Fontana First Round Qualifying

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Qualifying Results California 500 California Speedway Race No. 10 /May 1, 1998 Pos No Name Make Time Speed 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chv 00:39.610 181.772 2 12 Jeremy Mayfield Frd 00:39.854 180.659 3 6 Mark Martin Frd 00:39.945 180.248 4 2 Rusty Wallace Frd 00:39.949 180.230 5 26 Johnny Benson Frd 00:40.039 179.825 6 42 Joe Nemechek Chv 00:40.070 179.686 7 18 Bobby Labonte Pon 00:40.094 179.578 8 22 Ward Burton Pon 00:40.126 179.435 9 5 Terry Labonte Chv 00:40.131 179.412 10 46 Morgan Shepherd Chv 00:40.138 179.381 11 1 Darrell Waltrip Chv 00:40.157 179.296 12 94 Bill Elliott Frd 00:40.166 179.256 13 91 Kevin Lepage Chv 00:40.224 178.998 14 40 Sterling Marlin Chv 00:40.252 178.873 15 33 Ken Schrader Chv 00:40.289 178.709 16 9 Lake Speed Frd 00:40.291 178.700 17 44 Kyle Petty Pon 00:40.298 178.669 18 28 Kenny Irwin Frd 00:40.326 178.545 19 96 David Green Chv 00:40.334 178.509 20 77 Robert Pressley Frd 00:40.349 178.443 21 99 Jeff Burton Frd 00:40.356 178.412 22 36 Ernie Irvan Pon 00:40.357 178.408 23 10 Ricky Rudd Frd 00:40.386 178.280 24 16 Ted Musgrave Frd 00:40.401 178.213 25 43 John Andretti Pon 00:40.401 178.213

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

26 8   Hut Stricklin       Chv          00:40.415    178.152
27 71  Dave Marcis         Chv          00:40.439    178.046
28 97  Chad Little         Frd          00:40.475    177.888
29 3   Dale Earnhardt      Chv          00:40.480    177.866
30 81  Kenny Wallace       Frd          00:40.507    177.747
31 90  Dick Trickle        Frd          00:40.517    177.703
32 7   Geoff Bodine        Frd          00:40.546    177.576
33 13  Jerry Nadeau        Frd          00:40.562    177.506
34 75  Rick Mast           Frd          00:40.574    177.454
35 23  Jimmy Spencer       Frd          00:40.620    177.253
36 41  Steve Grissom       Chv          00:40.797    176.484
37 78  Gary Bradberry      Frd          00:40.814    176.410
38 4   Bobby Hamilton      Chv          00:40.924    175.936
39 50  Randy LaJoie        Chv          00:40.924    175.936
40 30  Derrike Cope        Pon          00:40.954    175.807
41 21  Michael Waltrip     Frd          00:41.052    175.387
42 19  Tony Raines         Frd          00:41.196    174.774
43 31  Mike Dillon         Chv          00:41.247    174.558
44 98  Rich Bickle         Frd          00:44.126    163.169
45 88  Dale Jarrett        Frd          00:00.000    0.000
46 11  Brett Bodine        Frd          00:00.000    0.000
47 35  Todd Bodine         Pon          00:00.000    0.000

Source: NASCAR Online