| 1998 NAPA 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 33 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,902,885 | Race Date: | Nov 8, 1998 | EchoPark Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .739 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 57Min 42Sec. | Hampton, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 Among / 8 Drivers | Average Speed: | 114.915 MPH | 1.54 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 68 Laps | echoparkspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Kenny Irwin, Jr. K. Irwin, Jr. | Chevrolet: | 46 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Yates Racing | Pontiac: | 8 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | Richard Labbe | |||||
| Laps Led: | 113 of 221 | Pole Speed: | 193.461 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 NAPA 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 21 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 185 | 221 | 113 |
| 2 | 3 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running |  | 175 | 221 | 62 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 165 | 221 | 0 |
| 4 | 35 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 160 | 221 | 0 |
| 5 | 20 | 91 | Todd Bodine | Little Joe's Auto | Running | | 155 | 221 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 150 | 221 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 146 | 221 | 0 |
| 8 | 38 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 142 | 221 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 143 | 221 | 18 |
| 10 | 10 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips | Running | | 143 | 221 | 0 |
| 11 | 22 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 130 | 221 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Running | | 127 | 221 | 0 |
| 13 | 37 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 124 | 221 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running |  | 126 | 221 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 118 | 221 | 0 |
| 16 | 1 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 120 | 221 | 1 |
| 17 | 17 | 1 | Steve Park (R) | Pennzoil | Running | | 112 | 221 | 0 |
| 18 | 31 | 16 | Kevin Lepage (R) | PRIMESTAR | Running | | 109 | 221 | 0 |
| 19 | 25 | 13 | Ted Musgrave | FirstPlus Financial | Running | | 106 | 221 | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 103 | 221 | 0 |
| 21 | 23 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 100 | 221 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 97 | 221 | 0 |
| 23 | 40 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running | | 94 | 221 | 0 |
| 24 | 34 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 91 | 221 | 0 |
| 25 | 39 | 36 | Ricky Craven | Skittles | Running | | 88 | 221 | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 85 | 221 | 0 |
| 27 | 30 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree Camouflage | Running | | 87 | 221 | 10 |
| 28 | 33 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 79 | 221 | 0 |
| 29 | 41 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running | | 76 | 221 | 0 |
| 30 | 6 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Running | | 73 | 221 | 0 |
| 31 | 15 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Running | | 75 | 221 | 12 |
| 32 | 36 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Running | | 72 | 221 | 3 |
| 33 | 26 | 78 | Gary Bradberry | Pilot Travel Centers | Running | | 64 | 219 | 0 |
| 34 | 42 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 61 | 218 | 0 |
| 35 | 29 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 58 | 218 | 0 |
| 36 | 12 | 46 | Jeff Green | First Union | Running | | 55 | 217 | 0 |
| 37 | 19 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau (R) | Cartoon Network | Running | | 52 | 217 | 0 |
| 38 | 43 | 35 | Darrell Waltrip | Tabasco | Running | | 49 | 213 | 0 |
| 39 | 32 | 8 | Morgan Shepherd | Nokia / Kendall | Accident | | 46 | 197 | 0 |
| 40 | 11 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Engine | | 43 | 179 | 0 |
| 41 | 16 | 41 | David Green | McDonald's | Engine | | 40 | 155 | 0 |
| 42 | 24 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Engine | | 37 | 139 | 0 |
| 43 | 7 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Engine | | 34 | 134 | 0 |
