1998 Winston 500

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1998 Winston 500
Race details
Race 29 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1998 Winston 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte.
DateOctober 11, 1998
Official name 30th Annual Winston 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 159.318 miles per hour (256.397 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Andy Petree Racing
Time 48.819
Most laps led
Driver Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing
Laps 74
Winner
No. 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1998 Winston 500 was the 29th stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, the last of five races of that year's Winston No Bull 5, and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 11, 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 last 13 laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would manage to defend the field to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his third and final victory of the season, and a US$1,000,000 (adjusted for inflation, US$1,869,334) bonus for claiming the Winston No Bull 5 bonus. [1] [2] To fill out the top three, Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte, both driving for Hendrick Motorsports, 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 the 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
00 Buckshot Jones Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet Aquafresh
1 Steve Park (R) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Pennzoil
2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite
3 Dale Earnhardt (W) 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 SynPower
7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford Philips
07 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet Midwest Transit
9 Jerry Nadeau (R) Melling Racing Ford Cartoon Network, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide
11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Paychex
12 Jeremy Mayfield (W) Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 1
13 Ted Musgrave Elliott-Marino Racing Ford FirstPlus Financial Group
16 Kevin Lepage (R) Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar
18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries, Small Soldiers
21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA
23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford Winston No Bull
24 Jeff Gordon (W) 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
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 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac Tabasco
36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Skittles Wild Berry
40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light Silver Bullet
41 Rick Wilson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth, Americast
43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP Purple
44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels
46 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet The Money Store
47 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford Standridge Motorsports
50 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser
54 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet Bobby Gerhart Racing
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 (W) Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service, Ford Credit
90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
91 Andy Hillenburg LJ Racing Chevrolet LJ Racing
94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford McDonald's
96 Steve Grissom American Equipment Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar
97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere
98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Thorn Apple Valley
99 Jeff Burton (W) Roush Racing Ford Exide Batteries

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, October 8, at 11:00 AM EST. The session would last for two hours and 30 minutes. [3] Bobby Labonte, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 48.920 and an average speed of 195.748 miles per hour (315.026 km/h). [4]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
118 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 48.920195.748
25 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.032195.301
312 Jeremy Mayfield (W) Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 49.157194.804
Full first practice results

Final practice

The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, October 9, after the preliminary 1998 Winn Dixie ARCA 300. The session would last for one hour. [3] Sterling Marlin, driving for Team SABCO, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 48.783 and an average speed of 196.298 miles per hour (315.911 km/h). [5]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
140 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 48.783196.298
29 Jerry Nadeau (R) Melling Racing Ford 48.942195.660
311 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 48.965195.568
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 8, at 3:30 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, October 9, at 10:45 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. [3] 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. [6]

Ken Schrader, driving for Andy Petree Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 48.819 and an average speed of 196.153 miles per hour (315.678 km/h). [7]

Six drivers would fail to qualify: Dan Pardus, Rick Mast, Rick Wilson, Rich Bickle, Bobby Gerhart, and Gary Bradberry.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
133 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 48.819196.153
218 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 48.861195.985
388 Dale Jarrett (W) Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.100195.031
45 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.175194.733
531 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.252194.429
624 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.322194.153
728 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 49.335194.102
86 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 49.346194.058
999 Jeff Burton (W) Roush Racing Ford 49.364193.988
1040 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 49.374193.948
1100 Buckshot Jones Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 49.398193.854
122 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 49.422193.760
1342 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 49.435193.709
143 Dale Earnhardt (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.441193.685
1597 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 49.490193.494
1611 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 49.498193.462
1710 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 49.517193.388
1896 Steve Grissom American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 49.543193.287
1994 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 49.653192.858
2036 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 49.678192.761
2177 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 49.678192.761
2243 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 49.684192.738
2391 Andy Hillenburg LJ Racing Chevrolet 49.702192.668
2412 Jeremy Mayfield (W) Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 49.724192.583
259 Jerry Nadeau (R) Melling Racing Ford 49.725192.579
2630 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 49.565193.201
2713 Ted Musgrave Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 49.665192.812
2847 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford 49.680192.754
2971 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 49.738192.529
3046 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet 49.740192.521
317 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 49.741192.517
3222 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 49.807192.262
3326 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 49.819192.216
3421 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 49.825192.193
351 Steve Park (R) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 49.852192.089
3623 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 49.872192.012
Provisionals
374 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
3816 Kevin Lepage (R) Roush Racing Ford -*-*
3950 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
4090 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford -*-*
4144 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac -*-*
4281 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford -*-*
Champion's Provisional
4335 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac -*-*
Failed to qualify
4407 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 49.907191.877
4575 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 50.180190.833
4641 Rick Wilson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.197190.768
4798 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 50.224190.666
4854 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 51.247186.860
4978 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 51.487185.989
Official qualifying results

Race results

Fin [8] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1388 Dale Jarrett (W) Robert Yates Racing Ford 18816running180$1,110,125
2624 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18849running175$86,245
345 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1888running170$68,860
43623 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 1889running165$69,850
52412 Jeremy Mayfield (W) Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 1881running160$51,000
6218 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 1889running155$62,500
7531 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 18874running156$48,350
81597 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 1880running142$36,300
93421 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1880running138$41,970
10999 Jeff Burton (W) Roush Racing Ford 1880running134$50,150
112630 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 1886running135$43,930
122971 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 1880running127$30,775
131611 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 1881running129$40,427
141040 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 1871running126$32,335
15374 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 1870running118$45,610
161100 Buckshot Jones Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 1870running115$28,775
172713 Ted Musgrave Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 1870running112$28,010
181710 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 1870running109$44,155
191994 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 1870running106$38,375
204144 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1870running103$38,985
212243 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 1870running100$42,155
222391 Andy Hillenburg LJ Racing Chevrolet 1860running97$31,825
234335 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 1850running94$26,845
24133 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 1850running91$43,165
25317 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 1840running88$36,885
262177 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 1830running85$29,910
27122 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 1820running82$41,290
282847 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford 1810running79$26,295
291342 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 1800running76$36,350
303222 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 1782running78$36,180
313326 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 1770running70$35,990
32143 Dale Earnhardt (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 17512rear end72$40,920
333046 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet 1700engine64$28,840
3486 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 1660running61$42,595
353816 Kevin Lepage (R) Roush Racing Ford 1600handling58$36,265
361896 Steve Grissom American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 1460handling55$25,720
372036 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 1340crash52$35,206
384090 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 1340crash49$32,550
393950 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1340crash46$32,550
404281 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 1070piston43$25,550
41351 Steve Park (R) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 1010valve spring40$25,550
42259 Jerry Nadeau (R) Melling Racing Ford 990engine37$25,550
43728 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 300valve spring34$40,550
Failed to qualify
4407 Dan Pardus Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet
4575 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford
4641 Rick Wilson Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4798 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford
4854 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet
4978 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford
Official race results

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The 1996 Winston Select 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 27th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 28, 1996, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. At race's end, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Sterling Marlin would manage to hold off the field in the final 20 laps to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.

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The 1995 Winston Select 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 26th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 30, 1995, 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 laps of the race, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to complete a pass for the lead with two to go and defend the field to take his 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Wood Brothers Racing driver Morgan Shepherd would finish second and third, respectively.

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