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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 22, 1998 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline / Cummins Ford | 500 | 185 | 85,315 | Running | |
| 2 | 19 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries Ford | 500 | 170 | 58,615 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite Ford | 500 | 170 | 53,165 | Running | |
| 4 | 9 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford | 500 | 165 | 58,855 | Running | |
| 5 | 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet | 500 | 155 | 58,650 | Running | |
| 6 | 30 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet | 500 | 155 | 42,540 | Running | |
| 7 | 2 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's Chevrolet | 500 | 146 | 33,965 | Running | |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 Ford | 500 | 147 | 45,015 | Running | |
| 9 | 3 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Ford | 500 | 143 | 45,540 | Running | |
| 10 | 24 | 16 | Kevin Lepage | Primestar Ford | 500 | 134 | 42,590 | Running | |
| 11 | 33 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film Chevrolet | 500 | 130 | 39,765 | Running | |
| 12 | 21 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels Pontiac | 500 | 127 | 33,965 | Running | |
| 13 | 15 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet | 500 | 124 | 37,715 | Running | |
| 14 | 13 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 499 | 121 | 34,315 | Running | |
| 15 | 34 | 28 | Kenny Irwin Jr | Texaco Havoline Ford | 499 | 118 | 40,260 | Running | |
| 16 | 12 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo Ford | 499 | 115 | 33,410 | Running | |
| 17 | 14 | 46 | Jeff Green | The Money Store Chevrolet | 499 | 112 | 21,260 | Running | |
| 18 | 17 | 98 | Rich Bickle | Thorn Apple Valley Ford | 499 | 109 | 28,210 | Running | |
| 19 | 27 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's Ford | 498 | 106 | 32,300 | Running | |
| 20 | 6 | 23 | Ted Musgrave | Winston / No Bull Ford | 498 | 103 | 35,310 | Running | |
| 21 | 29 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light Chevrolet | 498 | 100 | 24,735 | Running | |
| 22 | 37 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles Pontiac | 498 | 97 | 31,585 | Running | |
| 23 | 35 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere Ford | 497 | 94 | 24,435 | Running | |
| 24 | 32 | 92 | Elliott Sadler | Phillips 66 / TropArtic Chevrolet | 497 | 91 | 20,760 | Running | |
| 25 | 10 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Pontiac | 496 | 93 | 38,215 | Running | |
| 26 | 16 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex Ford | 496 | 85 | 30,790 | Running | |
| 27 | 43 | 35 | Darrell Waltrip | Tabasco Pontiac | 495 | 82 | 20,280 | Running | |
| 28 | 38 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach Jr | Budweiser Chevrolet | 489 | 79 | 30,670 | Running | |
| 29 | 40 | 91 | Morgan Shepherd | Little Joe's Auto Chevrolet | 482 | 76 | 24,060 | Running | |
| 30 | 11 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | Philips Consumer Comm. Ford | 481 | 73 | 30,450 | Running | |
| 31 | 22 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth Chevrolet | 466 | 70 | 30,340 | Running | |
| 32 | 18 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau | Cartoon Network Ford | 434 | 67 | 23,230 | Handling | |
| 33 | 23 | 26 | Johnny Benson Jr | The Kids Car Ford | 434 | 64 | 30,220 | Running | |
| 34 | 36 | 1 | Steve Park | Pennzoil Chevrolet | 422 | 61 | 22,710 | Running | |
| 35 | 26 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms Ford | 405 | 58 | 20,205 | Accident | |
| 36 | 20 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout Pontiac | 353 | 55 | 27,185 | Handling | |
| 37 | 8 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America Pontiac | 313 | 52 | 27,167 | Accident | |
| 38 | 28 | 43 | John Andretti | STP Pontiac | 303 | 49 | 35,150 | Handling | |
| 39 | 41 | 13 | Dennis Setzer | FirstPlus Financial Ford | 290 | 46 | 20,150 | Handling | |
| 40 | 25 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines Ford | 272 | 43 | 20,150 | Overheating | |
| 41 | 42 | 96 | Hut Stricklin | Caterpillar Chevrolet | 237 | 40 | 20,150 | Engine | |
| 42 | 31 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D Ford | 227 | 37 | 20,150 | Engine | |
| 43 | 39 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers Ford | 153 | 34 | 27,650 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 3 Minutes 54 Seconds
Average Speed .:86.949
Margin of Victory .: 2.185 Seconds