California 500 Presented by NAPA Race Results

Auto Club Speedway
May 03, 1998

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2-Mile Superspeedway
250 Laps/500 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	3	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline / Cummins Ford	250	185	141,375	Running
2	2	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 Ford	250	175	88,800	Running
3	9	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet	250	165	96,200	Running
4	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet	250	165	98,800	Running
5	11	1	Darrell Waltrip	Pennzoil Chevrolet	250	155	47,950	Running
6	40	97	Chad Little	John Deere Ford	250	155	57,450	Running
7	26	7	Geoff Bodine	Philips Consumer Comm. Ford	250	146	55,600	Running
8	5	26	Johnny Benson Jr	Cheerios Ford	250	147	51,700	Running
9	43	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet	250	138	53,800	Running
10	21	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries Ford	250	134	56,950	Running
11	23	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide Ford	250	130	58,025	Running
12	8	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America Pontiac	250	127	45,775	Running
13	22	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles Pontiac	250	124	44,675	Running
14	14	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light Chevrolet	250	121	36,325	Running
15	15	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit Chevrolet	250	118	45,975	Running
16	18	28	Kenny Irwin Jr	Texaco Havoline Ford	249	115	50,425	Running
17	20	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines Ford	249	112	32,625	Running
18	19	96	David Green	Caterpillar Chevrolet	249	109	35,725	Running
19	34	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D Ford	249	106	34,925	Running
20	37	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo Ford	249	103	43,775	Running
21	28	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston / No Bull Ford	249	105	41,625	Running
22	6	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth Chevrolet	248	102	41,025	Running
23	35	78	Gary Bradberry	Pilot Travel Centers Ford	247	94	30,425	Running
24	10	46	Morgan Shepherd	First Union Chevrolet	247	91	33,525	Running
25	30	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms Ford	247	88	33,225	Running
26	33	13	Jerry Nadeau	FirstPlus Financial Ford	247	85	29,825	Running
27	31	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film Chevrolet	246	82	54,625	Running
28	38	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex Ford	245	79	39,525	Running
29	42	35	Wally Dallenbach Jr	Tabasco Pontiac	245	76	29,225	Running
30	41	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak Chevrolet	245	73	39,025	Running
31	25	43	John Andretti	STP Pontiac	244	70	43,850	Running
32	16	9	Lake Speed	Cartoon Network Ford	243	67	31,650	Running
33	24	16	Ted Musgrave	Primestar Ford	243	64	38,150	Running
34	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite Ford	242	66	43,250	Engine
35	27	31	Mike Dillon	Lowe's Chevrolet	239	58	28,050	Running
36	39	50	Randy Lajoie	Budweiser Chevrolet	210	55	34,950	Accident
37	29	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers Ford	193	52	34,750	Handling
38	7	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries Pontiac	191	49	42,350	Engine
39	32	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout Pontiac	153	46	34,325	Accident
40	13	91	Kevin Lepage	Fluidyne Automotive Chevrolet	93	43	27,300	Oil Leak
41	36	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford	86	40	44,275	Engine
42	17	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels Pontiac	85	37	34,250	Accident
43	12	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's Ford	84	34	36,725	Accident

Time of Race .: 3 Hours 33 Minutes 57 Seconds

Average Speed .:140.22

Margin of Victory .: 1.287 Seconds

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