1998 Pocono 500

Race 15 of 33

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:14:40
Average speed of winner: 117.801 mph
Margin of victory: 0.341 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon 1-5, Mayfield 6-28, Jarrett 29-36, Gordon 37-48, Mayfield 49-79, Martin 80-81, Earnhardt 82, B. Bodine 83, B. Labonte 84-88, Mayfield 89-120, J. Burton 121-122, Dallenbach 123-131, B. Labonte 132-134, Little 135, Mayfield 136-150, Pressley 151, Jarrett 152-169, D. Waltrip 170-179, Mayfield 180-200

Race notes: First win for Jeremy Mayfield.

Video links: Part 1 (Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23 (Finish), Part 24 (Post-race), Part 25 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	167.187	200	5	122	running	111580	185
2	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	168.042	200	2	17	running	79500	175
3	9	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	166.488	200	2	26	running	62220	170
4	28	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	165.023	200	1	2	running	49080	165
5	6	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	166.793	200	1	2	running	40645	160
6	18	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	165.816	200	1	10	running	28725	155
7	14	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	166.220	200	1	9	running	34575	151
8	11	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	166.392	200	1	1	running	34625	147
9	15	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	165.893	200	0	0	running	23825	138
10	34	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	164.733	200	0	0	running	41975	134
11	36	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	164.687	200	0	0	running	33175	130
12	12	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	166.340	200	0	0	running	32025	127
13	19	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	165.767	200	0	0	running	31425	124
14	29	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	164.977	200	0	0	running	27575	121
15	23	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	165.493	200	2	8	running	31675	123
16	32	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	164.805	200	1	1	running	20275	120
17	8	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	166.506	200	0	0	running	25825	112
18	35	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		164.699	200	1	1	running	25525	114
19	42	Kevin Lepage	91	Boyd's Ultra Violet	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	provisional	200	0	0	running	18925	106
20	16	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	165.886	200	0	0	running	32400	103
21	30	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	164.965	200	0	0	running	17755	100
22	43	Todd Bodine	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	ISM		provisional	199	0	0	running	14355	97
23	38	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	199	0	0	running	24430	94
24	5	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	166.821	198	0	0	running	24280	91
25	40	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	198	0	0	running	17105	88
26	41	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	194	0	0	running	23955	85
27	21	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	165.627	192	0	0	handling	23805	82
28	25	Hut Stricklin	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	165.426	184	0	0	engine	16655	79
29	20	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	165.667	180	0	0	running	16580	76
30	10	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	166.423	173	1	1	accident	16030	78
31	17	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	165.859	163	0	0	engine	20480	70
32	27	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	165.183	161	0	0	handling	20430	67
33	26	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		165.353	157	0	0	handling	13830	64
34	31	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	164.865	148	0	0	running	20255	61
35	7	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	166.753	147	0	0	handling	20180	58
36	37	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	provisional	142	0	0	running	20105	55
37	22	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	165.612	130	0	0	engine	20040	52
38	24	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	165.447	86	0	0	engine	12915	49
39	13	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	166.248	85	0	0	engine	12915	46
40	39	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	provisional	76	0	0	engine	19915	43
41	33	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	164.772	49	0	0	engine	29315	40
42	2	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	167.436	13	0	0	engine	27915	37
43	4	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	166.840	5	0	0	accident	22415	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeremy Mayfield	2208	15	1	1	8	10
2	Jeff Gordon	2172	15	4	3	9	10
3	Dale Jarrett	2160	15	1	2	10	11
4	Mark Martin	2155	15	1	4	8	11
5	Terry Labonte	2008	15	0	1	4	8
6	Rusty Wallace	1992	15	2	0	7	8
7	Bobby Labonte	1910	15	2	2	5	8
8	Jeff Burton	1903	15	0	0	6	10
9	Jimmy Spencer	1799	15	0	0	2	5
10	Dale Earnhardt	1722	15	0	1	2	5
11	Ken Schrader	1683	15	0	0	2	5
12	Bill Elliott	1679	15	0	0	0	4
13	Michael Waltrip	1642	15	0	0	0	3
14	Ward Burton	1622	15	1	0	0	2
15	Ernie Irvan	1582	15	0	0	0	4
16	Bobby Hamilton	1552	15	1	1	1	2
17	Brett Bodine	1549	15	0	0	0	0
18	Ted Musgrave	1546	15	0	0	1	4
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1528	14	0	0	3	7
20	Sterling Marlin	1495	14	0	0	0	3
21	John Andretti	1493	15	1	0	0	1
22	Chad Little	1488	14	0	0	1	4
23	Dick Trickle	1413	15	0	0	0	1
24	Darrell Waltrip	1312	15	0	0	1	2
25	Ricky Rudd	1300	15	0	0	0	1