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1998 California 500 Presented by NAPA
Held on May 3, 1998 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA
250 L, 500 M, 804.75 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline, Cummins	Ford	250	165	running	185
2	2	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1	Ford	250	16	running	175
3	9	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevy	250	0	running	165
4	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes	Chevy	250	23	running	165
5	11	1	Darrell Waltrip	Pennzoil	Chevy	250	0	running	155
6	40	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Ford	250	1	running	155
7	26	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications	Ford	250	0	running	146
8	5	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Cheerios	Ford	250	3	running	147
9	43	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevy	250	0	running	138
10	21	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	250	0	running	134
11	23	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide	Ford	250	0	running	130
12	8	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pontiac	250	0	running	127
13	22	36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles	Pontiac	250	0	running	124
14	14	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Chevy	250	0	running	121
15	15	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	250	0	running	118
16	18	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	249	0	running	115
17	20	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	249	0	running	112
18	19	96	David Green	Caterpillar	Chevy	249	0	running	109
19	34	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford	249	0	running	106
20	37	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo	Ford	249	0	running	103
21	28	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston, No Bull	Ford	249	4	running	105
22	6	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth	Chevy	248	23	running	102
23	35	78	Gary Bradberry	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	247	0	running	94
24	10	46	Morgan Shepherd	First Union	Chevy	247	0	running	91
25	30	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms, Mossy Oak, Igloo	Ford	247	0	running	88
26	33	13	Jerry Nadeau	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	247	0	running	85
27	31	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film	Chevy	246	0	running	82
28	38	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex	Ford	245	0	running	79
29	42	35	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Tabasco	Pontiac	245	0	running	76
30	41	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak	Chevy	245	0	running	73
31	25	43	John Andretti	STP	Pontiac	244	0	running	70
32	16	9	Lake Speed	Cartoon Network	Ford	243	0	running	67
33	24	16	Ted Musgrave	Primestar	Ford	243	0	running	64
34	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	242	15	engine	66
35	27	31	Mike Dillon	Lowe's	Chevy	239	0	running	58
36	39	50	Randy LaJoie	Budweiser	Chevy	210	0	accident	55
37	29	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	193	0	handling	52
38	7	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries, Hot Rod Magazine	Pontiac	191	0	engine	49
39	32	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout	Pontiac	153	0	accident	46
40	13	91	Kevin Lepage	Fluidyne Automotive	Chevy	93	0	oil leak	43
41	36	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	86	0	engine	40
42	17	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	85	0	accident	37
43	12	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford	84	0	accident	34
DID NOT START
		31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy			DNS
DID NOT QUALIFY
		71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy			DNQ
		98	Rich Bickle	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford			DNQ
		19	Tony Raines	Yellow Transportation, Roehrig Motorsports	Ford			DNQ
		8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered