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1998 UAW-GM Quality 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 33
Sunday, October 4, 1998 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:04:01
Average Speed: 123.188 mph
Pole Speed: 181.69 mph

Cautions: 11 for 65 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.11 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline / Cummins (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	151,950	running	215	185
2	13	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	334	96,700	running	35	175
3	28	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	76,250	running	0	165
4	5	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	334	83,300	running	0	160
5	26	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive Finishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	79,450	running	47	160
6	32	16	Kevin Lepage	Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	54,700	running	0	150
7	11	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth Pagers (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	334	46,400	running	0	146
8	20	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	36,500	running	0	142
9	39	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications (Jim Mattei)	Ford	334	45,000	running	0	138
10	18	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston / No Bull (Travis Carter)	Ford	334	50,600	running	0	134
11	29	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's Get Back With Big Mac (Bill Elliott)	Ford	334	37,900	running	0	130
12	7	43	John Andretti	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	334	41,100	running	0	127
13	27	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	334	35,850	running	1	129
14	1	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout Long Life Formula (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	334	68,289	running	6	126
15	8	91	Todd Bodine	Little Joe's Auto (Joe Falk)	Chevrolet	333	28,300	running	0	118
16	30	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	333	25,400	running	0	115
17	42	98	Rich Bickle	Thorn Apple Valley 'Gone Grill Crazy' (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	333	30,000	running	0	112
18	34	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	332	28,800	running	0	109
19	21	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex (Brett Bodine)	Ford	332	28,400	running	1	111
20	10	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco / Havoline / The Joker (Yates Racing)	Ford	326	35,050	running	0	103
21	19	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	321	20,600	running	0	100
22	43	35	Darrell Waltrip	Tabasco (Tim Beverley)	Pontiac	319	17,200	running	0	97
23	25	50	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	307	27,100	handling	0	94
24	17	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit / Batman (Yates Racing)	Ford	301	33,850	running	0	91
25	9	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	290	27,100	running	0	88
26	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	282	32,300	running	0	85
27	36	13	Ted Musgrave	FirstPlus Financial (Bill Elliott)	Ford	279	16,500	engine	0	82
28	37	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Cheerios (Jack Roush)	Ford	278	26,400	running	0	79
29	33	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	278	31,300	running	0	76
30	24	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	275	18,700	running	0	73
31	4	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	271	28,100	crash	26	75
32	31	96	Steve Grissom	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	270	16,000	running	0	67
33	35	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	267	23,450	crash	0	64
34	41	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	258	15,900	running	0	61
35	12	9	Jerry Nadeau	Cartoon Network / Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (Harry Melling)	Ford	242	15,870	handling	0	58
36	38	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	237	15,850	running	0	55
37	14	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	231	32,235	crash	0	52
38	22	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	215	31,820	handling	0	49
39	3	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	202	39,915	crash	3	51
40	15	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	185	22,810	engine	0	43
41	40	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	155	15,805	engine	0	40
42	16	78	Gary Bradberry	Pilot Travel Centers (Jim Wilson)	Ford	133	15,800	crash	0	37
43	23	41	David Green	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	68	22,795	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Jeff Green (#46), Tony Raines (#19), Andy Hillenburg (#80), Dave Marcis (#71), Randy MacDonald (#85)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	6	4	#9 accident turn 4
	7	11	5
	12	15	4	#96 accident turn 2
	16	68	53
	69	74	6	#41 accident turn 2
	75	89	15
	90	98	9	NASCAR
	99	105	7
	106	110	5	#1 accident turn 2
	111	113	3
	114	118	5	oil on track
	119	136	18
	137	141	5	#78 accident turn 2
	142	193	52
	194	199	6	#26,50,75 accident turn 2
	200	201	2
	202	214	13	#18,2,3,5,10,12,44,31,40,28,7,99 accident turn 2
	215	266	52
	267	271	5	#9 accident turn 2
	272	272	1
	273	277	5	#36,90 accident turn 2
	278	334	57
Percent of race run under caution: 20.1% Average green flag run: 22.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mark Martin	1	1	1
Derrike Cope	2	7	6
Bobby Labonte	8	10	3
Ernie Irvan	11	24	14
Mark Martin	25	75	51
Jeff Gordon	76	82	7
Mark Martin	83	90	8
Ward Burton	91	125	35
Ernie Irvan	126	137	12
Jeff Gordon	138	148	11
Mark Martin	149	170	22
Jeff Gordon	171	194	24
Brett Bodine	195	195	1
Jeff Gordon	196	200	5
Mark Martin	201	267	67
Michael Waltrip	268	268	1
Mark Martin	269	334	66

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	4457
2	Mark Martin	4283	-174
3	Dale Jarrett	3918	-539
4	Rusty Wallace	3801	-656
5	Jeff Burton	3672	-785
6	Bobby Labonte	3604	-853
7	Jeremy Mayfield	3601	-856
8	Dale Earnhardt	3285	-1172
9	John Andretti	3178	-1279
10	Terry Labonte	3153	-1304
11	Bobby Hamilton	3138	-1319
12	Ken Schrader	3077	-1380
13	Ernie Irvan	3068	-1389
14	Sterling Marlin	3007	-1450
15	Michael Waltrip	2938	-1519
16	Jimmy Spencer	2899	-1558
17	Chad Little	2897	-1560
18	Bill Elliott	2815	-1642
19	Ward Burton	2735	-1722
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2728	-1729

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