| 1998 NAPA AutoCare 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 27 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,384,390 | Race Date: | Sep 27, 1998 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .533 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 35Min 8Sec. | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 11 Among / 5 Drivers | Average Speed: | 73.350 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 11 For 82 Laps | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Ricky Rudd R. Rudd | Driver: | Ernie Irvan E. Irvan | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #10 Ford | Car No.: | #36 Pontiac | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Rudd Performance Motorsports | Team: | MB2 Motorsports | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Bill Ingle | Crew Chief: | Doug Richert | |||||
| Laps Led: | 198 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 93.600 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 NAPA AutoCare 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running |  | 180 | 500 | 198 |
| 2 | 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 170 | 500 | 0 |
| 3 | 13 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 165 | 500 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 98 | Rich Bickle | Thorn Apple Valley Meats | Running | | 160 | 500 | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 160 | 500 | 16 |
| 6 | 29 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 150 | 500 | 0 |
| 7 | 20 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 146 | 500 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles | Running |  | 147 | 499 | 14 |
| 9 | 24 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running | | 138 | 499 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 134 | 499 | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 130 | 499 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 91 | Todd Bodine | Little Joe's Auto | Running | | 127 | 499 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 124 | 499 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 121 | 498 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | 77 | Ted Musgrave | Jasper Engines | Running | | 118 | 498 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 115 | 498 | 0 |
| 17 | 35 | 16 | Kevin Lepage (R) | PRIMESTAR | Running | | 112 | 498 | 0 |
| 18 | 7 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 119 | 496 | 231 |
| 19 | 37 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 106 | 496 | 0 |
| 20 | 27 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 103 | 495 | 0 |
| 21 | 30 | 35 | Darrell Waltrip | Tabasco | Running | | 100 | 495 | 0 |
| 22 | 33 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 97 | 495 | 0 |
| 23 | 32 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 94 | 495 | 0 |
| 24 | 38 | 1 | Steve Park (R) | Pennzoil | Running | | 91 | 491 | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | 96 | Mike Bliss | Caterpillar | Running | | 88 | 491 | 0 |
| 26 | 43 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree Camouflage | Running | | 85 | 489 | 0 |
| 27 | 39 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 82 | 487 | 0 |
| 28 | 17 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 79 | 486 | 0 |
| 29 | 36 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running | | 76 | 486 | 0 |
| 30 | 42 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Running | | 73 | 483 | 0 |
| 31 | 6 | 46 | Jeff Green | First Union | Running | | 70 | 479 | 0 |
| 32 | 5 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 67 | 474 | 0 |
| 33 | 34 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Running | | 64 | 462 | 0 |
| 34 | 11 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Running | | 61 | 453 | 0 |
| 35 | 40 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau (R) | Cartoon Network | Running | | 58 | 451 | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 55 | 449 | 0 |
| 37 | 8 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running | | 57 | 419 | 41 |
| 38 | 14 | 13 | Dennis Setzer (R) | FirstPlus Financial | Running | | 49 | 417 | 0 |
| 39 | 28 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips | Engine | | 46 | 387 | 0 |
| 40 | 22 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Engine | | 43 | 360 | 0 |
| 41 | 41 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Engine | | 40 | 341 | 0 |
| 42 | 10 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Engine | | 37 | 299 | 0 |
| 43 | 26 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Overheating | | 34 | 150 | 0 |
