1998 Save Mart/Kragen 350

Race 16 of 33

Sonoma
112 laps
Time of race: 3:00:56
Average speed of winner: 72.387 mph
Margin of victory: 2.748 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-37, D. Waltrip 38-40, Grissom 41-48, Kendall 49-50, Jarrett 51-55, Marlin 56-69, R. Gordon 70, Rudd 71-84, Hamilton 85-101, J. Gordon 102-112

Race notes: Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Jeremy Mayfield.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	98.711	112	2	48	running	160675	185
2	6	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	97.973	112	1	17	running	81575	175
3	21	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	97.315	112	0	0	running	62150	165
4	9	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	97.891	112	0	0	running	59340	160
5	28	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	97.527	112	0	0	running	49715	155
6	26	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	98.147	112	0	0	running	54615	150
7	16	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	97.450	112	1	14	running	49615	151
8	7	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	97.907	112	0	0	running	40115	142
9	12	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	97.663	112	0	0	running	47365	138
10	39	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	112	1	8	running	46510	139
11	17	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	97.442	112	0	0	running	44950	130
12	43	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	provisional	112	0	0	running	39550	127
13	13	Darrell Waltrip	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	97.610	112	1	3	running	32200	129
14	33	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	17	NAPA Brakes	Chevrolet	Tyler Jet	Hammer	96.795	112	0	0	running	27850	121
15	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	98.276	112	1	5	running	46700	123
16	42	Tommy Kendall	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		provisional	112	1	2	running	33800	120
17	24	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	97.102	112	0	0	running	30175	112
18	5	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	97.977	112	0	0	running	36950	109
19	20	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	97.361	112	0	0	running	36495	106
20	27	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	97.530	112	0	0	running	35160	103
21	19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	97.400	112	0	0	running	36450	100
22	22	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	97.137	112	0	0	running	28940	97
23	35	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	96.476	112	0	0	running	28805	94
24	40	Butch Gilliland	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	112	0	0	running	28625	91
25	14	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	97.519	112	0	0	running	35505	88
26	8	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	97.906	112	0	0	running	35375	85
27	37	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	112	0	0	running	35240	82
28	15	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	97.488	112	1	14	running	41455	84
29	34	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	96.594	112	0	0	running	35035	76
30	36	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	96.399	111	0	0	running	27995	73
31	31	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	97.215	110	0	0	running	31925	70
32	30	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		97.280	110	0	0	running	34365	67
33	38	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	provisional	109	0	0	running	31845	64
34	11	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	97.692	107	0	0	running	31825	61
35	4	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	98.077	103	0	0	handling	32105	58
36	32	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	97.034	103	0	0	running	31785	55
37	18	Robby Gordon	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	97.401	102	1	1	flat tire	24765	57
38	41	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	92	0	0	rear end	31745	49
39	23	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	97.122	87	0	0	handling	41325	46
40	25	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	97.063	84	0	0	handling	31705	43
41	10	Tom Hubert	19	Bradford White Corp.	Ford	Roehrig	Bodick	97.865	78	0	0	handling	24685	40
42	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	97.285	46	0	0	accident	40665	37
43	2	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	98.506	13	0	0	accident	25640	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2357	16	5	4	10	11
2	Jeremy Mayfield	2317	16	1	1	8	10
3	Mark Martin	2305	16	1	4	8	12
4	Dale Jarrett	2283	16	1	2	10	11
5	Rusty Wallace	2147	16	2	0	8	9
6	Bobby Labonte	2070	16	2	2	6	9
7	Terry Labonte	2045	16	0	1	4	8
8	Jeff Burton	1949	16	0	0	6	10
9	Jimmy Spencer	1875	16	0	0	2	5
10	Dale Earnhardt	1852	16	0	1	2	5
11	Bill Elliott	1806	16	0	0	0	4
12	Ken Schrader	1786	16	0	0	2	5
13	Bobby Hamilton	1727	16	1	1	2	3
14	Michael Waltrip	1703	16	0	0	0	3
15	Ward Burton	1665	16	1	0	0	2
16	John Andretti	1658	16	1	0	1	2
17	Ted Musgrave	1652	16	0	0	1	4
18	Sterling Marlin	1646	15	0	0	0	4
19	Ernie Irvan	1637	16	0	0	0	4
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1628	15	0	0	3	7
21	Brett Bodine	1616	16	0	0	0	0
22	Chad Little	1582	15	0	0	1	4
23	Dick Trickle	1477	16	0	0	0	1
24	Darrell Waltrip	1441	16	0	0	1	2
25	Steve Grissom	1427	16	0	0	0	2