| 1998 Save Mart/Kragen 350 NASCAR Cup Series Race 16 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,763,400 | Race Date: | Jun 28, 1998 | Sonoma Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2.748 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 0Min 56Sec. | Sonoma, California | |
| Lead Changes: | 9 Among / 9 Drivers | Average Speed: | 72.387 MPH | 1.99 Mile 12-Turn Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 23 Laps | racesonoma.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Chevrolet: | 67 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | |||||
| Laps Led: | 48 of 112 | Pole Speed: | 98.711 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 Save Mart/Kragen 350 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 185 | 112 | 48 |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 175 | 112 | 17 |
| 3 | 21 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running |  | 165 | 112 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 160 | 112 | 0 |
| 5 | 28 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running |  | 155 | 112 | 0 |
| 6 | 26 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 150 | 112 | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 151 | 112 | 14 |
| 8 | 7 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Running | | 142 | 112 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 138 | 112 | 0 |
| 10 | 39 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Running | | 139 | 112 | 8 |
| 11 | 17 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 130 | 112 | 0 |
| 12 | 43 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 127 | 112 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 1 | Darrell Waltrip | Pennzoil | Running | | 129 | 112 | 3 |
| 14 | 33 | 17 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | NAPA Brakes | Running | | 121 | 112 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running | | 123 | 112 | 5 |
| 16 | 42 | 91 | Tommy Kendall | First Union | Running | | 120 | 112 | 2 |
| 17 | 24 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 112 | 112 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 109 | 112 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | PRIMESTAR | Running | | 106 | 112 | 0 |
| 20 | 27 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 103 | 112 | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running | | 100 | 112 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 97 | 112 | 0 |
| 23 | 35 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 94 | 112 | 0 |
| 24 | 40 | 9 | Butch Gilliland | Cartoon Network | Running | | 91 | 112 | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Running | | 88 | 112 | 0 |
| 26 | 8 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running | | 85 | 112 | 0 |
| 27 | 37 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 82 | 112 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 84 | 112 | 14 |
| 29 | 34 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 76 | 112 | 0 |
| 30 | 36 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 73 | 111 | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | 98 | Rich Bickle | Thorn Apple Valley Meats | Running | | 70 | 110 | 0 |
| 32 | 30 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Running | | 67 | 110 | 0 |
| 33 | 38 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Running | | 64 | 109 | 0 |
| 34 | 11 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 61 | 107 | 0 |
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips | Handling | | 58 | 103 | 0 |
| 36 | 32 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles | Running | | 55 | 103 | 0 |
| 37 | 18 | 96 | Robby Gordon | Caterpillar | Tire | | 57 | 102 | 1 |
| 38 | 41 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Rear Gear | | 49 | 92 | 0 |
| 39 | 23 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Handling | | 46 | 87 | 0 |
| 40 | 25 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Handling | | 43 | 84 | 0 |
| 41 | 10 | 19 | Tom Hubert | Bradford White Corporation | Handling | | 40 | 78 | 0 |
| 42 | 29 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Accident | | 37 | 46 | 0 |
| 43 | 2 | 13 | Jerry Nadeau (R) | FirstPlus Financial | Accident | | 34 | 13 | 0 |
