The first practice session was held on Friday, September 11, at 11:00 AM EST. The session would last for one hour and 15 minutes.[3]Rusty Wallace, driving for Penske-Kranefuss Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.864 and an average speed of 123.491 mph (198.739 km/h).[4]
The second practice session was held on Friday, September 11, at 2:30 PM EST. The session would last for two hours and 10 minutes.[3]Ken Schrader, driving for Andy Petree Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.793 and an average speed of 123.893 mph (199.386 km/h).[5]
The final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, September 12, at 12:00 PM EST. The session would last for one hour.[3]Dick Trickle, driving for Donlavey Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 22.281 and an average speed of 121.179 mph (195.019 km/h).[6]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 11, at 5:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, September 12, at 2:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time.[3] On January 24, 1998, NASCAR would announce that the amount of provisionals given would be increased from last season. Positions 26-36 would be decided on time, while positions 37-43 would be based on provisionals. Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional.[7]
Rusty Wallace, driving for Penske-Kranefuss Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 21.535 and an average speed of 125.377 miles per hour (201.775 km/h).[8]
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^"Additional Provisionals announced". Motorsport.com. January 24, 1998. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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^"1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
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The 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 41st iteration of the event The race was held on Saturday September 12 1998 in Richmond Virginia at Richmond International Raceway a 0 75 miles 1 21 km D shaped oval The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete In a close finish Roush Racing driver Jeff Burton was able to fend off Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon at the line by 0 051 seconds to win his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series and his second and final victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the podium Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish third 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400Race detailsRace 25 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 program cover featuring Jeff Burton DateSeptember 12 1998Official name41st Annual Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400LocationRichmond Virginia Richmond International RacewayCoursePermanent racing facility0 75 mi 1 21 km Distance400 laps 300 mi 482 803 km Scheduled Distance400 laps 300 mi 482 803 km Average speed91 985 miles per hour 148 036 km h Pole positionDriverRusty WallacePenske Kranefuss RacingTime21 535Most laps ledDriverJeff BurtonJeff BurtonLaps203WinnerNo 99Jeff BurtonRoush RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Practice 2 1 First practice 2 2 Second practice 2 3 Final practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Full qualifying results 4 Race results 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Richmond International Raceway the venue where the race was at Richmond International Raceway RIR is a 3 4 mile 1 2 km D shaped asphalt race track located just outside Richmond Virginia in Henrico County It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series Known as America s premier short track it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race an IndyCar Series race and two USAC sprint car races Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 00 Buckshot Jones Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet Realtree Extra 1 Steve Park R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet Pennzoil 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline 7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford Philips 9 Jerry Nadeau R Melling Racing Ford Cartoon Network Scooby Doo on Zombie Island 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Paychex 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 1 13 Dennis Setzer Elliott Marino Racing Ford FirstPlus Financial Group 16 Kevin Lepage R Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA Platinum 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford Winston No Bull 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 26 Johnny Benson Jr Roush Racing Ford Betty Crocker 28 Kenny Irwin Jr R Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 30 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac Gumout 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe s 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Skoal 35 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac Tabasco 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Skittles 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Non Alcoholic 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels 46 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet The Money Store 50 Wally Dallenbach Jr Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Team Realtree Camouflage 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford Pilot Travel Centers 79 Ken Bouchard T R I X Racing Chevrolet T R I X Racing 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service Ford Credit 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers 91 Todd Bodine LJ Racing Chevrolet LJ Racing 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford Get Back with Big Mac 96 Ted Musgrave American Equipment Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere 98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Thorn Apple Valley 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide NASCAR SelectPractice editFirst practice edit The first practice session was held on Friday September 11 at 11 00 AM EST The session would last for one hour and 15 minutes 3 Rusty Wallace driving for Penske Kranefuss Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 21 864 and an average speed of 123 491 mph 198 739 km h 4 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 21 864 123 491 2 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 21 986 122 805 3 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 22 034 122 538 Full first practice results Second practice edit The second practice session was held on Friday September 11 at 2 30 PM EST The session would last for two hours and 10 minutes 3 Ken Schrader driving for Andy Petree Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 21 793 and an average speed of 123 893 mph 199 386 km h 5 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 21 793 123 893 2 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 21 881 123 395 3 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 21 883 123 383 Full second practice results Final practice edit The final practice session sometimes known as Happy Hour was held on Saturday September 12 at 12 00 PM EST The session would last for one hour 3 Dick Trickle driving for Donlavey Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 22 281 and an average speed of 121 179 mph 195 019 km h 6 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 22 281 121 179 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 339 120 865 3 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 22 361 120 746 Full Happy Hour practice resultsQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 11 at 5 30 PM EST Each driver would have one lap to set a time During the first round the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run held on Saturday September 12 at 2 00 PM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time 3 On January 24 1998 NASCAR would announce that the amount of provisionals given would be increased from last season Positions 26 36 would be decided on time while positions 37 43 would be based on provisionals Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner s points The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race If no past champion needs the provisional the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional 7 Rusty Wallace driving for Penske Kranefuss Racing would win the pole setting a time of 21 535 and an average speed of 125 377 miles per hour 201 775 km h 8 Four drivers would fail to qualify Buckshot Jones Gary Bradberry Ken Bouchard and Rich Bickle Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 21 535 125 377 2 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 21 678 124 550 3 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 21 715 124 338 4 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 21 735 124 224 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 766 124 047 6 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 21 804 123 830 7 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 21 807 123 813 8 30 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 21 824 123 717 9 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 21 835 123 655 10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 21 843 123 609 11 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 21 867 123 474 12 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 21 875 123 429 13 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 21 885 123 372 14 50 Wally Dallenbach Jr Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 889 123 350 15 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 21 893 123 327 16 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 21 901 123 282 17 96 Ted Musgrave American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 21 912 123 220 18 91 Todd Bodine LJ Racing Chevrolet 21 952 122 996 19 9 Jerry Nadeau R Melling Racing Ford 21 956 122 973 20 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 21 969 122 900 21 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford 21 972 122 884 22 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 21 976 122 861 23 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 21 985 122 811 24 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 986 122 805 25 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 21 989 122 789 26 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21 967 122 912 27 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 21 991 122 777 28 46 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet 21 996 122 750 29 13 Dennis Setzer Elliott Marino Racing Ford 21 996 122 750 30 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 22 009 122 677 31 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 014 122 649 32 26 Johnny Benson Jr Roush Racing Ford 22 015 122 644 33 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 22 016 122 638 34 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 020 122 616 35 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 028 122 571 36 28 Kenny Irwin Jr R Robert Yates Racing Ford 22 031 122 555 Provisionals 37 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 38 16 Kevin Lepage R Roush Racing Ford 39 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 40 1 Steve Park R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 41 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 42 7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford Champion s Provisional 43 35 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac Failed to qualify 44 00 Buckshot Jones Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 22 097 122 189 45 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 22 116 122 084 46 79 Ken Bouchard T R I X Racing Chevrolet 22 277 121 201 47 98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 22 293 121 114 Official qualifying results Time not available Race results editFin 9 St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 3 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 400 203 running 185 108 495 2 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 30 running 175 85 190 3 12 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 1 running 170 60 580 4 2 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 400 1 running 165 65 230 5 9 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 400 0 running 155 52 280 6 6 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 400 10 running 155 47 930 7 1 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 400 103 running 151 45 630 8 26 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 142 31 780 9 16 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 400 32 running 143 38 280 10 36 28 Kenny Irwin Jr R Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 1 running 139 47 880 11 13 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 399 0 running 130 28 180 12 23 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 399 0 running 127 27 180 13 42 7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 399 6 running 129 36 230 14 30 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 399 0 running 121 33 330 15 4 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 399 0 running 118 26 855 16 7 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 398 0 running 115 39 630 17 24 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 398 0 running 112 32 630 18 43 35 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 398 0 running 109 21 380 19 33 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 398 0 running 106 31 955 20 28 46 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet 398 0 running 103 26 880 21 35 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 398 0 running 100 36 980 22 37 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 398 0 running 97 31 355 23 19 9 Jerry Nadeau R Melling Racing Ford 398 0 running 94 24 080 24 8 30 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 398 0 running 91 30 855 25 17 96 Ted Musgrave American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 397 0 running 88 20 405 26 31 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 397 0 running 85 30 480 27 40 1 Steve Park R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 397 0 running 82 23 255 28 15 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 397 0 running 79 30 030 29 29 13 Dennis Setzer Elliott Marino Racing Ford 397 0 running 76 19 910 30 14 50 Wally Dallenbach Jr Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 397 0 running 73 29 800 31 27 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 394 0 running 70 22 265 32 18 91 Todd Bodine LJ Racing Chevrolet 392 2 running 72 19 730 33 22 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 392 0 running 64 19 695 34 25 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 383 0 running 61 36 035 35 10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 363 0 crash 58 37 100 36 38 16 Kevin Lepage R Roush Racing Ford 333 0 transmission 55 26 565 37 39 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 293 0 running 52 26 530 38 34 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 260 0 running 49 34 495 39 11 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 213 0 crash 46 26 460 40 21 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford 194 0 engine 43 26 425 41 32 26 Johnny Benson Jr Roush Racing Ford 190 11 engine 45 26 390 42 41 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 141 0 crash 37 26 355 43 20 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 33 0 crash 34 19 345 Failed to qualify 44 00 Buckshot Jones Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 45 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 46 79 Ken Bouchard T R I X Racing Chevrolet 47 98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Official race resultsReferences edit Poole David September 12 1998 Burton bests Gordon in wheel to wheel finish That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on August 17 2000 Retrieved September 15 2022 Kurz Jr Hank September 13 1998 Jeff Burton holds off Gordon by fender The Courier Journal p 49 Retrieved September 15 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c d Race weekend schedule That s Racin September 10 1998 Archived from the original on May 1 2001 Retrieved September 15 2022 First session practice speeds That s Racin September 11 1998 Archived from the original on August 17 2000 Retrieved September 15 2022 Second session practice speeds That s Racin September 11 1998 Archived from the original on August 17 2000 Retrieved September 15 2022 Happy Hour practice speeds That s Racin September 12 1998 Archived from the original on August 17 2000 Retrieved September 15 2022 Additional Provisionals announced Motorsport com January 24 1998 Retrieved August 31 2022 Poole David September 11 1998 Wallace a landslide winner at the pole That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on August 17 2000 Retrieved September 15 2022 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 The Third Turn The Third Turn Retrieved September 14 2022 Previous race 1998 Pepsi Southern 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1998 season Next race 1998 MBNA Gold 400 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 amp oldid 1159216736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
