Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — March 29, 1998

Jeff Gordon

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1998 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 29, 1998, leading 63 of 500 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Dale Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 29, 1998

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1998

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Jeff Gordon		500	—	Running	63	180
2	3	+1	Terry Labonte		500	—	Running	115	175
3	6	+3	Dale Jarrett		500	—	Running	18	170
4	5	+1	Jeff Burton		500	—	Running	—	160
5	8	+3	Johnny Benson		500	—	Running	—	155
6	14	+8	Ken Schrader	Dodge	500	—	Running	5	155
7	9	+2	Mark Martin		500	—	Running	—	146
8	29	+21	Ted Musgrave		500	—	Running	—	142
9	32	+23	Michael Waltrip		500	—	Running	1	143
10	17	+7	Randy LaJoie		499	—	Running	—	134
11	20	+9	Brett Bodine		499	—	Running	—	130
12	10	-2	Jeremy Mayfield		499	—	Running	—	127
13	41	+28	Dick Trickle		498	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Jimmy Spencer		498	—	Running	—	121
15	38	+23	Bill Elliott		498	—	Running	17	123
16	42	+26	Steve Grissom		498	—	Running	—	115
17	39	+22	Ward Burton		498	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	Bobby Hamilton		498	—	Running	35	114
19	21	+2	John Andretti		497	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Ernie Irvan		497	—	Running	16	108
21	30	+9	David Green		497	—	Running	—	100
22	37	+15	Dale Earnhardt		496	—	Running	—	97
23	43	+20	Darrell Waltrip		496	—	Running	—	94
24	12	-12	Morgan Shepherd		496	—	Running	—	91
25	19	-6	Rick Mast		496	—	Running	—	88
26	15	-11	Derrike Cope		495	—	Running	—	85
27	23	-4	Kevin Lepage		491	—	Running	—	82
28	31	+3	Robert Pressley		489	—	Running	—	79
29	16	-13	Todd Bodine		486	—	Running	—	76
30	35	+5	Ricky Rudd		482	—	Running	—	73
31	36	+5	Lake Speed		460	—	Running	—	70
32	4	-28	Mike Skinner		460	—	Running	—	67
33	1	-32	Rusty Wallace		446	—	Running	220	74
34	7	-27	Bobby Labonte		442	—	Running	—	61
35	34	-1	Chad Little		442	—	Running	10	63
36	11	-25	Greg Sacks		425	—	Running	—	55
37	22	-15	Jerry Nadeau		399	—	DNF	—	52
38	33	-5	Kyle Petty		394	—	DNF	—	49
39	18	-21	Geoffrey Bodine		385	—	DNF	—	46
40	24	-16	Sterling Marlin		324	—	DNF	—	43
41	25	-16	Hut Stricklin		204	—	DNF	—	40
42	13	-29	Kenny Wallace		155	—	DNF	—	37
43	27	-16	Kenny Irwin		88	—	DNF	—	34