Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

California 500 Presented by NAPA

Auto Club Speedway

May 3rd, 1998

Race #10 of the 1998 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 250
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 140.220 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 35
  • Lead Changes: 18
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 6 Mark Martin Ford 185 175 10 250 165 Running
2 2 12 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 175 170 5 250 16 Running
3 9 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 165 165 0 250 0 Running
4 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 165 160 5 250 23 Running
5 11 1 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 155 155 0 250 0 Running
6 40 97 Chad Little Ford 155 150 5 250 1 Running
7 26 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 146 146 0 250 0 Running
8 5 26 Johnny Benson Jr Ford 147 142 5 250 3 Running
9 43 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 138 138 0 250 0 Running
10 21 99 Jeff Burton Ford 134 134 0 250 0 Running
11 23 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 130 130 0 250 0 Running
12 8 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 127 127 0 250 0 Running
13 22 36 Ernie Irvan Pontiac 124 124 0 250 0 Running
14 14 40 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 121 121 0 250 0 Running
15 15 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 118 118 0 250 0 Running
16 18 28 Kenny Irwin Jr Ford 115 115 0 249 0 Running
17 20 77 Robert Pressley Ford 112 112 0 249 0 Running
18 19 96 David Green Chevrolet 109 109 0 249 0 Running
19 34 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 106 106 0 249 0 Running
20 37 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 103 103 0 249 0 Running
21 28 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 105 100 5 249 4 Running
22 6 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 102 97 5 248 23 Running
23 35 78 Gary Bradberry Ford 94 94 0 247 0 Running
24 10 46 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 91 91 0 247 0 Running
25 30 75 Rick Mast Ford 88 88 0 247 0 Running
26 33 13 Jerry Nadeau Ford 85 85 0 247 0 Running
27 31 4 Bobby Hamilton Chevrolet 82 82 0 246 0 Running
28 38 11 Brett Bodine Ford 79 79 0 245 0 Running
29 42 35 Wally Dallenbach Jr Pontiac 76 76 0 245 0 Running
30 41 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 73 73 0 245 0 Running
31 25 43 John Andretti Pontiac 70 70 0 244 0 Running
32 16 9 Lake Speed Ford 67 67 0 243 0 Running
33 24 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 64 64 0 243 0 Running
34 4 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 66 61 5 242 15 Engine
35 27 31 Mike Dillon Chevrolet 58 58 0 239 0 Running
36 39 50 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet 55 55 0 210 0 Crash
37 29 90 Dick Trickle Ford 52 52 0 193 0 Handling
38 7 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 49 49 0 191 0 Engine
39 32 30 Derrike Cope Pontiac 46 46 0 153 0 Crash
40 13 91 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 43 43 0 93 0 Oil leak
41 36 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 40 40 0 86 0 Engine
42 17 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 37 37 0 85 0 Crash
43 12 94 Bill Elliott Ford 34 34 0 84 0 Crash