1998 Dura Lube/Kmart 500

Race #31 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1998 Dura Lube/Kmart 500
*Held on October 25, 1998 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, AZ*
257 L, 257 M, 413.513 KM - Shortened by Rain

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	257	196	running	185
2	11	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline, Cummins	Ford	257	1	running	175
3	39	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevy	257	0	running	165
4	38	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	257	1	running	165
5	10	13	Ted Musgrave	FirstPlus Financial	Ford	257	0	running	155
6	19	43	John Andretti	STP	Pontiac	257	0	running	150
7	12	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevy	257	0	running	146
8	3	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford	257	0	running	142
9	15	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Cheerios	Ford	257	0	running	138
10	29	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes, 600 Straight	Chevy	257	2	running	139
11	5	98	Rich Bickle	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	257	0	running	130
12	16	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Chevy	256	0	running	127
13	25	16	Kevin Lepage	Primestar	Ford	256	0	running	124
14	14	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pontiac	256	0	running	121
15	17	91	Todd Bodine	Little Joe's Autos	Chevy	256	0	running	118
16	8	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy	256	0	running	115
17	24	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	256	0	running	112
18	32	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth	Chevy	256	0	running	109
19	30	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	256	0	running	106
20	42	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Ford	256	1	running	108
21	40	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak MAX Film	Chevy	255	0	running	100
22	1	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	255	53	running	102
23	37	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	255	0	running	94
24	35	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil	Chevy	255	0	running	91
25	23	50	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	255	0	running	88
26	18	23	Jimmy Spencer	Winston, No Bull	Ford	254	3	running	90
27	21	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide	Ford	254	0	running	82
28	33	46	Jeff Green	The Money Store	Chevy	254	0	running	79
29	7	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms, Mossy Oak, Igloo	Ford	254	0	running	76
30	41	36	Ricky Craven	Skittles	Pontiac	254	0	running	73
31	43	35	Darrell Waltrip	Tabasco	Pontiac	253	0	running	70
32	20	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	253	0	running	67
33	36	30	Derrike Cope	Gumout	Pontiac	253	0	running	64
34	26	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Philips Consumer Communications	Ford	253	0	running	61
35	27	96	Mike Bliss	Caterpillar	Chevy	252	0	running	58
36	31	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	252	0	running	55
37	9	41	David Green	Kodiak	Chevy	251	0	running	52
38	4	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford	250	0	running	49
39	34	9	Jerry Nadeau	Cartoon Network, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island	Ford	247	0	running	46
40	2	28	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	247	0	running	43
41	28	78	Gary Bradberry	Pilot Travel Centers	Ford	243	0	overheating	40
42	22	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1	Ford	237	0	running	37
43	13	11	Brett Bodine	Paychex	Ford	46	0	handling	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy			DNQ
		21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo	Ford			DNQ
		45	Jeff Ward	Smitty's	Chevy			DNQ
PRACTICED CAR
		36	Ernie Irvan	Skittles	Pontiac			practiced car

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:22:30
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Ken Schrader - 27.432 sec.
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: Race Ended Under Yellow
Average Speed: 108.211 mph
Cautions: 4 for 25 laps - Laps 12-15 (#12,41 accident turn 1); Laps 44-50 (#11 spun turn 1); Laps 183-187 (#28 stalled turn 3); Laps 249-257 (#9 accident turn 2/rain)
Lead Changes: 8 among 7 drivers - Ken Schrader (1-53); Rusty Wallace (54-135); Jeff Burton (136); Mark Martin (137); Terry Labonte (138-139); Jimmy Spencer (140-142); Rusty Wallace (143-183); Chad Little (184); Rusty Wallace (185-257)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered