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| 1998 AC Delco 400 |
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| Held on November 1, 1998 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, NC | |
| 393 L, 399.681 M, 643.341 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Automotive Finishes | Chevy | 393 | 29 | running | 180 |
| 2 | 4 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care, Ford Credit | Ford | 393 | 195 | running | 180 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Ford | 393 | 152 | running | 170 |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline, Cummins | Ford | 393 | 1 | running | 165 |
| 5 | 13 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Ford | 393 | 1 | running | 160 |
| 6 | 25 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Chevy | 393 | 0 | running | 150 |
| 7 | 15 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA Platinum | Pontiac | 393 | 0 | running | 146 |
| 8 | 21 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Chevy | 393 | 3 | running | 147 |
| 9 | 29 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Chevy | 393 | 8 | running | 143 |
| 10 | 7 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Happy Holidays | Ford | 393 | 0 | running | 134 |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips Consumer Communications | Ford | 392 | 0 | running | 130 |
| 12 | 26 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Ford | 392 | 1 | running | 132 |
| 13 | 30 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Chevy | 392 | 0 | running | 124 |
| 14 | 14 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Chevy | 392 | 0 | running | 121 |
| 15 | 19 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Pontiac | 392 | 0 | running | 118 |
| 16 | 34 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Ford | 392 | 0 | running | 115 |
| 17 | 16 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Chevy | 391 | 0 | running | 112 |
| 18 | 31 | 98 | Rich Bickle | Thorn Apple Valley | Ford | 391 | 0 | running | 109 |
| 19 | 41 | 13 | Ted Musgrave | FirstPlus Financial | Ford | 391 | 0 | running | 106 |
| 20 | 12 | 91 | Todd Bodine | Little Joe's Autos | Chevy | 391 | 0 | running | 103 |
| 21 | 28 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Chevy | 391 | 0 | running | 100 |
| 22 | 20 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo | Ford | 391 | 0 | running | 97 |
| 23 | 39 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers | Ford | 391 | 0 | running | 94 |
| 24 | 11 | 9 | Jerry Nadeau | Cartoon Network, Powerpuff Girls | Ford | 391 | 0 | running | 91 |
| 25 | 8 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Pontiac | 390 | 0 | running | 88 |
| 26 | 36 | 41 | David Green | Kodiak Ice | Chevy | 390 | 0 | running | 85 |
| 27 | 42 | 46 | Jeff Green | The Money Store | Chevy | 389 | 0 | running | 82 |
| 28 | 27 | 78 | Gary Bradberry | Pilot Travel Centers | Ford | 389 | 0 | running | 79 |
| 29 | 6 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Ford | 388 | 0 | running | 76 |
| 30 | 17 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston, No Bull | Ford | 388 | 2 | running | 78 |
| 31 | 32 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Ford | 388 | 0 | running | 70 |
| 32 | 43 | 35 | Darrell Waltrip | Tabasco | Pontiac | 388 | 0 | running | 67 |
| 33 | 33 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | Texaco, Havoline | Ford | 387 | 0 | running | 64 |
| 34 | 10 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Pontiac | 387 | 0 | running | 61 |
| 35 | 38 | 1 | Steve Park | Pennzoil | Chevy | 386 | 0 | running | 58 |
| 36 | 24 | 50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Budweiser | Chevy | 381 | 0 | running | 55 |
| 37 | 37 | 36 | Ricky Craven | Skittles | Pontiac | 360 | 0 | running | 52 |
| 38 | 40 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Ford | 328 | 0 | running | 49 |
| 39 | 23 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Pontiac | 281 | 0 | carburetor | 46 |
| 40 | 22 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Ford | 257 | 0 | accident | 43 |
| 41 | 2 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Cheerios | Ford | 229 | 1 | engine | 45 |
| 42 | 35 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms, Mossy Oak, Igloo | Ford | 173 | 0 | engine | 37 |
| 43 | 18 | 16 | Kevin Lepage | Primestar | Ford | 67 | 0 | water pump | 34 |
| DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
| 96 | Steve Grissom | Caterpillar | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 80 | Andy Hillenburg | Hover Motorsports | Ford | DNQ | |||||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 3h:06:44 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Mark Martin - 23.394 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.52 seconds | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 128.423 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 4 for 25 laps - Laps 28-33 (#97 accident backstretch); Laps 175-181 (#26,40 accident turn 3); Laps 298-304 (debris); Laps 349-353 (#23 spun turn 2) | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 20 among 10 drivers - Mark Martin (1); Rusty Wallace (2); Johnny Benson, Jr. (3); Rusty Wallace (4-79); Dale Jarrett (80-117); Rusty Wallace (118-119); Jeff Gordon (120); Terry Labonte (121); Bill Elliott (122); Jimmy Spencer (123-124); Dale Jarrett (125-190); Jeff Burton (191); Dale Jarrett (192-249); Jeff Gordon (250-267); Terry Labonte (268-269); Dale Earnhardt (270-277); Dale Jarrett (278-299); Rusty Wallace (300-338); Dale Jarrett (339-349); Rusty Wallace (350-383); Jeff Gordon (384-393) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered |