1998 GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400

Race 2 of 33

Rockingham
393 laps
Time of race: 3:24:51
Average speed of winner: 117.065 mph
Margin of victory: 1.281 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 50 laps
Lap leaders: Mast 1-52, Benson 53-71, Martin 72-73, Elliott 74-76, Benson 77-91, Jarrett 92-96, Martin 97-107, Jarrett 108, Martin 109-197, R. Wallace 198, Gordon 199, Earnhardt 200, Hamilton 201, Craven 202-207, Jarrett 208, R. Wallace 209-269, Gordon 270, Martin 271-272, Mast 273-278, R. Wallace 279-288, Gordon 289-298, G. Bodine 299-309, Mayfield 310-326, Gordon 327-352, Benson 353-356, Gordon 357-360, R. Wallace 361-362, Gordon 363-393

Race notes: Last pole for Rick Mast. Rusty Wallace took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt.

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	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	155.472	393	6	73	running	90090	180
2	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	155.221	393	4	74	running	49240	175
3	6	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	155.353	393	4	104	running	51940	175
4	28	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	153.787	393	0	0	running	45120	160
5	20	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Brewer	154.390	393	1	11	running	39225	160
6	16	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	154.664	393	1	3	running	35525	155
7	32	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	153.645	393	3	7	running	42500	151
8	21	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	154.195	393	0	0	running	36625	142
9	33	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	153.638	393	1	1	running	31825	143
10	22	Ricky Craven	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	154.020	393	1	6	running	36025	139
11	14	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	154.736	393	0	0	running	30750	130
12	1	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	156.361	393	2	58	running	33700	132
13	9	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	154.939	393	0	0	running	32600	124
14	5	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	155.392	392	1	17	running	28400	126
15	35	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	153.632	392	0	0	running	29500	118
16	24	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	153.942	392	0	0	running	28750	115
17	37	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	provisional	392	1	1	running	32100	117
18	12	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	154.775	392	0	0	running	33500	109
19	40	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	391	0	0	running	26950	106
20	23	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	153.961	391	0	0	running	28850	103
21	42	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Eyler	provisional	391	0	0	running	19500	100
22	36	Jeff Green	29	Team Monte Carlo	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		153.606	391	0	0	running	19100	97
23	31	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	153.716	391	0	0	running	25850	94
24	25	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	153.922	391	0	0	running	25650	91
25	27	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Barnes	153.851	391	0	0	running	18450	88
26	29	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	153.774	390	0	0	running	31340	85
27	41	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	390	0	0	running	19340	82
28	34	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	153.638	390	0	0	running	15190	79
29	10	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers		154.821	389	0	0	running	17515	76
30	8	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	155.057	388	3	38	valve	14965	78
31	19	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	154.481	374	0	0	accident	14765	70
32	18	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	154.566	366	0	0	accident	14715	67
33	38	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	provisional	364	0	0	accident	29565	64
34	13	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	154.755	363	0	0	accident	21515	61
35	11	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	154.781	363	0	0	running	21415	58
36	39	Greg Sacks	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	provisional	362	0	0	running	21390	55
37	15	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	154.690	316	0	0	radiator	21365	52
38	2	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	155.531	272	0	0	accident	14590	49
39	17	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	154.625	269	0	0	accident	21315	46
40	26	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal-Mogul	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	153.890	130	0	0	brakes	14290	43
41	43	Darrell Waltrip	17	Speedblock/Builders Square	Chevrolet	Waltrip	McCarty	provisional	123	0	0	accident	21265	40
42	3	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	155.491	106	0	0	accident	14340	37
43	30	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	153.767	90	0	0	engine	30615	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	335	2	0	0	2	2
2	Dale Earnhardt	302	2	0	1	1	1
3	Jeff Gordon	300	2	0	1	1	1
4	Jeremy Mayfield	291	2	0	0	1	1
5	Bill Elliott	289	2	0	0	0	2
6	Jimmy Spencer	278	2	0	0	1	1
7	Terry Labonte	271	2	0	0	0	1
8	Bobby Hamilton	270	2	0	0	0	1
9	Ricky Craven	260	2	0	0	0	1
10	Ernie Irvan	256	2	0	0	0	1
11	Ken Schrader	254	2	0	0	1	1
12	Chad Little	246	2	0	0	0	1
13	Bobby Labonte	239	2	1	0	1	1
14	John Andretti	233	2	0	0	0	0
15	Geoff Bodine	230	2	0	0	1	1
16	Mark Martin	224	2	0	0	1	1
17	Kyle Petty	221	2	0	0	0	0
18	Ward Burton	218	2	0	0	0	0
19	Mike Skinner	214	2	0	0	0	1
20	Dale Jarrett	212	2	0	0	0	1
21	Brett Bodine	206	2	0	0	0	0
22	Rick Mast	205	2	1	0	0	0
23	Michael Waltrip	199	2	0	0	0	1
24	Lake Speed	194	2	0	0	0	0
25	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	191	2	0	0	0	0