1998 DieHard 500

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1998 DieHard 500
Race details
Race 9 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1998 DieHard 500.jpg
The 1998 DieHard 500 program cover, featuring Mark Martin.
DateApril 26, 1998
Official name 29th Annual DieHard 500
Location Lincoln, Alabama, Talladega Superspeedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Scheduled Distance 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Average speed 142.428 miles per hour (229.216 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 48.925
Most laps led
Driver Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 88
Winner
No. 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1998 DieHard 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 26, 1998, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte would make a pass on Terry Labonte with two to go and fend off the field to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the podium, Travis Carter Enterprises driver Jimmy Spencer and Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Talladega Superspeedway, the venue where the race was held. Talladega Superspeedway.svg
The layout of Talladega Superspeedway, the venue where the race was held.

Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4 km) tri-oval.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Pennzoil
2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford Philips
07 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet Midwest Transit
8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet Circuit City
9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Cartoon Network, The Huckleberry Hound Show
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide
11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Paychex
12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 1
13 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford FirstPlus Financial Group
16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar
18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries
21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA
23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Winston No Bull
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford Cheerios, Pop Secret
28 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Team Monte Carlo, Tasmanian Devil
30 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac Gumout
31 Morgan Shepherd Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe's
33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Skoal
35 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac Tabasco
36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Skittles
40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light
41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth, The Real Yellow Pages
43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels
46 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet First Union
47 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford Philips
50 Randy LaJoie Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser
60 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford Peterbilt
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Team Realtree Camouflage
75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms Camo
77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford Pilot Travel Centers
81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D
85 Bob Strait Mansion Motorsports Chevrolet Mansion Motorsports
88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service, Ford Credit
89 Dennis Setzer Elliott-Marino Racing Ford Get McRib!
90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
91 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet Dare County Tourism, Barrier Island Station
94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford McDonald's
96 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar
97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere
98 Greg Sacks Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Thorn Apple Valley
99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide Batteries

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on the afternoon of Friday, April 24. Bobby Labonte, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.136 and an average speed of 194.888 miles per hour (313.642 km/h). [3]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
118 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 49.136194.888
25 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.189194.678
33 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.308194.208
Full first practice results

Second practice

The second practice session was held on the morning of Saturday, April 25. Derrike Cope, driving for Bahari Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.156 and an average speed of 194.808 miles per hour (313.513 km/h). [4]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
130 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 49.156194.808
244 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 49.243194.464
313 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 49.246194.452
Full second practice results

Final practice

The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on the afternoon of Saturday, April 25. Kenny Irwin Jr., driving for Robert Yates Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.048 and an average speed of 195.237 miles per hour (314.203 km/h). [5]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
128 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.048195.237
224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.089195.074
35 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.112194.983
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 24, at 3:00 PM CST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, April 24, at 5:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. [6] On January 24, 1998, NASCAR would announce that the amount of provisionals given would be increased from last season. Positions 26-36 would be decided on time, while positions 37-43 would be based on provisionals. Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional. [7]

Bobby Labonte, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 48.925 and an average speed of 195.728 miles per hour (314.994 km/h). [8]

Nine drivers would fail to qualify: Todd Bodine, Jeff Green, Hut Stricklin, Matt Kenseth, Rich Bickle, Dan Pardus, Gary Bradberry, Geoff Bodine, and Bob Strait.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
118 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 48.925195.728
23 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.059195.194
35 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.246194.452
433 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 49.259194.401
531 Morgan Shepherd Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.330194.121
624 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.404193.830
730 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 49.430193.729
89 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 49.457193.623
988 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.492193.486
1050 Randy LaJoie Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.590193.103
1142 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 49.614193.010
1213 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 49.622192.979
1310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 49.641192.905
1440 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 49.688192.723
1543 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 49.767192.417
1690 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 49.773192.393
1794 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 49.781192.363
1899 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 49.815192.231
1936 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 49.819192.216
2022 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 49.929191.792
2146 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 49.946191.727
2223 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 49.951191.708
232 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 49.960191.673
241 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 49.978191.604
2528 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.985191.577
2689 Dennis Setzer Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 49.789192.332
2796 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 49.811192.247
2871 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 49.915191.846
2991 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet 49.942191.742
304 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 49.990191.558
3147 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford 50.025191.424
3244 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 50.032191.398
3321 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.051191.325
3497 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 50.079191.218
3581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 50.091191.172
3675 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 50.098191.145
Provisionals
3712 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford -*-*
386 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford -*-*
3926 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford -*-*
4016 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford -*-*
4111 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford -*-*
4241 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
4377 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford -*-*
Failed to qualify
4435 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 50.222190.673
4529 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 50.237190.616
468 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 50.260190.529
4760 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 50.278190.461
4898 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 50.340190.226
4907 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 50.352190.181
5078 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 50.549189.440
517 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 50.655189.044
5285 Bob Strait Mansion Motorsports Chevrolet --
Official qualifying results

Race results

Fin [9] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1118 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 18860running180$141,870
22223 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 1880running170$97,920
3988 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 1888running170$82,370
435 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18888running170$85,520
5624 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1883running160$74,490
61936 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 1880running150$52,080
73581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 1880running146$45,830
82022 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 1880running142$46,630
91440 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 18813running143$37,230
101050 Randy LaJoie Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1880running134$48,580
114111 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 1881running135$44,675
12232 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 1880running127$44,295
133712 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 1880running124$39,615
142991 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet 1870running121$30,785
15241 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 1870running118$28,555
164241 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1870running115$39,065
172796 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 1870running112$30,400
183675 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 1860running109$29,710
192689 Dennis Setzer Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 1860running106$26,620
201690 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 1850running103$37,810
213321 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1843running105$36,570
22730 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 1820running97$35,300
23386 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1800running94$41,990
241310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 1790running91$40,985
2589 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 1780running88$34,580
262146 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 1760running85$27,300
272871 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1760running82$24,045
283147 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford 1720running79$23,890
29433 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 1570crash76$33,835
30304 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1530handling73$38,580
314377 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 1520running70$33,725
321142 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 1500crash67$32,770
331543 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1500crash64$38,140
343497 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 1450crash61$23,210
35531 Morgan Shepherd Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1450crash58$22,955
3623 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14410crash60$38,250
371213 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 1440crash52$22,586
383244 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1420crash49$29,350
391794 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 1412crash51$31,850
402528 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 1280engine43$37,250
413926 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 1270engine40$29,050
424016 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 1100engine37$28,950
431899 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 510engine34$38,450
Failed to qualify
4435 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac
4529 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet
468 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet
4760 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford
4898 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford
4907 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet
5078 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford
517 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford
5285 Bob Strait Mansion Motorsports Chevrolet
Official race results

Media

Television

The race was moved from ESPN as it would air the fall race at Talladega. It aired live on ABC in the United States. Bob Jenkins and 1973 Cup Series champion Benny Parsons called the race from the broadcast booth. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber and Jack Arute handled pit road for the television side.

ABC
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lapColor-commentators
Bob Jenkins Benny Parsons Jerry Punch
Bill Weber
Jack Arute

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The 1998 TranSouth Financial 400 was the fifth stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 22, 1998, in Darlington, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent egg-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 293 laps to complete. In the late stages of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would manage to defend Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon to take his 16th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top 3, Gordon and Penske-Kranefuss Racing driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2003 Virginia 500</span> Ninth race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 2003 Virginia 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 54th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 13, 2003, before an audience of 86,000 in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to pass Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte to capture his 62nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Labonte and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1997 DieHard 500</span> 29th race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1997 DieHard 500 was the 29th stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 38th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 12, 1997, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final three laps of the race, with help from brother Bobby Labonte, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would make a late-race charge through the field to take his 19th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte and Cale Yarborough Motorsports driver John Andretti would finish second and third, respectively.

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