| 1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race 19 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $810,850 | Race Date: | Jul 19, 1998 | Auto Club Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 6.760 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 1Min 9Sec. | Fontana, California | |
| Lead Changes: | 7 Among / 5 Drivers | Average Speed: | 148.576 MPH | 2 Mile Paved D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 17 Laps | autoclubspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. D. Earnhardt, Jr. | Driver: | Robert Pressley R. Pressley | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #59 Chevrolet | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Dale Earnhardt Inc. | Team: | Alliance Motorsports | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Tony Eury, Sr. | Crew Chief: | Steve Plattenberger | |||||
| Laps Led: | 141 of 150 | Pole Speed: | 174.073 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | AC Delco | Running |  | 185 | 150 | 141 |
| 2 | 10 | 40 | Kevin Lepage | Channellock | Running | | 175 | 150 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Lycos.com | Running | | 170 | 150 | 2 |
| 4 | 9 | 10 | Phil Parsons | Dura Lube | Running | | 160 | 150 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | 36 | David Green | Stanley Tools | Running |  | 155 | 150 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 4 | Jeff Purvis | Lance Snacks | Running | | 155 | 150 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | 66 | Elliott Sadler | Phillips 66 | Running | | 146 | 150 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | 80 | Mark Krogh | Clearwater Forest Industries | Running | | 142 | 150 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | 6 | Joe Bessey | Power Team | Running | | 139 | 149 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 72 | Mike Dillon | Detroit Gasket | Running | | 134 | 149 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | 00 | Buckshot Jones | Bayer / Alka-Seltzer | Running | | 130 | 149 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 38 | Elton Sawyer | Barbasol | Running |  | 127 | 149 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 83 | Wayne Grubb (R) | Link-Belt Construction | Running | | 124 | 149 | 0 |
| 14 | 1 | 59 | Robert Pressley | Kingsford / Matchlight | Running | | 121 | 149 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Clean Shower | Running | | 118 | 149 | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | 74 | Randy LaJoie | Fina | Running | | 115 | 149 | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | 33 | Tim Fedewa | Kleenex | Running | | 112 | 149 | 0 |
| 18 | 28 | 99 | Glenn Allen, Jr. | Luxaire Heating & Air Conditioning | Running | | 109 | 149 | 0 |
| 19 | 33 | 37 | Mark Green | Timber Wolf | Running | | 106 | 149 | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 29 | Hermie Sadler | DeWalt Industrial Tools | Running | | 108 | 149 | 1 |
| 21 | 39 | 50 | Mike Wallace | Dr. Pepper | Running | | 100 | 149 | 0 |
| 22 | 42 | 97 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | Armor All / NAPA | Running | | 97 | 149 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Band-Aid | Running | | 94 | 148 | 0 |
| 24 | 30 | 34 | Mike McLaughlin | Goulds Pumps | Running | | 91 | 148 | 0 |
| 25 | 27 | 23 | Lance Hooper (R) | WCW | Running | | 88 | 148 | 0 |
| 26 | 12 | 88 | Mike Bliss | Lone Star Motorsports | Running | | 85 | 148 | 0 |
| 27 | 35 | 57 | Jason Keller | Progressive Motorsports | Running | | 82 | 148 | 0 |
| 28 | 40 | 2 | Ron Barfield, Jr. | New Holland | Running | | 79 | 148 | 0 |
| 29 | 18 | 85 | Shane Hall | Big A Auto Parts | Running | | 76 | 148 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | 56 | Jeff Krogh | Clearwater Forest Industries | Running | | 73 | 148 | 0 |
| 31 | 22 | 63 | Tracy Leslie | Lysol | Running | | 70 | 147 | 0 |
| 32 | 25 | 14 | Patty Moise | Rhodes Furniture | Running | | 67 | 147 | 0 |
| 33 | 21 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Slim Jim | Running | | 64 | 147 | 0 |
| 34 | 38 | 47 | Andy Santerre (R) | Monro Muffler | Running | | 61 | 147 | 0 |
| 35 | 36 | 20 | Blaise Alexander (R) | Rescue 3 Formula | Running | | 58 | 147 | 0 |
| 36 | 37 | 44 | J.D. Gibbs | Carolina Turkey | Running | | 55 | 146 | 0 |
| 37 | 8 | 32 | Dale Jarrett | Gillette Mach 3 | Engine | | 52 | 79 | 0 |
| 38 | 34 | 43 | Brad Noffsinger | Curb Records | Engine | | 49 | 71 | 0 |
| 39 | 20 | 64 | Dick Trickle | Schneider National | Engine | | 46 | 36 | 0 |
| 40 | 32 | 89 | Jeff Fuller | Fiberall / Allerest | Engine | | 43 | 20 | 0 |
| 41 | 31 | 77 | Ed Berrier | Lear Corporation / UAW | Wheel Bearing | | 40 | 15 | 0 |
| 42 | 43 | 0 | Johnny Chapman | Dura Lube | Handling | | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | 41 | 27 | Scot Walters | Brewco Motorsports / Timber Wolf | Handling | | 34 | 2 | 0 |
