1998 UAW-GM Quality 500

Race 28 of 33

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 4:04:01
Average speed of winner: 123.188 mph
Margin of victory: 1.110 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 65 laps
Lap leaders: Cope pole, Martin 1, Cope 2-7, B. Labonte 8-10, Irvan 11-24, Martin 25-75, Gordon 76-82, Martin 83-90, W. Burton 91-125, Irvan 126-137, Gordon 138-148, Martin 149-170, Gordon 171-194, B. Bodine 195, Gordon 196-200, Martin 201-267, M. Waltrip 268, Martin 269-334

Race notes: Only pole for Derrike Cope.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3 (Start), 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, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25 (Finish), Part 26 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	181.220	334	6	215	running	151950	185
2	13	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	180.234	334	1	35	running	96700	175
3	28	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	178.867	334	0	0	running	76250	165
4	5	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	180.856	334	0	0	running	83300	160
5	26	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	178.974	334	4	47	running	79450	160
6	32	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	178.506	334	0	0	running	54700	150
7	11	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	180.481	334	0	0	running	46400	146
8	20	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	179.683	334	0	0	running	36500	142
9	39	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	provisional	334	0	0	running	45000	138
10	18	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	179.874	334	0	0	running	50600	134
11	29	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	178.619	334	0	0	running	37900	130
12	7	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	180.517	334	0	0	running	41100	127
13	27	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	178.897	334	1	1	running	35850	129
14	1	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	181.690	334	1	6	running	68289	126
15	8	Todd Bodine	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	180.517	333	0	0	running	28300	118
16	30	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	178.524	333	0	0	running	25400	115
17	42	Rich Bickle	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Eyler	provisional	333	0	0	running	30000	112
18	34	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	178.124	332	0	0	running	28800	109
19	21	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		179.671	332	1	1	running	28400	111
20	10	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	180.505	326	0	0	running	35050	103
21	19	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	179.766	321	0	0	running	20600	100
22	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	319	0	0	running	17200	97
23	25	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	179.128	307	0	0	handling	27100	94
24	17	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	180.030	301	0	0	running	33850	91
25	9	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	180.511	290	0	0	running	27100	88
26	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	180.771	282	0	0	running	32300	85
27	36	Ted Musgrave	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	177.678	279	0	0	engine	16500	82
28	37	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	provisional	278	0	0	running	26400	79
29	33	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	178.136	278	0	0	running	31300	76
30	24	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	179.194	275	0	0	running	18700	73
31	4	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	181.135	271	2	26	accident	28100	75
32	31	Steve Grissom	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	178.518	270	0	0	running	16000	67
33	35	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey		177.795	267	0	0	accident	23450	64
34	41	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	provisional	258	0	0	running	15900	61
35	12	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	180.373	242	0	0	handling	15870	58
36	38	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	provisional	237	0	0	running	15850	55
37	14	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	180.204	231	0	0	accident	32235	52
38	22	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	179.438	215	0	0	handling	31820	49
39	3	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	181.165	202	1	3	accident	39915	51
40	15	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	180.120	185	0	0	engine	22810	43
41	40	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	provisional	155	0	0	engine	15805	40
42	16	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Giles	180.060	133	0	0	accident	15800	37
43	23	David Green	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	179.200	68	0	0	accident	22795	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4457	28	7	10	22	23
2	Mark Martin	4283	28	2	7	19	23
3	Dale Jarrett	3918	28	2	2	16	19
4	Rusty Wallace	3801	28	4	0	12	18
5	Jeff Burton	3672	28	0	2	15	19
6	Bobby Labonte	3604	28	2	2	10	16
7	Jeremy Mayfield	3601	28	1	1	10	14
8	Dale Earnhardt	3285	28	0	1	4	10
9	John Andretti	3178	28	1	0	3	9
10	Terry Labonte	3153	28	0	1	4	10
11	Bobby Hamilton	3138	28	1	1	3	6
12	Ken Schrader	3077	28	0	0	3	9
13	Ernie Irvan	3068	28	3	0	0	10
14	Sterling Marlin	3007	27	0	0	0	6
15	Michael Waltrip	2938	28	0	0	0	4
16	Jimmy Spencer	2899	26	0	0	2	7
17	Chad Little	2897	27	0	0	1	6
18	Bill Elliott	2815	27	0	0	0	5
19	Ward Burton	2735	28	2	0	1	3
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2728	27	0	0	3	9
21	Ricky Rudd	2633	28	0	1	1	4
22	Darrell Waltrip	2598	28	0	0	1	2
23	Ted Musgrave	2584	27	0	0	1	4
24	Brett Bodine	2511	28	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Skinner	2474	25	0	0	3	6