1998 MBNA Gold 400

Race 26 of 33

Dover
400 laps
Time of race: 3:30:50
Average speed of winner: 113.834 mph
Margin of victory: 2.036 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1, R. Wallace 2-3, Martin 4-87, R. Wallace 88-93, Martin 94-172, Hamilton 173, Gordon 174-179, Martin 180-252, R. Wallace 253-257, Martin 258-400

Race notes: Debut for Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 (Finish), Part 17 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	155.966	400	6	379	running	126130	185
2	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	155.367	400	1	6	running	77005	175
3	28	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	153.767	400	0	0	running	49305	165
4	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	155.380	400	0	0	running	57410	160
5	2	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	155.723	400	3	13	running	40370	160
6	16	Matt Kenseth	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	154.487	400	0	0	running	42340	150
7	10	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	154.879	400	0	0	running	43590	146
8	23	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	153.879	400	0	0	running	34440	142
9	7	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	155.239	400	1	1	running	37640	143
10	37	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	provisional	399	1	1	running	43540	139
11	13	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	154.785	399	0	0	running	24640	130
12	4	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	155.420	399	0	0	running	31040	127
13	11	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	154.859	399	0	0	running	35140	124
14	15	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	154.606	398	0	0	running	30240	121
15	25	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	153.846	398	0	0	running	31290	118
16	35	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	153.276	398	0	0	running	21640	115
17	38	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	397	0	0	running	21540	112
18	24	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	153.846	397	0	0	running	33425	109
19	42	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Eyler	provisional	397	0	0	running	28040	106
20	32	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	153.485	396	0	0	running	30640	103
21	33	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	153.368	396	0	0	running	17240	100
22	31	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		153.590	396	0	0	running	27690	97
23	43	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	396	0	0	running	32140	94
24	41	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	provisional	396	0	0	running	22490	91
25	39	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	396	0	0	running	27315	88
26	21	Ted Musgrave	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	154.037	396	0	0	running	16965	85
27	30	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	153.636	394	0	0	running	28115	82
28	36	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Giles	153.211	394	0	0	running	16865	79
29	19	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	154.136	392	0	0	running	26915	76
30	40	Hut Stricklin	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	provisional	391	0	0	running	20265	73
31	9	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Hillman	154.992	370	0	0	engine	26715	70
32	20	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	154.103	367	0	0	running	19155	67
33	17	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	154.440	347	0	0	running	23605	64
34	18	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		154.281	319	0	0	oil pump	16555	61
35	3	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	155.481	314	0	0	engine	23480	58
36	8	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	155.092	313	0	0	accident	18855	55
37	26	Todd Bodine	91	Larry's Homes	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	154.209	310	0	0	accident	16855	52
38	27	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	153.787	262	0	0	accident	32955	49
39	29	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	153.708	237	0	0	engine	23355	46
40	12	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	154.832	168	0	0	engine	31355	43
41	22	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	154.024	142	0	0	engine	23355	40
42	14	Buckshot Jones	00	Realtree	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	154.699	84	0	0	engine	16355	37
43	34	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	153.315	2	0	0	engine	16355	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4127	26	7	10	20	21
2	Mark Martin	3933	26	2	6	17	21
3	Dale Jarrett	3790	26	2	2	16	19
4	Rusty Wallace	3637	26	4	0	12	18
5	Bobby Labonte	3419	26	2	2	10	15
6	Jeremy Mayfield	3419	26	1	1	10	14
7	Jeff Burton	3347	26	0	2	13	17
8	Dale Earnhardt	3112	26	0	1	4	10
9	John Andretti	2994	26	1	0	3	9
10	Terry Labonte	2954	26	0	1	4	9
11	Ken Schrader	2910	26	0	0	3	9
12	Bobby Hamilton	2857	26	1	1	2	5
13	Ernie Irvan	2846	26	2	0	0	9
14	Sterling Marlin	2815	25	0	0	0	6
15	Michael Waltrip	2706	26	0	0	0	4
16	Chad Little	2700	25	0	0	1	5
17	Jimmy Spencer	2659	24	0	0	2	6
18	Bill Elliott	2539	25	0	0	0	4
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2511	25	0	0	3	8
20	Ward Burton	2430	26	2	0	0	2
21	Darrell Waltrip	2401	26	0	0	1	2
22	Ricky Rudd	2401	26	0	0	0	3
23	Ted Musgrave	2384	25	0	0	1	4
24	Brett Bodine	2339	26	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Skinner	2259	23	0	0	3	6