Daytona Race Results

SOURCE: Daytona International Speedway

TRUE VALUE HARDWARE STORES presents the FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACE OF CHAMPIONS (IROC 22) Race 1/30 Laps (75 Miles)** "Friday, February 13, 1998" "Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida" 2.5-Mile Superspeedway FINISH START DRIVER/COLOR/NUMBER LAPS POINTS STATUS

1 6 Jeff Gordon/Silver/6 30 21 Running 2 4 Jeff Burton/Red/4 30 20 Running 3 9 Mark Martin/Light Blue/10 30 19 Running 4 5 Dale Earnhardt/White/5 30 12 Running 5 8 Arie Luyendyk/Yellow/9 30 10 Running 6 2 Dale Jarrett/Cream/2 30 9 Running 7 7 Terry Labonte/Green/7 30 8 Running 8 12* Al Unser, Jr./Violet/8 30 7 Running 9 1 Tony Stewart/Hugger Orange/1 30 6 Running 10 3 Jimmy Vasser/Medium Blue/3 30 5 Running 11 11 Randy LaJoie/Dark Blue/12 29 4 Running 12 10 Tom Kendall/Aqua/11 11 5 Accident AVERAGE SPEED:179.045 mph "TIME OF RACE: 25 min, 8 sec." MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.087 sec. LEAD CHANGES: 10 AMONG 7 DRIVERS TIMES LAPS BONUS DRIVER LED LED POINTS Mark Martin 1 17 5 Jeff Burton 3 4 3 Jeff Gordon 1 2 0 Tom Kendall 1 3 2 Dale Earnhardt 2 2 0 Dale Jarrett 1 1 0 Terry Labonte 1 1 0 * -- Did not practice: Moved to rear of field ** -- Rain shortened from scheduled 100 mile distance PRIZE MONEY: The total IROC purse of $760,000 will be paid upon conclusion of the series based on point standings. The series champion will earn $225,000. ABC TV: ABC Sports will televise the Daytona IROC race, Sunday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) "NEXT RACE: IROC 22 will continue May 2 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA"