1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400

Race 25 of 33

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 3:15:41
Average speed of winner: 91.985 mph
Margin of victory: 0.051 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 66 laps
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-93, J. Burton 94-99, R. Wallace 100-109, Hamilton 110-119, Schrader 120, Martin 121, T. Bodine 122, Irwin 123-124, Benson 125-135, G. Bodine 136-141, Spencer 142-149, J. Burton 150-193, Gordon 194-197, J. Burton 198-202, Gordon 203-207, J. Burton 208-291, Gordon 292, J. Burton 293-304, Gordon 305-320, Spencer 321-332, J. Burton 333-342, Gordon 343-346, J. Burton 347-348, Spencer 349-360, J. Burton 361-400

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	124.338	400	8	203	running	108495	185
2	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	124.047	400	5	30	running	85190	175
3	12	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.429	400	1	1	running	60580	170
4	2	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	124.550	400	1	1	running	65230	165
5	9	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	123.655	400	0	0	running	52280	155
6	6	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	123.830	400	1	10	running	47930	155
7	1	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	125.377	400	2	103	running	45630	151
8	26	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	122.912	400	0	0	running	31780	142
9	16	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	123.282	400	3	32	running	38280	143
10	36	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	122.555	400	1	2	running	47880	139
11	13	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	123.372	399	0	0	running	28180	130
12	23	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	122.811	399	0	0	running	27180	127
13	42	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	provisional	399	1	6	running	36230	129
14	30	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	122.677	399	0	0	running	33330	121
15	4	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	124.224	399	0	0	running	26855	118
16	7	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.813	398	0	0	running	39630	115
17	24	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	122.805	398	0	0	running	32630	112
18	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	398	0	0	running	21380	109
19	33	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		122.638	398	0	0	running	31955	106
20	28	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		122.750	398	0	0	running	26880	103
21	35	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	122.571	398	0	0	running	36980	100
22	37	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	provisional	398	0	0	running	31355	97
23	19	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	122.973	398	0	0	running	24080	94
24	8	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	123.717	398	0	0	running	30855	91
25	17	Ted Musgrave	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	123.220	397	0	0	running	20405	88
26	31	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	122.649	397	0	0	running	30480	85
27	40	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	provisional	397	0	0	running	23255	82
28	15	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	123.327	397	0	0	running	30030	79
29	29	Dennis Setzer	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	122.750	397	0	0	running	19910	76
30	14	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	123.350	397	0	0	running	29800	73
31	27	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	122.777	394	0	0	running	22265	70
32	18	Todd Bodine	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	122.996	392	1	1	running	19730	72
33	22	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	122.861	392	0	0	running	19695	64
34	25	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	122.789	383	0	0	running	36035	61
35	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	123.609	363	0	0	accident	37100	58
36	38	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	provisional	333	0	0	handling	26565	55
37	39	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	provisional	293	0	0	running	26530	52
38	34	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	122.616	260	0	0	running	34495	49
39	11	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	123.474	213	0	0	accident	26460	46
40	21	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	122.884	194	0	0	engine	26425	43
41	32	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	122.644	190	1	11	engine	26390	45
42	41	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	provisional	141	0	0	accident	26355	37
43	20	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	122.900	33	0	0	accident	19345	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3952	25	7	10	19	20
2	Mark Martin	3748	25	1	5	16	20
3	Dale Jarrett	3644	25	2	2	16	18
4	Rusty Wallace	3477	25	4	0	11	17
5	Jeff Burton	3298	25	0	2	13	17
6	Bobby Labonte	3259	25	2	2	9	14
7	Jeremy Mayfield	3254	25	1	1	9	13
8	Dale Earnhardt	3018	25	0	1	4	10
9	Ken Schrader	2864	25	0	0	3	9
10	John Andretti	2851	25	1	0	3	8
11	Terry Labonte	2845	25	0	1	4	9
12	Bobby Hamilton	2718	25	1	1	2	4
13	Ernie Irvan	2704	25	2	0	0	8
14	Sterling Marlin	2700	24	0	0	0	6
15	Michael Waltrip	2603	25	0	0	0	4
16	Chad Little	2588	24	0	0	1	5
17	Jimmy Spencer	2577	23	0	0	2	6
18	Bill Elliott	2539	25	0	0	0	4
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2393	24	0	0	3	8
20	Ward Burton	2366	25	2	0	0	2
21	Darrell Waltrip	2301	25	0	0	1	2
22	Ted Musgrave	2299	24	0	0	1	4
23	Ricky Rudd	2277	25	0	0	0	3
24	Brett Bodine	2242	25	0	0	0	0
25	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	2199	24	0	0	1	4