1998 NAPA 500

Race 33 of 33

Atlanta
221 laps
Time of race: 2:57:42
Average speed of winner: 114.915 mph
Margin of victory: 0.739 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 68 laps
Lap leaders: Irwin 1, Jarrett 2-37, W. Burton 38, Andretti 39-41, Marcis 42-51, B. Bodine 52, Jarrett 53-74, W. Burton 75, B. Bodine 76-86, Gordon 87-192, Skinner 193-210, Jarrett 211-214, Gordon 215-221

Race notes: First pole for Kenny Irwin, Jr.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Pre-race), Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 (Rain delay), Part 7 (Return to green), Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	21	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	189.980	221	2	113	running	164450	185
2	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	193.083	221	3	62	running	100400	175
3	4	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	192.113	221	0	0	running	67350	165
4	35	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	189.073	221	0	0	running	64600	160
5	20	Todd Bodine	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	189.993	221	0	0	running	55000	155
6	14	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Pressley	190.509	221	0	0	running	61750	150
7	13	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	190.903	221	0	0	running	49280	146
8	38	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	221	0	0	running	49150	142
9	5	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	192.106	221	1	18	running	39725	143
10	10	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Peterson	191.344	221	0	0	running	46150	134
11	22	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	189.733	221	0	0	running	40725	130
12	8	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Chevrolet	Donlavey	Donlavey	191.569	221	0	0	running	42850	127
13	37	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	221	0	0	running	46025	124
14	2	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	193.400	221	2	2	running	41975	126
15	9	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	191.503	221	0	0	running	41650	118
16	1	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	193.461	221	1	1	running	59125	120
17	17	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Lopez	190.136	221	0	0	running	33455	112
18	31	Kevin Lepage	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	189.318	221	0	0	running	40340	109
19	25	Ted Musgrave	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	189.538	221	0	0	running	29100	106
20	18	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	190.013	221	0	0	running	44885	103
21	23	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	189.668	221	0	0	running	40720	100
22	28	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	189.467	221	0	0	running	38755	97
23	40	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Leslie	provisional	221	0	0	running	38440	94
24	34	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Kennon	189.125	221	0	0	running	44225	91
25	39	Ricky Craven	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	221	0	0	running	37910	88
26	27	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	189.493	221	0	0	running	37695	85
27	30	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	189.390	221	1	10	running	28380	87
28	33	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	Newt Moore	189.144	221	0	0	running	30365	79
29	41	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	221	0	0	running	37205	76
30	6	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	191.927	221	0	0	running	37130	73
31	15	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		190.437	221	2	12	running	37765	75
32	36	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	188.957	221	1	3	running	42300	72
33	26	Gary Bradberry	78	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	Triad	Adcock	189.922	219	0	0	running	28935	64
34	42	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar		provisional	218	0	0	running	26870	61
35	29	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	189.441	218	0	0	running	33805	58
36	12	Jeff Green	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		190.988	217	0	0	running	26740	55
37	19	Jerry Nadeau	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	189.993	217	0	0	running	26710	52
38	43	Darrell Waltrip	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Hammer	provisional	213	0	0	running	26575	49
39	32	Morgan Shepherd	8	Nokia/Kendall	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers	Long	189.202	197	0	0	accident	26575	46
40	11	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	191.179	179	0	0	engine	33575	43
41	16	David Green	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	190.424	155	0	0	engine	33575	40
42	24	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Stott	189.649	139	0	0	engine	26575	37
43	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	191.595	134	0	0	engine	44075	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	5328	33	7	13	26	28
2	Mark Martin	4964	33	3	7	22	26
3	Dale Jarrett	4619	33	2	3	19	22
4	Rusty Wallace	4501	33	4	1	15	21
5	Jeff Burton	4415	33	0	2	18	23
6	Bobby Labonte	4180	33	3	2	11	18
7	Jeremy Mayfield	4157	33	1	1	12	16
8	Dale Earnhardt	3928	33	0	1	5	13
9	Terry Labonte	3901	33	0	1	5	15
10	Bobby Hamilton	3786	33	1	1	3	8
11	John Andretti	3682	33	1	0	3	10
12	Ken Schrader	3675	33	2	0	3	11
13	Sterling Marlin	3530	32	0	0	0	6
14	Jimmy Spencer	3464	31	0	0	3	8
15	Chad Little	3423	32	0	0	1	7
16	Ward Burton	3352	33	2	0	1	5
17	Michael Waltrip	3340	32	0	0	0	5
18	Bill Elliott	3305	32	0	0	0	5
19	Ernie Irvan	3262	30	3	0	0	11
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3160	32	0	0	3	10
21	Mike Skinner	3153	30	0	0	4	9
22	Ricky Rudd	3131	33	0	1	1	5
23	Ted Musgrave	3124	32	0	0	2	5
24	Darrell Waltrip	2957	33	0	0	1	2
25	Brett Bodine	2907	33	0	0	0	0