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1998 Pontiac Excitement 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 33 Saturday, June 6, 1998 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.750 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 3:05:29 Average speed: 97.044 mph Pole speed: 125.558 mph Cautions: 7 for 47 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 16 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 99975 running 96 180 2 4 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 400 75625 running 108 180 3 22 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 400 56875 running 27 170 4 7 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 400 62075 running 0 160 5 19 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 65025 running 73 160 6 15 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 400 39075 running 0 150 7 13 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 42150 running 0 146 8 14 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 400 43750 running 0 142 9 11 28   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 400 41850 running 0 138 10 3 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 400 31300 running 81 139 11 26 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 400 41900 running 0 130 12 18 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 400 32750 running 0 127 13 9 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 400 26175 running 0 124 14 37 23   Jimmy Spencer Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 399 35675 running 0 121 15 10 16   Ted Musgrave Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 399 33735 running 0 118 16 39 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak MAX Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 399 35500 running 0 115 17 20 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 399 30800 running 0 112 18 8 26   Johnny Benson, Jr. Cheerios   (Jack Roush) Ford 399 30450 running 12 114 19 24 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 399 30225 running 0 106 20 25 11   Brett Bodine Paychex   (Brett Bodine) Ford 398 32150 running 0 103 21 38 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 398 34250 running 0 100 22 29 43   John Andretti STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 398 34125 running 0 97 23 5 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 398 22950 running 0 94 24 27 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 398 29225 running 0 91 25 21 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 398 29075 running 0 88 26 12 9   Lake Speed Cartoon Network / Happy Birthday NASCAR   (Harry Melling) Ford 397 22450 running 0 85 27 2 98   Rich Bickle Thorn Apple Valley   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 397 25425 running 0 82 28 41 7   Geoffrey Bodine Philips Consumer Communications   (Jim Mattei) Ford 397 28600 running 0 79 29 23 36   Ernie Irvan Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 397 28375 running 0 76 30 34 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 396 21645 running 0 73 31 28 50   Randy LaJoie Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 396 27975 running 0 70 32 42 1   Darrell Waltrip Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 395 20925 running 0 67 33 30 96   Kevin Lepage Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 390 20385 crash 0 64 34 43 30   Derrike Cope Gumout   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 390 24850 handling 0 61 35 31 35   Todd Bodine Tabasco   (Bob Hancher) Pontiac 379 17825 running 0 58 36 35 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 374 17800 running 0 55 37 1 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Finishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 372 44975 crash 2 57 38 36 13   Jerry Nadeau FirstPlus Financial   (Bill Elliott) Ford 361 17750 handling 0 49 39 32 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 348 24725 running 0 46 40 33 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 340 24700 crash 1 48 41 17 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 260 17675 running 0 40 42 6 46   Jeff Green First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 183 17650 crash 0 37 43 40 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 113 17650 engine 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Buckshot Jones 8 Circuit City Stavola Brothers Chevrolet 45 Kevin Lepage 91 Little Joe's Auto / Pionite Joe Falk Chevrolet DC David Green 96 Caterpillar Buz McCall Chevrolet WD Jerry Glanville 51 HBO / Unifirst Uniforms Jerry Glanville Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 121 121     122 131 10   #77 accident turn 3   132 186 55     187 197 11   #46 spun turn 4   198 343 146     344 349 6   #21 accident turn 3   350 372 23     373 382 10   #24 accident turn 2   383 383 1     384 389 6   #44,97,26,10,96,77,35 accident backstretch   390 393 4     394 396 3   #96,30,31,13 accident turn 2   397 399 3     400 400 1   #26 accident turn 2     Percent of race run under caution: 11.8%             Average green flag run: 50.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeff Gordon 1 2 2   Sterling Marlin 3 80 78   Terry Labonte 81 96 16   Dale Jarrett 97 106 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. 107 118 12   Dale Jarrett 119 120 2   Sterling Marlin 121 123 3   Terry Labonte 124 187 64   Michael Waltrip 188 188 1   Terry Labonte 189 197 9   Mark Martin 198 270 73   Dale Jarrett 271 308 38   Terry Labonte 309 310 2   Dale Jarrett 311 344 34   Rusty Wallace 345 371 27   Terry Labonte 372 373 2   Dale Jarrett 374 397 24   Terry Labonte 398 400 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeremy Mayfield 1868     2   Rusty Wallace 1843   -25   3   Jeff Gordon 1822   -46   4   Mark Martin 1815   -53   4   Dale Jarrett 1815   -53   6   Terry Labonte 1775   -93   7   Bobby Labonte 1641   -227   8   Jeff Burton 1573   -295   9   Ken Schrader 1570   -298   10   Jimmy Spencer 1530   -338   11   Bill Elliott 1472   -396   12   Dale Earnhardt 1457   -411   13   Michael Waltrip 1421   -447   14   Bobby Hamilton 1400   -468   14   Ernie Irvan 1400   -468   16   Ward Burton 1384   -484   17   Johnny Benson, Jr. 1376   -492   18   Brett Bodine 1371   -497   19   Ted Musgrave 1349   -519   20   Chad Little 1295   -573   21   John Andretti 1266   -602