Talladega results

SOURCE: DIS

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS DieHard 500 April 26, 1998 Talladega Superspeedway

Fin.Str.Car                                                           Reason
Pos.Pos.No. Driver         Sponsor/Car                 Laps  Money    Out
  1   1  18 Bobby Labonte  Interstate Battery Pontiac  188  $141,870  Running
  2  22  23 Jimmy Spencer  Winston/No Bull Ford        188  97,920 Running
  3   9  88 Dale Jarrett   Quality Care/Ford Crdt Ford 188  82,370 Running
  4   3   5 Terry Labonte  Kellogg's Chevrolet         188  85,520 Running
  5   6  24 Jeff Gordon    DuPont Automotive Chevrolet 188  74,490 Running
  6  19  36 Ernie Irvan    Skittles Pontiac            188  52,080 Running
  7  35  81 Kenny Wallace  Square D Ford               188  45,830 Running
  8  20  22 Ward Burton    MBNA America Pontiac        188  46,630 Running
  9  14  40 Sterling MarlinCoors Light Chevrolet       188  37,230 Running
 10  10  50 Randy LaJoie   Budweiser Chevrolet         188  48,580 Running
 11  41  11 Brett Bodine   Paychex Ford                188  44,675 Running
 12  23   2 Rusty Wallace  Miller Lite Ford            188  44,295 Running
 13  37  12 Jeremy MayfieldMobil 1 Ford                188  39,615 Running
 14  29  91 *Kevin LePage  Dare County Tourism Chev    187  30,785 Running
 15  24   1 Darrell WaltripPennzoil Chevrolet          187  28,555 Running
 16  42  41 Steve Grissom  Kodiak Chevrolet            187  39,065 Running
 17  27  96 David Green    Caterpillar Chevrolet       187  30,400 Running
 18  36  75 Rick Mast      Remington Arms Ford         186  29,710 Running
 19  26  89 Dennis Setzer  McRib Ford                  186  26,620 Running
 20  16  90 Dick Trickle   Heilig-Meyers Ford          185  37,810 Running
 21  33  21 Michael WaltripCitgo Ford                  184  36,570 Running
 22   7  30 Derrike Cope   Gumout Pontiac              182  35,300 Running
 23  38   6 Mark Martin    Valvoline/Cummins Ford      180  41,990 Running
 24  13  10 Ricky Rudd     Tide Ford                   179  40,985 Running
 25   8   9 Lake Speed     Cartoon Network Ford        178  34,580 Running
 26  21  46 Wally Dallenbach First Union Chevrolet     176  27,300 Running
 27  28  71 Dave Marcis    Realtree Camouflage Chev    176  24,045 Running
 28  31  47 Billy Standridge FCR/Philips Consumer Ford 172  23,890 Running
 29   4  33 Ken Schrader   Skoal Bandit Chevrolet      157  33,835 Accident
 30  30   4 Bobby Hamilton Kodak Film Chervrolet       153  38,580 Handling
 31  43  77 Robert PressleyJasper Engines Ford         152  33,725 Running
 32  11  42 Joe Nemechek   BellSouth Chevrolet         150  32,770 Handling
 33  15  43 John Andretti  STP Pontiac                 150  38,140 Handling
 34  34  97 Chad Little    John Deere Ford             145  23,210 Accident
 35   5  31 Morgan ShepherdLowe's Chevrolet            145  22,955 Accident
 36   2   3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Chevrolet     144  38,250 Accident
 37  12  13 *Jerry Nadeau  FirstPlus Financial Ford    144  22,586 Accident
 38  32  44 Kyle Petty     Hot Wheels Pontiac          142  29,350 Accident
 39  17  94 Bill Elliott   McDonald's Ford             141  31,850 Accident
 40  25  28 *Kenny Irwin   Texaco Havoline Ford        128  37,250 Engine
 41  39  26 Johnny Benson  Cheerios Ford               127  22,050 Engine
 42  40  16 Ted Musgrave   Primestar Ford              110  28,950 Engine
 43  18  99 Jeff Burton    Exide Batteries Ford         51  38,450 Engine

* 1998 Raybestos NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie-of-the-Year Candidate

Average Speed: 163.439 mph Time of Race: 3 Hours, 3 Minutes, 35 Seconds Margin of Victo .167 Seconds Lead Changes: 19 Lead Changes Among 9 Drivers Caution Flags: 3 Caution Flags for 16 Laps