1998 NAPA Autocare 500

Race 27 of 33

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:35:08
Average speed of winner: 73.350 mph
Margin of victory: 0.533 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 82 laps
Lap leaders: Irvan 1-14, Rudd 15-63, Andretti 64-104, Marlin 105-222, Rudd 223-224, Marlin 225-312, Rudd 313-363, Marlin 364-386, J. Burton 387-388, Marlin 389-390, J. Burton 391-404, Rudd 405-500

Race notes: Last pole for Ernie Irvan. Finale for Dennis Setzer.

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/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	93.576	500	4	198	running	102575	180
2	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	93.511	500	0	0	running	73525	170
3	13	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	92.928	500	0	0	running	56875	165
4	4	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Eyler	93.465	500	0	0	running	54525	160
5	16	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	92.792	500	2	16	running	46925	160
6	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	92.497	500	0	0	running	45525	150
7	20	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	92.683	500	0	0	running	37675	146
8	1	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	93.608	499	1	14	running	46100	147
9	24	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	92.615	499	0	0	running	35400	138
10	21	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	92.674	499	0	0	running	44000	134
11	15	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	92.896	499	0	0	running	32435	130
12	12	Todd Bodine	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	92.960	499	0	0	running	28000	127
13	18	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	92.705	499	0	0	running	32650	124
14	19	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	92.696	498	0	0	running	35250	121
15	9	Ted Musgrave	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	93.079	498	0	0	running	27000	118
16	23	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	92.646	498	0	0	running	23950	115
17	35	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	92.186	498	0	0	running	33550	112
18	7	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	93.285	496	4	231	running	32755	119
19	37	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	496	0	0	running	29500	106
20	27	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	92.524	495	0	0	running	30850	103
21	30	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	92.411	495	0	0	running	18100	100
22	33	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	92.258	495	0	0	running	32950	97
23	32	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	92.299	495	0	0	running	28100	94
24	38	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	provisional	491	0	0	running	20850	91
25	25	Mike Bliss	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	92.588	491	0	0	running	17500	88
26	43	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	489	0	0	running	17350	85
27	39	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	provisional	487	0	0	running	32200	82
28	17	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	92.746	486	0	0	running	32050	79
29	36	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	92.128	486	0	0	running	27000	76
30	42	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	483	0	0	running	26750	73
31	6	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		93.331	479	0	0	running	19600	70
32	5	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	93.336	474	0	0	running	26275	67
33	34	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Hillman	92.200	462	0	0	running	23350	64
34	11	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		92.997	453	0	0	running	23225	61
35	40	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	451	0	0	running	16100	58
36	31	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	92.393	449	0	0	running	16025	55
37	8	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	93.226	419	1	41	running	33400	57
38	14	Dennis Setzer	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	92.901	417	0	0	running	15750	49
39	28	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	92.511	387	0	0	engine	22650	46
40	22	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	92.674	360	0	0	engine	22550	43
41	41	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	provisional	341	0	0	engine	15450	40
42	10	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	93.006	299	0	0	engine	32350	37
43	26	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	92.655	150	0	0	overheating	15750	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4297	27	7	10	21	22
2	Mark Martin	4098	27	2	6	18	22
3	Dale Jarrett	3827	27	2	2	16	19
4	Rusty Wallace	3716	27	4	0	12	18
5	Bobby Labonte	3553	27	2	2	10	16
6	Jeremy Mayfield	3513	27	1	1	10	14
7	Jeff Burton	3507	27	0	2	14	18
8	Dale Earnhardt	3209	27	0	1	4	10
9	Terry Labonte	3104	27	0	1	4	10
10	John Andretti	3051	27	1	0	3	9
11	Ken Schrader	3034	27	0	0	3	9
12	Ernie Irvan	2993	27	3	0	0	10
13	Bobby Hamilton	2978	27	1	1	2	5
14	Sterling Marlin	2934	26	0	0	0	6
15	Michael Waltrip	2809	27	0	0	0	4
16	Jimmy Spencer	2765	25	0	0	2	6
17	Chad Little	2755	26	0	0	1	5
18	Bill Elliott	2685	26	0	0	0	5
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2649	26	0	0	3	9
20	Ricky Rudd	2581	27	0	1	1	4
21	Ward Burton	2560	27	2	0	0	2
22	Ted Musgrave	2502	26	0	0	1	4
23	Darrell Waltrip	2501	27	0	0	1	2
24	Brett Bodine	2400	27	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Skinner	2374	24	0	0	3	6