| 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 25 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,512,065 | Race Date: | Sep 12, 1998 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .051 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 15Min 41Sec. | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 24 Among / 11 Drivers | Average Speed: | 91.985 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 8 For 66 Laps | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Burton J. Burton | Driver: | Rusty Wallace R. Wallace | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #99 Ford | Car No.: | #2 Ford | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Roush Racing | Team: | Team Penske | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Frank Stoddard Jr | Crew Chief: | Robin Pemberton | |||||
| Laps Led: | 203 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 125.377 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 203 |
| 2 | 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 30 |
| 3 | 12 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 170 | 400 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 165 | 400 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running |  | 155 | 400 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 155 | 400 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 151 | 400 | 103 |
| 8 | 26 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 142 | 400 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 143 | 400 | 32 |
| 10 | 36 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 139 | 400 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 130 | 399 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 127 | 399 | 0 |
| 13 | 42 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips | Running | | 129 | 399 | 6 |
| 14 | 30 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles | Running | | 121 | 399 | 0 |
| 15 | 4 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 118 | 399 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running | | 115 | 398 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Running | | 112 | 398 | 0 |
| 18 | 43 | 35 | Darrell Waltrip | Tabasco | Running | | 109 | 398 | 0 |
| 19 | 33 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Running | | 106 | 398 | 0 |
| 20 | 28 | 46 | Jeff Green | First Union | Running | | 103 | 398 | 0 |
| 21 | 35 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 100 | 398 | 0 |
| 22 | 37 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 97 | 398 | 0 |
| 23 | 19 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau (R) | Cartoon Network | Running | | 94 | 398 | 0 |
| 24 | 8 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Running | | 91 | 398 | 0 |
| 25 | 17 | 96 | Ted Musgrave | Caterpillar | Running | | 88 | 397 | 0 |
| 26 | 31 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 85 | 397 | 0 |
| 27 | 40 | 1 | Steve Park (R) | Pennzoil | Running | | 82 | 397 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 79 | 397 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 13 | Dennis Setzer (R) | FirstPlus Financial | Running | | 76 | 397 | 0 |
| 30 | 14 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 73 | 397 | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Running | | 70 | 394 | 0 |
| 32 | 18 | 91 | Todd Bodine | Little Joe's Auto | Running | | 72 | 392 | 2 |
| 33 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree Camouflage | Running | | 64 | 392 | 0 |
| 34 | 25 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 61 | 383 | 0 |
| 35 | 10 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Accident | | 58 | 363 | 0 |
| 36 | 38 | 16 | Kevin Lepage (R) | PRIMESTAR | Handling | | 55 | 333 | 0 |
| 37 | 39 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Running | | 52 | 293 | 0 |
| 38 | 34 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 49 | 260 | 0 |
| 39 | 11 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Accident | | 46 | 213 | 0 |
| 40 | 21 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Engine | | 43 | 194 | 0 |
| 41 | 32 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Engine | | 45 | 190 | 11 |
| 42 | 41 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Accident | | 37 | 141 | 0 |
| 43 | 20 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Accident | | 34 | 33 | 0 |
