1998 GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400

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1998 GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400
Race details
Race 2 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1998 GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
DateFebruary 22, 1998
Official name 33rd Annual GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400
Location Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.017 mi (1.637 km)
Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Scheduled Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Average speed 117.065 miles per hour (188.398 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Butch Mock Motorsports
Time 23.415
Most laps led
Driver Mark Martin Roush Racing
Laps 104
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1998 GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400 was the second stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 22, 1998, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 393 laps to complete. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to claw his way after an initial bad start to the race within the closing laps to take his 30th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first of the season. [1] [2] To fill out the podium, Penske-Kranefuss Racing driver Rusty Wallace and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Rockingham Speedway.svg
The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School. [3]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Steve Park (R) 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
05 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac Good Stuff America
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford Philips
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
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Speedblock
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 Mike Skinner 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
43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels
46 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet First Union
50 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Team Realtree Camouflage
75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms
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
88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service, Ford Credit
90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
91 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet LJ Racing
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 Friday, February 20. Dale Jarrett, driving for Robert Yates Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.654 and an average speed of 154.781 mph (249.096 km/h). [4]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
188 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 23.654154.781
243 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 23.772154.013
322 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 23.791153.890
Full first practice results

Final practice

The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, February 21. Johnny Benson Jr., driving for Roush Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 24.346 and an average speed of 150.382 mph (242.016 km/h). [5]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
126 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 24.346150.382
216 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 24.367150.252
322 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 24.380150.172
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, February 20, at 2:30 PM EST. 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, February 21. 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]

Rick Mast, driving for Butch Mock Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 23.415 and an average speed of 156.361 miles per hour (251.639 km/h). [8]

Six drivers would fail to qualify: Kevin Lepage, Todd Bodine, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Morgan Shepherd, Dave Marcis, and Gary Bradberry.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
175 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 23.415156.361
281 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 23.540155.531
396 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 23.546155.491
424 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.549155.472
512 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 23.561155.392
66 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 23.567155.353
72 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 23.587155.221
826 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 23.612155.057
943 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 23.630154.939
108 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 23.648154.821
1116 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 23.654154.781
1299 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 23.655154.775
1321 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 23.658154.755
1422 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 23.661154.736
1590 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 23.668154.690
1694 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 23.672154.664
1742 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 23.678154.625
1831 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.687154.566
191 Steve Park (R) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 23.700154.481
207 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 23.714154.390
215 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.744154.195
2250 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.771154.020
2341 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.780153.961
2411 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 23.783153.942
2544 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 23.786153.922
2677 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 23.791153.890
2740 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 23.797153.851
2823 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 23.807153.787
2928 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 23.809153.774
3010 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 23.810153.767
3133 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 23.818153.716
3288 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 23.829153.645
334 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 23.830153.638
3413 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 23.830153.638
3530 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 23.831153.632
3629 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 23.835153.606
Provisionals
373 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet -*-*
3818 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac -*-*
3998 Greg Sacks Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford -*-*
4036 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac -*-*
419 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford -*-*
4297 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford -*-*
Champion's Provisional
4317 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
Failed to qualify
4491 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet 23.846153.535
4535 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 23.867153.400
4646 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 23.949152.875
4705 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac 24.043152.277
4871 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 24.045152.265
4978 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 24.917146.936
Official qualifying results

Race results

Fin [9] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1424 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39373running180$90,090
272 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 39374running175$49,240
366 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 393104running175$51,940
42823 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 3930running160$45,120
5207 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 39311running160$39,225
61694 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 3933running155$35,225
73288 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 3937running151$42,500
8215 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3930running142$36,625
9334 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 3931running143$31,825
102250 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3936running139$36,025
111422 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 3930running130$30,750
12175 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 39358running132$33,700
13943 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 3930running124$32,600
14512 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 39217running126$28,400
153530 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 3920running118$29,500
162411 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 3920running115$28,750
17373 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3921running117$32,100
181299 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 3920running109$33,500
194036 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 3910running106$26,950
202341 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3910running103$28,850
214297 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 3910running100$19,500
223629 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 3910running97$19,100
233133 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 3910running94$25,850
242544 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 3910running91$25,650
252740 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 3910running88$18,450
262928 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 3900running85$31,340
27419 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 3900running82$19,340
283413 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 3900running79$15,190
29108 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 3890running76$17,515
30826 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 38838valve78$14,965
31191 Steve Park (R) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 3740crash70$14,765
321831 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3660crash67$14,715
333818 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 3640crash64$29,565
341321 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 3630crash61$21,515
351116 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 3630running58$21,415
363998 Greg Sacks Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 3620running55$21,390
371590 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 3160radiator52$21,365
38281 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 2720crash49$14,590
391742 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 2690crash46$21,315
402677 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 1300brakes43$14,290
414317 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1230crash40$21,265
42396 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 1060crash37$14,340
433010 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 900engine34$30,615
Failed to qualify
4491 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet
4535 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac
4646 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet
4705 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac
4871 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet
4978 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford
Official race results

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