| 1998 Pepsi Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 24 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,626,666 | Race Date: | Sep 6, 1998 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 3.631 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 36Min 21Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 Among / 6 Drivers | Average Speed: | 139.031 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 16 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Dale Jarrett D. Jarrett | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #88 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Yates Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | Todd Parrott | |||||
| Laps Led: | 64 of 367 | Pole Speed: | 168.879 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 Pepsi Southern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 180 | 367 | 64 |
| 2 | 12 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running |  | 180 | 367 | 273 |
| 3 | 1 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running | | 170 | 367 | 15 |
| 4 | 18 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 160 | 367 | 0 |
| 5 | 27 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 155 | 366 | 0 |
| 6 | 26 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles | Running |  | 150 | 365 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 151 | 365 | 11 |
| 8 | 8 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 142 | 365 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Stanley Tools | Running | | 138 | 364 | 0 |
| 10 | 39 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 134 | 364 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 135 | 364 | 1 |
| 12 | 2 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 127 | 364 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 124 | 363 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running | | 121 | 362 | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 118 | 362 | 0 |
| 16 | 41 | 46 | Jeff Green | First Union | Running | | 115 | 362 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 112 | 362 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 109 | 362 | 0 |
| 19 | 40 | 98 | Rich Bickle | Thorn Apple Valley Meats | Running | | 106 | 362 | 0 |
| 20 | 38 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Running | | 103 | 362 | 0 |
| 21 | 11 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running | | 100 | 362 | 0 |
| 22 | 14 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 97 | 362 | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 94 | 362 | 0 |
| 24 | 31 | 1 | Steve Park (R) | Pennzoil | Running | | 91 | 361 | 0 |
| 25 | 35 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 88 | 361 | 0 |
| 26 | 13 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 85 | 361 | 0 |
| 27 | 22 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Running | | 82 | 361 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running | | 79 | 361 | 0 |
| 29 | 42 | 13 | Dennis Setzer (R) | FirstPlus Financial | Running | | 76 | 360 | 0 |
| 30 | 21 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 73 | 360 | 0 |
| 31 | 34 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 70 | 360 | 0 |
| 32 | 9 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau (R) | Cartoon Network | Running | | 67 | 360 | 0 |
| 33 | 19 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Running | | 64 | 359 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 61 | 359 | 0 |
| 35 | 30 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Running | | 58 | 359 | 0 |
| 36 | 25 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Running | | 55 | 358 | 0 |
| 37 | 33 | 78 | Gary Bradberry | Pilot Travel Centers | Running | | 52 | 358 | 0 |
| 38 | 43 | 35 | Darrell Waltrip | Tabasco | Oil Pump | | 49 | 346 | 0 |
| 39 | 16 | 16 | Kevin Lepage (R) | PRIMESTAR | | 46 | 326 | 0 | |
| 40 | 10 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Engine | | 48 | 318 | 3 |
| 41 | 37 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Oil Pump | | 40 | 298 | 0 |
| 42 | 36 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Engine | | 37 | 269 | 0 |
| 43 | 32 | 15 | Ted Musgrave | Rescue Engine Formula | Engine | | 34 | 83 | 0 |
