1998 TranSouth Financial 400

Race 5 of 33

Darlington
293 laps
Time of race: 3:07:40
Average speed of winner: 127.962 mph
Margin of victory: 0.228 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-2, Jarrett 3-6, J. Burton 7-24, Elliott 25, Jarrett 26-30, J. Burton 31-90, Martin 91, Jarrett 92-99, J. Burton 100-133, Jarrett 134-164, Mayfield 165-180, J. Burton 181-226, Mayfield 227, Jarrett 228, R. Wallace 229, J. Burton 230-242, Mayfield 243-250, J. Burton 251-274, Jarrett 275-293

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	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	168.186	293	6	68	running	110035	180
2	24	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	166.738	293	0	0	running	75075	170
3	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	167.362	293	1	1	running	52240	170
4	37	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	provisional	293	3	25	running	45930	165
5	2	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	168.284	293	6	195	running	49075	165
6	33	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	166.676	293	0	0	running	48600	150
7	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	168.665	293	2	3	running	47995	151
8	21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	166.981	293	0	0	running	26340	142
9	26	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	168.301	293	0	0	running	33285	138
10	20	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	167.118	292	0	0	running	39930	134
11	9	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	167.853	292	0	0	running	33500	130
12	27	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	167.231	292	0	0	running	37595	127
13	16	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	167.288	292	0	0	running	37990	124
14	8	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	168.071	291	0	0	running	24560	121
15	30	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	166.687	291	1	1	running	32430	123
16	7	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	168.129	291	0	0	running	32435	115
17	29	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	166.930	291	0	0	running	23690	112
18	32	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	166.670	291	0	0	running	32820	109
19	36	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	166.264	291	0	0	running	29740	106
20	17	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	167.214	291	0	0	running	20970	103
21	35	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	166.619	290	0	0	running	31405	100
22	22	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine		166.947	290	0	0	running	28840	97
23	6	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	168.129	290	0	0	running	33425	94
24	4	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	168.163	290	0	0	running	28310	91
25	34	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	166.647	290	0	0	running	20995	88
26	13	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	167.379	290	0	0	running	20685	85
27	41	Todd Bodine	35	Tabasco	Pontiac	ISM		provisional	290	0	0	running	17300	82
28	19	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.135	289	0	0	running	20245	79
29	40	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	288	0	0	running	26940	76
30	43	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tim Flock Special	Chevrolet	Waltrip	McCarty	provisional	288	0	0	running	26810	73
31	25	Jerry Nadeau	13	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	Elliott	Pitts	166.687	288	0	0	running	17655	70
32	42	Jeff Green	29	Team Monte Carlo	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		provisional	288	0	0	running	20025	67
33	18	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	167.208	288	0	0	running	32745	64
34	10	Kevin Lepage	91	Little Joe's Auto	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	167.710	287	0	0	running	16215	61
35	38	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	provisional	286	0	0	running	23085	58
36	39	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	285	0	0	running	22955	55
37	28	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	167.129	285	0	0	running	22875	52
38	23	Randy LaJoie	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	166.811	284	0	0	running	25225	49
39	5	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Labbe	168.140	270	0	0	running	30600	46
40	31	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	166.676	231	0	0	engine	22475	43
41	11	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Brewer	167.670	144	0	0	accident	22350	40
42	12	Greg Sacks	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	167.493	142	0	0	accident	22225	37
43	15	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	167.299	26	0	0	engine	15116	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	835	5	0	0	5	5
2	Jeremy Mayfield	781	5	0	0	4	4
3	Dale Earnhardt	705	5	0	1	1	2
4	Jeff Gordon	688	5	0	1	2	2
5	Bill Elliott	680	5	0	0	0	3
6	Terry Labonte	676	5	0	0	0	2
7	Mark Martin	653	5	1	1	2	3
8	Jeff Burton	634	5	0	0	2	3
9	Bobby Labonte	619	5	1	1	2	2
10	Dale Jarrett	615	5	1	1	2	3
11	Ken Schrader	575	5	0	0	1	1
12	Jimmy Spencer	569	5	0	0	1	2
13	Ward Burton	553	5	0	0	0	0
14	Michael Waltrip	544	5	0	0	0	1
15	Bobby Hamilton	531	5	0	0	0	1
16	Johnny Benson, Jr.	528	4	0	0	1	3
17	Ted Musgrave	521	5	0	0	0	2
18	John Andretti	505	5	1	0	0	0
19	Ernie Irvan	502	5	0	0	0	1
20	Geoff Bodine	501	5	0	0	1	1
21	Dick Trickle	495	5	0	0	0	1
22	Chad Little	492	4	0	0	0	2
23	Brett Bodine	473	5	0	0	0	0
24	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	457	5	0	0	1	1
25	Kyle Petty	449	5	0	0	0	0