Darlington First Round Qualifying

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Racing Qualifying for the: TranSouth Financial 400 Track:Darlington Raceway March 19, 1998

Pos No Name               Make          Time         Speed
1  24  Jeff Gordon         Chv          00:28.398    173.167
2  26  Johnny Benson       Frd          00:28.501    172.541
3  6   Mark Martin         Frd          00:28.611    171.878
4  31  Mike Skinner        Chv          00:28.619    171.830
5  43  John Andretti       Pon          00:28.627    171.782
6  98  Rick Mast           Frd          00:28.630    171.764
7  16  Kevin Lepage        Frd          00:28.630    171.764
8  94  Bill Elliott        Frd          00:28.634    171.740
9  99  Jeff Burton         Frd          00:28.651    171.638
10 20  Tony Stewart        Pon          00:28.673    171.506
11 12  Jeremy Mayfield     Frd          00:28.686    171.429
12 42  Joe Nemechek        Chv          00:28.686    171.429
13 7   Michael Waltrip     Chv          00:28.693    171.387
14 28  Kenny Irwin         Frd          00:28.704    171.321
15 21  Elliott Sadler      Frd          00:28.711    171.279
16 60  Geoffrey Bodine     Chv          00:28.717    171.244
17 4   Bobby Hamilton      Chv          00:28.743    171.089
18 77  Robert Pressley     Frd          00:28.755    171.017
19 11  Brett Bodine        Frd          00:28.764    170.964
20 40  Sterling Marlin     Chv          00:28.772    170.916
21 88  Dale Jarrett        Frd          00:28.785    170.839
22 97  Chad Little         Frd          00:28.799    170.756
23 55  Kenny Wallace       Chv          00:28.808    170.703
24 23  Jimmy Spencer       Frd          00:28.814    170.667
25 33  Ken Schrader        Chv          00:28.822    170.620

Positions 1-25 will be guaranteed a starting position. The rest of the field will be determined following second-round qualifying.

26 2   Rusty Wallace       Frd          00:28.824    170.608
27 5   Terry Labonte       Chv          00:28.831    170.566
28 22  Ward Burton         Pon          00:28.836    170.537
29 1   Steve Park          Chv          00:28.852    170.442
30 3   Dale Earnhardt      Chv          00:28.872    170.324
31 91  Dick Trickle        Chv          00:28.873    170.318
32 00  Buckshot Jones      Pon          00:28.931    169.977
33 9   Jerry Nadeau        Frd          00:28.937    169.942
34 18  Matt Kenseth        Pon          00:28.959    169.812
35 41  David Green         Chv          00:28.959    169.812
36 44  Kyle Petty          Pon          00:28.959    169.812
37 36  Ernie Irvan         Pon          00:28.979    169.695
38 71  Dave Marcis         Chv          00:28.986    169.654
39 30  Derrike Cope        Pon          00:29.015    169.485
40 10  Ricky Rudd          Frd          00:29.017    169.473
41 25  Wally Dallenbach    Chv          00:29.020    169.456
42 58  Ricky Craven        Frd          00:29.022    169.444
43 75  Ted Musgrave        Frd          00:29.036    169.362
44 66  Darrell Waltrip     Frd          00:29.112    168.920
45 45  Rich Bickle         Pon          00:29.384    167.356
46 90  Ed Berrier          Frd          00:29.622    166.012

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