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1998 Farm Aid on CMT 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 33 Sunday, August 30, 1998 at New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, NH 300 laps on a 1.058 mile paved track (317.400 miles) Time of race: 2:49:55 Average speed: 112.078 mph Pole speed: 129.033 mph Cautions: 4 for 25 laps Margin of victory: .664 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Finishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 300 205400 running 68 180 2 5 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 300 119750 running 193 180 3 9 43   John Andretti STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 300 87300 running 0 165 4 7 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 300 78875 running 2 165 5 25 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 300 66700 running 0 155 6 4 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 300 52900 running 30 155 7 2 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 300 57350 running 1 151 8 14 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 300 51350 running 0 142 9 18 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 300 50550 running 0 138 10 35 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 300 59500 running 0 134 11 11 28   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 300 51350 running 0 130 12 24 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 300 39650 running 0 127 13 17 23   Jimmy Spencer Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 300 44900 running 0 124 14 27 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 300 36650 running 1 126 15 12 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 300 37600 running 0 118 16 33 16   Kevin Lepage Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 300 42550 running 0 115 17 37 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 300 34525 running 0 112 18 32 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 300 40825 running 0 109 19 28 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 300 40425 running 0 106 20 6 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 299 41225 running 0 103 21 38 26   Johnny Benson, Jr. Cheerios   (Jack Roush) Ford 299 40850 running 0 100 22 8 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 299 32500 running 0 97 23 31 7   Geoffrey Bodine Philips Consumer Communications   (Jim Mattei) Ford 299 40100 running 0 94 24 34 13   Dennis Setzer FirstPlus Financial   (Bill Elliott) Ford 299 28600 running 0 91 25 15 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 299 38700 running 0 88 26 30 91   Morgan Shepherd Pionite   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 299 32000 running 0 85 27 29 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 299 38075 running 0 82 28 19 36   Ernie Irvan Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 298 37775 running 0 79 29 26 9   Jerry Nadeau Cartoon Network / Happy Birthday NASCAR   (Harry Melling) Ford 298 31575 running 0 76 30 16 11   Brett Bodine Paychex   (Brett Bodine) Ford 298 36875 running 0 73 31 20 22   Ward Burton MBNA Platinum   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 298 34175 running 0 70 32 43 35   Darrell Waltrip Tabasco   (Tim Beverley) Pontiac 297 26975 running 0 67 33 23 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 295 33775 running 0 64 34 10 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak MAX Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 293 41575 running 0 61 35 42 71   Dave Marcis TNN Outdoors / RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 286 26375 running 2 63 36 41 96   Ron Fellows Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 286 26175 running 0 55 37 22 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 254 32975 running 0 52 38 21 46   Jeff Green The Money Store   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 252 25625 crash 0 49 39 13 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 249 41625 engine 2 51 40 40 98   Rich Bickle Thorn Apple Valley   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 232 32625 crash 0 43 41 39 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 218 25625 running 0 40 42 3 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 175 36625 crash 1 42 43 36 50   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 169 36625 engine 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Derrike Cope 30 Gumout Chuck Rider Pontiac 45 Buckshot Jones 00 Realtree Extra Stavola Brothers Chevrolet 46 Dan Pardus 07 Midwest Transit Hal Hicks / Mike Witters Chevrolet WD Ken Bouchard 79 T.R.I.X. Racing / NUCAR Conn. Ted Walters / George Pywowariw Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 75 75     76 79 4   #1 accident turn 1   80 177 98     178 187 10   #33 accident turn 4   188 232 45     233 237 5   #98 accident turn 4   238 255 18     256 261 6   #46 accident turn 4   262 300 39       Percent of race run under caution: 8.3%             Average green flag run: 55.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeff Gordon 1 1 1   Bobby Labonte 2 2 1   Ken Schrader 3 3 1   Kenny Wallace 4 33 30   Mark Martin 34 76 43   Dave Marcis 77 78 2   Mark Martin 79 167 89   Terry Labonte 168 169 2   Chad Little 170 170 1   Mark Martin 171 231 61   Dale Jarrett 232 233 2   Jeff Gordon 234 300 67 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 3597     2   Mark Martin 3530   -67   3   Dale Jarrett 3359   -238   4   Rusty Wallace 3175   -422   5   Bobby Labonte 3083   -514   6   Jeremy Mayfield 3002   -595   7   Jeff Burton 2933   -664   8   Dale Earnhardt 2809   -788   9   Terry Labonte 2657   -940   10   John Andretti 2575   -1022   10   Ken Schrader 2575   -1022   12   Bobby Hamilton 2469   -1128   13   Sterling Marlin 2440   -1157   14   Ernie Irvan 2433   -1164   15   Michael Waltrip 2406   -1191   16   Jimmy Spencer 2373   -1224   17   Bill Elliott 2361   -1236   18   Chad Little 2352   -1245   19   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2248   -1349   20   Ted Musgrave 2177   -1420   21   Ward Burton 2160   -1437