| 1998 Pocono 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 15 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,241,235 | Race Date: | Jun 21, 1998 | Pocono Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .340 Seconds | Race Duration: | 4Hr 14Min 39Sec. | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | |
| Lead Changes: | 19 Among / 12 Drivers | Average Speed: | 117.801 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 9 For 48 Laps | poconoraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeremy Mayfield J. Mayfield | Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #12 Ford | Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Penske-Kranefuss Racing | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Paul Andrews | Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | |||||
| Laps Led: | 122 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 168.042 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 Pocono 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running |  | 185 | 200 | 122 |
| 2 | 1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 175 | 200 | 17 |
| 3 | 9 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running | | 170 | 200 | 26 |
| 4 | 28 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 165 | 200 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 160 | 200 | 3 |
| 6 | 18 | 1 | Darrell Waltrip | Pennzoil | Running | | 155 | 200 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 151 | 200 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 147 | 200 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 138 | 200 | 0 |
| 10 | 34 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 134 | 200 | 0 |
| 11 | 36 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 130 | 200 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 127 | 200 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running |  | 124 | 200 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 121 | 200 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 123 | 200 | 8 |
| 16 | 32 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 120 | 200 | 1 |
| 17 | 8 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | PRIMESTAR | Running | | 112 | 200 | 0 |
| 18 | 35 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Running | | 114 | 200 | 1 |
| 19 | 42 | 91 | Kevin Lepage (R) | Boyds Ultra Violet | Running | | 106 | 200 | 0 |
| 20 | 16 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 103 | 200 | 0 |
| 21 | 30 | 13 | Jerry Nadeau (R) | FirstPlus Financial | Running | | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| 22 | 43 | 35 | Todd Bodine | Tabasco | Running | | 97 | 199 | 0 |
| 23 | 38 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Running | | 94 | 199 | 0 |
| 24 | 5 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 91 | 198 | 0 |
| 25 | 40 | 9 | Lake Speed | Cartoon Network | Running | | 88 | 198 | 0 |
| 26 | 41 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Running | | 85 | 194 | 0 |
| 27 | 21 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Handling | | 82 | 192 | 0 |
| 28 | 25 | 96 | Hut Stricklin | Caterpillar | Engine | | 79 | 184 | 0 |
| 29 | 20 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 76 | 180 | 0 |
| 30 | 10 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Accident | | 78 | 173 | 1 |
| 31 | 17 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Engine | | 70 | 163 | 0 |
| 32 | 27 | 98 | Rich Bickle | Thorn Apple Valley Meats | Handling | | 67 | 161 | 0 |
| 33 | 26 | 46 | Jeff Green | First Union | Handling | | 64 | 157 | 0 |
| 34 | 31 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles | Running | | 61 | 148 | 0 |
| 35 | 7 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Handling | | 58 | 147 | 0 |
| 36 | 37 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running | | 55 | 142 | 0 |
| 37 | 22 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Engine | | 52 | 130 | 0 |
| 38 | 24 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Engine | | 49 | 86 | 0 |
| 39 | 13 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Engine | | 46 | 85 | 0 |
| 40 | 39 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips | Engine | | 43 | 76 | 0 |
| 41 | 33 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Engine | | 40 | 49 | 0 |
| 42 | 2 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Engine | | 37 | 13 | 0 |
| 43 | 4 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Accident | | 34 | 5 | 0 |
