1998 Primestar 500

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1998 Primestar 500
Race details
Race 4 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1998 Primestar 500 program cover, featuring Ted Musgrave. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
DateMarch 9, 1998
Official name 39th Annual Primestar 500
Location Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km)
Scheduled Distance 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km)
Average speed 139.501 miles per hour (224.505 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Petty Enterprises
Time 28.732
Most laps led
Driver Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing
Laps 113
Winner
No. 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

The 1998 Primestar 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 39th iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 8, 1998, but was postponed to Monday, March 9 due to rain. [1] The race was held in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 325 laps to complete. In the late stages of the race, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte would manage to pass for the lead with 47 to go and take his sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. [2] [3] To fill out the podium, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett and Penske-Kranefuss Racing driver Jeremy Mayfield would finish second and third, respectively.

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Background

The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race was held. Atlanta Motor Speedway.svg
The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race was held.

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

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 Green Sauce
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 First Union
94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford McDonald's
95 Andy Hillenburg Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Sadler Brothers Racing
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

*Was replaced by Phil Parsons after injuring himself in first practice. [4]

Practice

Originally, two practice sessions were scheduled to be held, with one on Friday, March 6, and one on Saturday, March 7, However, due to rain on Saturday, the Saturday practice session was cancelled. [5]

The only practice session was held on Friday, March 6. Robert Pressley, driving for Jasper Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.359 and an average speed of 188.834 mph (303.899 km/h). [6]

During the session, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. rookie driver Steve Park would blow a tire heading into turn 4, causing him to slam the outside wall. The car, which had lost brakes by this point, would then proceed to ricochet again into front stretch outside wall two times. After proceeding the second front stretch hit, the car would proceed to head onto pit road, where Park slammed the pit road wall, with the car eventually stopping. Park would suffer fractures of the right thighbone, the left shoulder blade and collarbone and two broken front teeth. In replacement, Phil Parsons would attempt to qualify the car. [4] Park was out for five months before eventually returning in the 1998 Brickyard 400. [7]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
177 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 28.882191.953
26 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 28.913191.748
342 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 28.914191.741
Full practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was originally meant to be split into two rounds, with the first round ran on Friday, March 6, and the second round on Saturday, March 7. However, due to rain, second-round qualifying was instead condensed into one round ran on Friday. [5]

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 6, at 12:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set at time. [8] On January 24, 1998, NASCAR would announce that the amount of provisionals given would be increased from last season. 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. [9]

John Andretti, driving for Petty Enterprises, would win the pole, setting a time of 28.732 and an average speed of 192.956 miles per hour (310.533 km/h). [10]

Seven drivers would fail to qualify: Chad Little, Sterling Marlin, Morgan Shepherd, Andy Hillenburg, Dave Marcis, Phil Parsons, and Jeff Green.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
143 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 28.732192.956
235 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 28.749192.841
390 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 28.766192.728
488 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 28.835192.266
528 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 28.842192.220
66 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 28.844192.206
777 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 28.874192.007
85 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.890191.900
924 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.903191.814
1099 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 28.912191.754
1123 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 28.918191.715
1246 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 28.929191.642
139 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 28.949191.509
1418 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 28.954191.476
1526 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 28.980191.304
1631 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.987191.258
1722 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 28.990191.238
187 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 29.011191.100
1930 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 29.067190.732
2078 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 29.079190.653
2142 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 29.080190.646
222 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 29.083190.627
2310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 29.090190.581
2481 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 29.121190.378
2575 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 29.132190.306
2612 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 29.146190.215
2711 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 29.203189.844
288 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 29.226189.694
2998 Greg Sacks Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 29.227189.688
303 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.243189.584
3194 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 29.252189.526
3221 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.254189.513
3396 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 29.258189.487
3491 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet 29.272189.396
3513 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 29.273189.390
3650 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.327189.041
Provisionals
3733 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 29.344188.931
3816 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 29.571187.481
3944 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 29.576187.449
4041 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.470188.124
414 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 30.155183.850
4236 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 29.367188.783
Champion's Provisional
4317 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 29.690186.727
Failed to qualify
4497 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 29.347188.912
4540 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 29.371188.758
4605 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac 29.403188.552
4795 Andy Hillenburg Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 29.593187.342
4871 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 29.812185.965
491 Phil Parsons Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 30.080184.309
5029 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 33.990163.107
Official qualifying results

Race results

Fin [11] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
11418 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 32547running180$106,800
2488 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 32529running175$72,600
32612 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 32511running170$54,400
4222 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 3250running160$50,250
5528 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 325113running165$58,150
6390 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 3252running155$45,750
72481 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 32517running151$34,100
81099 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 3250running142$44,025
91526 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 3241running143$26,475
10235 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 32446running139$33,575
113194 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 3240running130$40,545
1285 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 32416running132$46,925
13303 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3242running129$39,055
143491 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet 3230running121$24,685
154236 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 3230running118$37,655
164041 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3230running115$35,495
173733 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 3230running112$35,135
183221 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 3230running109$33,665
19924 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3230running106$44,865
20143 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 32333running108$42,835
21414 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 3230running100$34,325
22187 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 3232running102$29,465
232310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 3220running94$38,555
241722 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 3220running91$32,720
2566 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 3212running93$39,115
262711 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 3210running85$32,760
27777 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 3210running82$21,750
28139 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 3210running79$25,675
293816 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 3200running76$32,135
303396 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 3190running73$24,675
312998 Greg Sacks Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 3190running70$31,515
323513 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 3180running67$21,255
332575 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 3140running64$24,260
343650 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3080running61$31,125
352142 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 3050running58$31,090
363944 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 2670engine55$30,565
37288 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 2550running52$21,050
381930 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 2034crash54$28,400
391246 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 1770engine46$20,995
404317 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 1360handling43$27,985
411123 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 830engine40$27,975
421631 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 170crash37$20,965
432078 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 120ignition34$20,955
Failed to qualify
4497 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford
4540 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet
4605 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Pontiac
4795 Andy Hillenburg Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet
4871 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet
491 Phil Parsons Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet
5029 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet
Official race results

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The 1996 NAPA 500 was the 31st and final stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 10, 1996, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.522 miles (2.449 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. At race's end, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte would manage to dominate for a majority of the race to take his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would finish second and third, respectively.

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