1998 Pepsi Southern 500

Race 24 of 33

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 3:36:21
Average speed of winner: 139.031 mph
Margin of victory: 3.361 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Jarrett 1-8, R. Wallace 9-19, J. Burton 20-63, Martin 64-65, J. Burton 66-83, Jarrett 84-90, J. Burton 91-147, Martin 148, Elliott 149, J. Burton 150-273, Gordon 274-310, J. Burton 311-340, Gordon 341-367

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	168.261	367	2	64	running	1134655	180
2	12	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	167.340	367	5	273	running	98180	180
3	1	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	168.879	367	2	15	running	79220	170
4	18	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	166.834	367	0	0	running	64465	160
5	27	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	165.749	366	0	0	running	52245	155
6	26	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	165.922	365	0	0	running	51205	150
7	3	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	168.642	365	1	11	running	46485	151
8	8	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	167.876	365	0	0	running	37925	142
9	15	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	167.140	364	0	0	running	40295	138
10	39	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	provisional	364	0	0	running	41505	134
11	7	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	167.974	364	1	1	running	35620	135
12	2	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	168.677	364	0	0	running	35725	127
13	6	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	168.054	363	0	0	running	38985	124
14	4	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	168.573	362	0	0	running	39045	121
15	24	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	166.264	362	0	0	running	41005	118
16	41	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		provisional	362	0	0	running	26785	115
17	20	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	166.642	362	0	0	running	33465	112
18	17	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	166.874	362	0	0	running	26490	109
19	40	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Eyler	provisional	362	0	0	running	33035	106
20	38	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	362	0	0	running	34590	103
21	11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	167.545	362	0	0	running	32440	100
22	14	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	167.294	362	0	0	running	38095	97
23	23	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	166.360	362	0	0	running	36525	94
24	31	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	165.297	361	0	0	running	26025	91
25	35	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	164.518	361	0	0	running	37190	88
26	13	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	167.373	361	0	0	running	24105	85
27	22	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	166.416	361	0	0	running	30870	82
28	28	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	165.671	361	0	0	running	30735	79
29	42	Dennis Setzer	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	provisional	360	0	0	running	21100	76
30	21	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	166.422	360	0	0	running	24215	73
31	34	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	164.644	360	0	0	running	27355	70
32	9	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	167.762	360	0	0	running	20240	67
33	19	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	166.647	359	0	0	running	27150	64
34	29	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	165.632	359	0	0	running	27590	61
35	30	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	165.526	359	0	0	running	26955	58
36	25	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	166.158	358	0	0	running	19870	55
37	33	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Giles	164.666	358	0	0	running	19781	52
38	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	346	0	0	oil pump	19610	49
39	16	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	166.908	326	0	0	ignition	26575	46
40	10	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	167.550	318	2	3	engine	36335	48
41	37	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	provisional	298	0	0	oil pump	34510	40
42	36	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		164.079	269	0	0	engine	26485	37
43	32	Ted Musgrave	15	Rescue Engine	Ford	Moore	Knuckles	164.976	83	0	0	engine	21985	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3777	24	7	10	18	19
2	Mark Martin	3578	24	1	5	15	19
3	Dale Jarrett	3529	24	2	2	16	18
4	Rusty Wallace	3326	24	3	0	11	16
5	Bobby Labonte	3201	24	2	2	9	14
6	Jeremy Mayfield	3157	24	1	1	9	13
7	Jeff Burton	3113	24	0	1	12	16
8	Dale Earnhardt	2969	24	0	1	4	10
9	Terry Labonte	2745	24	0	1	4	9
10	Ken Schrader	2699	24	0	0	2	8
11	John Andretti	2696	24	1	0	2	7
12	Ernie Irvan	2583	24	2	0	0	8
13	Sterling Marlin	2582	23	0	0	0	6
14	Bobby Hamilton	2563	24	1	1	2	3
15	Michael Waltrip	2518	24	0	0	0	4
16	Bill Elliott	2496	24	0	0	0	4
17	Chad Little	2461	23	0	0	1	5
18	Jimmy Spencer	2434	22	0	0	2	5
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2348	23	0	0	3	8
20	Ward Burton	2287	24	2	0	0	2
21	Ricky Rudd	2216	24	0	0	0	3
22	Ted Musgrave	2211	23	0	0	1	4
23	Darrell Waltrip	2192	24	0	0	1	2
24	Brett Bodine	2136	24	0	0	0	0
25	Joe Nemechek	2128	23	0	0	1	3