1998 MBNA Platinum 400

Race 12 of 33

Dover
400 laps
Time of race: 3:20:48
Average speed of winner: 119.522 mph
Margin of victory: 13.117 sec
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-3, Gordon 4-34, J. Burton 35-39, Gordon 40-101, Spencer 102, Gordon 103-119, Martin 120, Gordon 121-226, Martin 227, Gordon 228-293, J. Burton 294-297, Rudd 298, Gordon 299-392, Jarrett 393-400

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	154.706	400	1	8	running	89950	180
2	37	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	provisional	400	2	9	running	62250	175
3	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	155.039	400	6	376	running	79350	175
4	36	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	152.053	400	0	0	running	55500	160
5	12	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	153.113	399	0	0	running	42325	155
6	5	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	154.633	399	1	1	running	49275	155
7	3	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	155.012	399	2	2	running	40780	151
8	19	Buckshot Jones	8	Circuit City	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	152.685	399	0	0	running	26580	142
9	8	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	153.813	398	0	0	running	35130	138
10	17	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	152.827	398	0	0	running	43430	134
11	7	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	154.480	398	0	0	running	28455	130
12	16	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	152.866	398	0	0	running	36255	127
13	24	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	152.523	398	0	0	running	31165	124
14	21	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	152.549	397	0	0	running	31655	121
15	25	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	152.458	397	0	0	running	32905	118
16	29	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		152.387	397	0	0	running	30780	115
17	38	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	provisional	397	0	0	running	33795	112
18	1	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	155.898	397	1	3	running	39680	114
19	20	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	152.665	396	0	0	running	22655	106
20	43	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	provisional	396	0	0	running	23955	103
21	13	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	153.081	396	0	0	running	29955	100
22	22	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	152.549	396	0	0	running	29305	97
23	26	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	153.807	396	0	0	running	29455	94
24	15	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	152.899	395	1	1	running	29305	96
25	34	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	152.091	395	0	0	running	33205	88
26	6	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	154.500	394	0	0	running	28555	85
27	18	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	152.775	394	0	0	running	21405	82
28	42	Kevin Lepage	91	Pionite	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	provisional	394	0	0	running	22255	79
29	10	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	153.237	393	0	0	running	28105	76
30	33	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Lee Leslie	152.213	393	0	0	running	17955	73
31	27	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	152.756	392	0	0	running	24905	70
32	41	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	392	0	0	running	27845	67
33	9	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	153.695	391	0	0	running	32795	64
34	35	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Giles	152.091	391	0	0	running	17745	61
35	32	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	152.271	390	0	0	running	27545	58
36	11	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	153.139	390	0	0	running	20030	55
37	39	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	229	0	0	handling	17520	52
38	30	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	152.355	187	0	0	accident	20000	49
39	23	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	152.549	120	0	0	handling	17500	46
40	31	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	152.316	32	0	0	accident	17500	43
41	14	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	153.022	9	0	0	accident	24500	40
42	28	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	152.452	9	0	0	accident	24500	37
43	40	Randy LaJoie	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	9	0	0	accident	24500	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	1765	12	2	3	7	8
2	Jeremy Mayfield	1718	12	1	0	6	7
3	Rusty Wallace	1673	12	2	0	6	7
4	Mark Martin	1655	12	1	3	5	8
5	Dale Jarrett	1635	12	1	2	7	8
6	Terry Labonte	1595	12	0	0	3	7
7	Bobby Labonte	1499	12	2	2	5	6
8	Jeff Burton	1427	12	0	0	4	7
9	Ken Schrader	1410	12	0	0	1	4
10	Jimmy Spencer	1409	12	0	0	2	4
11	Bill Elliott	1384	12	0	0	0	3
12	Michael Waltrip	1373	12	0	0	0	3
13	Dale Earnhardt	1357	12	0	1	2	4
14	Ernie Irvan	1324	12	0	0	0	4
15	Bobby Hamilton	1285	12	1	1	1	2
16	Ward Burton	1278	12	0	0	0	1
17	Brett Bodine	1268	12	0	0	0	0
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1262	11	0	0	3	7
19	Ted Musgrave	1231	12	0	0	1	4
20	Chad Little	1171	11	0	0	1	4
21	John Andretti	1169	12	1	0	0	1
22	Dick Trickle	1128	12	0	0	0	1
23	Sterling Marlin	1109	11	0	0	0	1
24	Steve Grissom	1108	12	0	0	0	1
25	Ricky Rudd	1078	12	0	0	0	1