1998 The Bud at the Glen

Race 20 of 33

Watkins Glen
90 laps
Time of race: 2:20:03
Average speed of winner: 94.446 mph
Margin of victory: 3.437 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon 1-28, Martin 29-30, Spencer 31-35, Gordon 36-58, Martin 59, R. Wallace 60-61, Benson 62-69, Skinner 70-86, Gordon 87-90

Race notes: Finale for Tommy Kendall.

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	120.331	90	3	55	running	152970	185
2	7	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	119.704	90	2	3	running	65820	175
3	23	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	118.703	90	1	17	running	53085	170
4	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	119.770	90	1	2	running	47050	165
5	10	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	119.530	90	0	0	running	52980	155
6	33	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	118.405	90	0	0	running	44565	150
7	13	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	119.328	90	0	0	running	30185	146
8	17	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	119.120	90	0	0	running	39560	142
9	21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	118.797	90	1	8	running	33930	143
10	37	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	provisional	90	0	0	running	45090	134
11	22	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	118.745	90	0	0	running	36355	130
12	26	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	119.252	90	0	0	running	32215	127
13	14	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	119.254	90	0	0	running	36225	124
14	3	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	119.914	90	0	0	running	36610	121
15	8	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	119.686	90	0	0	running	26795	118
16	38	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	90	0	0	running	24900	115
17	30	Tommy Kendall	46	The Money Store	Chevrolet	SABCO		118.550	90	0	0	running	19405	112
18	34	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	118.348	90	0	0	running	23260	109
19	15	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	119.254	90	0	0	running	30080	106
20	5	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	119.780	90	1	5	running	33810	108
21	25	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	118.673	90	0	0	running	29430	100
22	29	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	118.620	90	0	0	running	25700	97
23	4	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	119.910	90	0	0	running	35195	94
24	16	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	119.157	90	0	0	running	29625	91
25	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	90	0	0	running	18480	88
26	19	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	118.884	90	0	0	running	22810	85
27	27	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	119.115	89	0	0	out of gas	28590	82
28	28	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	118.652	89	0	0	out of gas	28420	79
29	24	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	118.689	89	0	0	running	21750	76
30	35	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	118.181	89	0	0	running	21075	73
31	31	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	118.544	89	0	0	running	28010	70
32	11	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	119.447	89	0	0	running	27435	67
33	9	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	119.575	89	0	0	running	24875	64
34	36	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		118.052	89	0	0	running	24840	61
35	32	Ricky Craven	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	118.532	89	0	0	running	24805	58
36	20	Tom Hubert	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	118.550	88	0	0	running	17745	55
37	18	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	119.019	88	0	0	running	32710	52
38	40	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	88	0	0	running	24675	49
39	42	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	87	0	0	running	24665	46
40	12	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	119.383	80	0	0	running	33655	43
41	39	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	provisional	77	0	0	engine	24645	40
42	2	Ron Fellows	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	120.002	69	0	0	running	20135	37
43	41	Morgan Shepherd	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	provisional	47	0	0	transmission	17625	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3082	20	6	7	14	15
2	Mark Martin	3000	20	1	4	12	16
3	Dale Jarrett	2859	20	1	2	12	14
4	Rusty Wallace	2769	20	2	0	10	13
5	Bobby Labonte	2664	20	2	2	8	12
6	Jeremy Mayfield	2606	20	1	1	8	10
7	Jeff Burton	2453	20	0	1	8	12
8	Terry Labonte	2422	20	0	1	4	9
9	Dale Earnhardt	2402	20	0	1	3	7
10	Ken Schrader	2291	20	0	0	2	8
11	Jimmy Spencer	2249	20	0	0	2	5
12	John Andretti	2223	20	1	0	1	5
13	Bobby Hamilton	2175	20	1	1	2	3
14	Bill Elliott	2160	20	0	0	0	4
15	Michael Waltrip	2112	20	0	0	0	4
16	Sterling Marlin	2110	19	0	0	0	5
17	Ernie Irvan	2097	20	1	0	0	6
18	Ted Musgrave	2028	20	0	0	1	4
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2023	19	0	0	3	8
20	Chad Little	1993	19	0	0	1	4
21	Ward Burton	1986	20	2	0	0	2
22	Darrell Waltrip	1901	20	0	0	1	2
23	Brett Bodine	1874	20	0	0	0	0
24	Dick Trickle	1814	20	0	0	0	1
25	Joe Nemechek	1764	19	0	0	1	3