accident turn 2
	200	201	2
	202	214	13	#18,2,3,5,10,12,44,31,40,28,7,99 accident turn 2
	215	266	52
	267	271	5	#9 accident turn 2
	272	272	1
	273	277	5	#36,90 accident turn 2
	278	334	57
Percent of race run under caution: 20.1% Average green flag run: 22.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mark Martin	1	1	1
Derrike Cope	2	7	6
Bobby Labonte	8	10	3
Ernie Irvan	11	24	14
Mark Martin	25	75	51
Jeff Gordon	76	82	7
Mark Martin	83	90	8
Ward Burton	91	125	35
Ernie Irvan	126	137	12
Jeff Gordon	138	148	11
Mark Martin	149	170	22
Jeff Gordon	171	194	24
Brett Bodine	195	195	1
Jeff Gordon	196	200	5
Mark Martin	201	267	67
Michael Waltrip	268	268	1
Mark Martin	269	334	66

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	4457
2	Mark Martin	4283	-174
3	Dale Jarrett	3918	-539
4	Rusty Wallace	3801	-656
5	Jeff Burton	3672	-785
6	Bobby Labonte	3604	-853
7	Jeremy Mayfield	3601	-856
8	Dale Earnhardt	3285	-1172
9	John Andretti	3178	-1279
10	Terry Labonte	3153	-1304
11	Bobby Hamilton	3138	-1319
12	Ken Schrader	3077	-1380
13	Ernie Irvan	3068	-1389
14	Sterling Marlin	3007	-1450
15	Michael Waltrip	2938	-1519
16	Jimmy Spencer	2899	-1558
17	Chad Little	2897	-1560
18	Bill Elliott	2815	-1642
19	Ward Burton	2735	-1722
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2728	-1729
21	Ricky Rudd	2633	-1824