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Bristol Motor Speedway
March 29, 1998 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet | 500 | 180 | 90,860 | Running | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 57,960 | Running | |
| 3 | 6 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford | 500 | 170 | 57,660 | Running | |
| 4 | 5 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries Ford | 500 | 160 | 47,670 | Running | |
| 5 | 8 | 26 | Johnny Benson Jr | Cheerios Ford | 500 | 155 | 38,770 | Running | |
| 6 | 14 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 500 | 155 | 43,270 | Running | |
| 7 | 9 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline / Cummins Ford | 500 | 146 | 39,070 | Running | |
| 8 | 29 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Primestar Ford | 500 | 142 | 33,470 | Running | |
| 9 | 32 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo Ford | 500 | 143 | 35,320 | Running | |
| 10 | 17 | 50 | Randy Lajoie | Budweiser Chevrolet | 499 | 134 | 38,165 | Running | |
| 11 | 20 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex Ford | 499 | 130 | 32,295 | Running | |
| 12 | 10 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 Ford | 499 | 127 | 30,940 | Running | |
| 13 | 41 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers Ford | 498 | 124 | 31,715 | Running | |
| 14 | 26 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston / No Bull Ford | 498 | 121 | 37,915 | Running | |
| 15 | 38 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's Ford | 498 | 123 | 31,515 | Running | |
| 16 | 42 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak Chevrolet | 498 | 115 | 30,590 | Running | |
| 17 | 39 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America Pontiac | 498 | 112 | 29,740 | Running | |
| 18 | 40 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film Chevrolet | 498 | 114 | 29,540 | Running | |
| 19 | 21 | 43 | John Andretti | STP Pontiac | 497 | 106 | 34,030 | Running | |
| 20 | 28 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles Pontiac | 497 | 108 | 31,175 | Running | |
| 21 | 30 | 96 | David Green | Caterpillar Chevrolet | 497 | 100 | 23,415 | Running | |
| 22 | 37 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet | 496 | 97 | 33,715 | Running | |
| 23 | 43 | 1 | Darrell Waltrip | Pennzoil Chevrolet | 496 | 94 | 18,665 | Running | |
| 24 | 12 | 46 | Morgan Shepherd | First Union Chevrolet | 496 | 91 | 18,590 | Running | |
| 25 | 19 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms Ford | 496 | 88 | 22,245 | Running | |
| 26 | 15 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout Pontiac | 495 | 85 | 28,615 | Running | |
| 27 | 23 | 91 | Kevin Lepage | Little Joe's Auto Chevrolet | 491 | 82 | 19,495 | Running | |
| 28 | 31 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines Ford | 489 | 79 | 18,440 | Accident | |
| 29 | 16 | 35 | Todd Bodine | Tabasco Pontiac | 486 | 76 | 18,410 | Running | |
| 30 | 35 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Ford | 482 | 73 | 34,485 | Running | |
| 31 | 36 | 9 | Lake Speed | Cartoon Network Ford | 480 | 70 | 20,315 | Transmission | |
| 32 | 4 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's Chevrolet | 460 | 67 | 17,395 | Running | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite Ford | 446 | 74 | 37,275 | Running | |
| 34 | 7 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Pontiac | 442 | 61 | 32,235 | Accident | |
| 35 | 34 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere Ford | 442 | 63 | 20,215 | Accident | |
| 36 | 11 | 98 | Greg Sacks | Thorn Apple Valley Ford | 425 | 55 | 26,695 | Running | |
| 37 | 22 | 13 | Jerry Nadeau | FirstPlus Financial Ford | 399 | 52 | 17,185 | Running | |
| 38 | 33 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels Pontiac | 394 | 49 | 24,175 | Running | |
| 39 | 18 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | Philips Consumer Comm. Ford | 385 | 46 | 24,165 | Overheating | |
| 40 | 24 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light Chevrolet | 324 | 43 | 17,150 | Running | |
| 41 | 25 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City Chevrolet | 204 | 40 | 17,125 | Handling | |
| 42 | 13 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D Ford | 155 | 37 | 17,100 | Accident | |
| 43 | 27 | 28 | Kenny Irwin Jr | Texaco Havoline Ford | 88 | 34 | 32,077 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 13 Minutes
Average Speed .:82.85
Margin of Victory .: 0.583 Second