1998 Goody's Headache Powder 500

Race 22 of 33

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:03:58
Average speed of winner: 86.918 mph
Margin of victory: 2.185 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 86 laps
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-10, Rudd 11-14, R. Wallace 15-19, Rudd 20-58, Mayfield 59-120, R. Wallace 121-122, Mayfield 123-190, Martin 191-199, Jarrett 200-234, Mayfield 235-277, Earnhardt 278-311, B. Labonte 312-319, Martin 320-500

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	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.277	500	2	190	running	85315	185
2	19	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	122.505	500	0	0	running	58615	170
3	1	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	123.554	500	3	17	running	53165	170
4	9	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.008	500	1	35	running	58855	165
5	7	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	123.039	500	0	0	running	58650	155
6	30	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	122.007	500	1	34	running	42540	155
7	2	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	123.523	500	0	0	running	33965	146
8	5	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	123.150	500	3	173	running	45015	147
9	3	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	123.300	500	2	43	running	45540	143
10	24	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	122.240	500	0	0	running	42590	134
11	33	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	121.382	500	0	0	running	39765	130
12	21	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	122.396	500	0	0	running	33965	127
13	15	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	122.568	500	0	0	running	37715	124
14	13	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	122.584	499	0	0	running	34315	121
15	34	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	121.366	499	0	0	running	40260	118
16	12	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	122.599	499	0	0	running	33410	115
17	14	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		122.576	499	0	0	running	21260	112
18	17	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	122.560	499	0	0	running	28210	109
19	27	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	122.131	498	0	0	running	32300	106
20	6	Ted Musgrave	15	Rescue Engine	Ford	Moore	Knuckles	123.150	498	0	0	running	35310	103
21	29	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	122.092	498	0	0	running	24735	100
22	37	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	498	0	0	running	31585	97
23	35	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	121.313	497	0	0	running	24435	94
24	32	Elliott Sadler	92	Phillips 66/TropArtic	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Sandy Jones	121.713	497	0	0	running	20760	91
25	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	123.008	496	1	8	running	38215	93
26	16	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		122.560	496	0	0	running	30790	85
27	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	495	0	0	running	20280	82
28	38	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	490	0	0	running	30670	79
29	40	Morgan Shepherd	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	provisional	482	0	0	running	24060	76
30	11	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	122.898	481	0	0	running	30450	73
31	22	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	122.341	466	0	0	running	30340	70
32	18	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	122.529	434	0	0	handling	23230	67
33	23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	122.248	434	0	0	running	30220	64
34	36	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	121.236	422	0	0	running	22710	61
35	26	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	122.170	405	0	0	accident	20205	58
36	20	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	122.505	353	0	0	handling	27185	55
37	8	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	123.039	313	0	0	accident	27167	52
38	28	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	122.092	303	0	0	handling	35150	49
39	41	Dennis Setzer	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	provisional	290	0	0	handling	20150	46
40	25	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	122.240	272	0	0	radiator	20150	43
41	42	Hut Stricklin	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	provisional	237	0	0	engine	20150	40
42	31	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	121.790	227	0	0	engine	20150	37
43	39	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	provisional	153	0	0	accident	27650	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3417	22	6	8	16	17
2	Mark Martin	3350	22	1	5	14	18
3	Dale Jarrett	3194	22	1	2	14	16
4	Rusty Wallace	3033	22	3	0	11	14
5	Bobby Labonte	2932	22	2	2	9	13
6	Jeremy Mayfield	2899	22	1	1	8	12
7	Jeff Burton	2778	22	0	1	10	14
8	Dale Earnhardt	2671	22	0	1	3	8
9	Terry Labonte	2606	22	0	1	4	9
10	Ken Schrader	2533	22	0	0	2	8
11	John Andretti	2410	22	1	0	1	6
12	Bobby Hamilton	2408	22	1	1	2	3
13	Ernie Irvan	2354	22	2	0	0	7
14	Sterling Marlin	2328	21	0	0	0	5
15	Michael Waltrip	2324	22	0	0	0	4
16	Bill Elliott	2309	22	0	0	0	4
17	Jimmy Spencer	2249	20	0	0	2	5
18	Chad Little	2226	21	0	0	1	5
19	Ted Musgrave	2177	22	0	0	1	4
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2148	21	0	0	3	8
21	Ward Burton	2090	22	2	0	0	2
22	Darrell Waltrip	2076	22	0	0	1	2
23	Brett Bodine	2026	22	0	0	0	0
24	Ricky Rudd	1985	22	0	0	0	2
25	Joe Nemechek	1961	21	0	0	1	3