The 1998 Goody's Headache Powder 500 was the eighth stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 49th iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, April 19, 1998, but was postponed to Monday, April 20, due to rain.[1] The race was held in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Bobby Hamilton would manage to dominate not only the race, but most of the race weekend to take his third career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[2][3] The win also marked the final Winston Cup victory for Morgan–McClure Motorsports. To fill out the podium, Roush Racing driver Ted Musgrave and Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively.
Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.
The first practice session was held on the morning of Friday, April 17. Dale Jarrett, driving for Robert Yates Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.249 and an average speed of 93.516 miles per hour (150.499 km/h).[4]
The second practice session was held on the morning of Saturday, April 18. Joe Nemechek, driving for Team SABCO, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.392 and an average speed of 92.860 miles per hour (149.444 km/h).[5]
The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on the afternoon of Saturday, April 18. Joe Nemechek, driving for Team SABCO, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.356 and an average speed of 93.024 miles per hour (149.708 km/h).[6]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 17, at 3:00 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, April 18, at 1:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time.[7] 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.[8]
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The 1998 Goody s Headache Powder 500 was the eighth stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 49th iteration of the event The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday April 19 1998 but was postponed to Monday April 20 due to rain 1 The race was held in Martinsville Virginia at Martinsville Speedway a 0 526 miles 0 847 km permanent oval shaped short track The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete At race s end Morgan McClure Motorsports driver Bobby Hamilton would manage to dominate not only the race but most of the race weekend to take his third career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season 2 3 The win also marked the final Winston Cup victory for Morgan McClure Motorsports To fill out the podium Roush Racing driver Ted Musgrave and Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third respectively 1998 Goody s Headache Powder 500Race detailsRace 8 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1998 Goody s Headache Powder 500 program cover DateApril 20 1998Official name49th Annual Goody s Headache Powder 500LocationMartinsville Virginia Martinsville SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility0 526 mi 0 847 km Distance500 laps 263 mi 423 257 km Scheduled Distance500 laps 263 mi 423 257 km Average speed70 709 miles per hour 113 795 km h Pole positionDriverBobby HamiltonMorgan McClure MotorsportsTime20 323Most laps ledDriverBobby HamiltonMorgan McClure MotorsportsLaps378WinnerNo 4Bobby HamiltonMorgan McClure MotorsportsTelevision 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 Martinsville Speedway the venue where the race was held Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR owned stock car racing track located in Henry County in Ridgeway Virginia just to the south of Martinsville At 0 526 miles 0 847 km in length it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR being built in 1947 by H Clay Earles It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948 Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor1 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet Pennzoil2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford Philips8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet Circuit City9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Cartoon Network The Huckleberry Hound Show10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Paychex12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 113 Jerry Nadeau R Elliott Marino Racing Ford FirstPlus Financial Group16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA23 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Winston No Bull24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont26 Johnny Benson Jr Roush Racing Ford Cheerios Pop Secret28 Kenny Irwin Jr R Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline30 Jeff Green Bahari Racing Pontiac Gumout31 Morgan Shepherd Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe s33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Skoal35 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac Tabasco36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Skittles40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet First Union50 Randy LaJoie Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Team Realtree Camouflage75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford Pilot Travel Centers81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service Ford Credit90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers91 Kevin Lepage R LJ Racing Chevrolet LJ Racing94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford McDonald s96 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford Thorn Apple Valley99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide BatteriesPractice editFirst practice edit The first practice session was held on the morning of Friday April 17 Dale Jarrett driving for Robert Yates Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 20 249 and an average speed of 93 516 miles per hour 150 499 km h 4 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 20 249 93 5162 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford 20 304 93 2623 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 20 310 93 235Full first practice resultsSecond practice edit The second practice session was held on the morning of Saturday April 18 Joe Nemechek driving for Team SABCO would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 20 392 and an average speed of 92 860 miles per hour 149 444 km h 5 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 392 92 8602 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 428 92 6963 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 20 440 92 642Full second practice resultsFinal practice edit The final practice session sometimes referred to as Happy Hour was held on the afternoon of Saturday April 18 Joe Nemechek driving for Team SABCO would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 20 356 and an average speed of 93 024 miles per hour 149 708 km h 6 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 356 93 0242 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 395 92 8463 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 20 429 92 692Full Happy Hour practice resultsQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday April 17 at 3 00 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 April 18 at 1 15 PM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time 7 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 8 Bobby Hamilton driving for Morgan McClure Motorsports would win the pole setting a time of 20 323 and an average speed of 93 175 miles per hour 149 951 km h 9 Three drivers would fail to qualify Wally Dallenbach Jr Dave Marcis and Gary Bradberry Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 20 323 93 1752 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 20 325 93 1663 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 347 93 0654 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 20 347 93 0655 96 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 20 400 92 8246 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 20 416 92 7517 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford 20 428 92 6968 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 442 92 6339 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 455 92 57410 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 20 456 92 56911 98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 20 459 92 55612 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 20 466 92 52413 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 20 478 92 47014 1 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 20 485 92 43815 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 20 493 92 40216 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 493 92 40217 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 20 495 92 39318 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20 504 92 35319 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 20 508 92 33520 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 20 527 92 24921 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 559 92 10622 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 20 567 92 07023 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 20 597 91 93624 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 20 597 91 93625 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 20 613 91 86426 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 20 615 91 85527 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20 634 91 77128 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 20 645 91 72229 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 20 660 91 65530 31 Morgan Shepherd Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20 661 91 65131 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20 665 91 63332 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 674 91 59333 91 Kevin Lepage R LJ Racing Chevrolet 20 681 91 56234 35 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 20 691 91 51835 28 Kenny Irwin Jr R Robert Yates Racing Ford 20 697 91 49236 50 Randy LaJoie Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 706 91 452Provisionals37 26 Johnny Benson Jr Roush Racing Ford 38 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 39 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 40 7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 41 30 Jeff Green Bahari Racing Pontiac 42 13 Jerry Nadeau R Elliott Marino Racing Ford 43 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Failed to qualify44 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 733 91 33345 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 20 882 90 68146 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 21 000 90 171Official qualifying results Time not available Race results editFin 10 St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings1 1 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 500 378 running 185 227 0252 12 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 500 0 running 170 65 6753 23 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 500 0 running 165 58 5254 31 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 33 running 165 49 4755 36 50 Randy LaJoie Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 0 running 155 44 3256 2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 500 3 running 155 41 5257 13 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 499 0 running 146 35 4258 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 19 running 147 47 0009 22 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 499 0 running 138 34 60010 6 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 499 0 running 134 41 70011 30 31 Morgan Shepherd Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 499 0 running 130 27 18512 7 94 Bill Elliott Elliott Marino Racing Ford 499 0 running 127 31 75013 19 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 499 0 running 124 33 00014 4 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 499 0 running 121 39 15015 10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 499 0 running 118 37 00016 38 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 499 0 running 115 23 95017 41 30 Jeff Green Bahari Racing Pontiac 499 0 running 112 32 35018 8 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 499 59 running 114 34 15519 35 28 Kenny Irwin Jr R Robert Yates Racing Ford 498 0 running 106 36 50020 24 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 498 0 running 103 23 55021 27 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 497 0 running 100 29 70022 17 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 497 8 running 102 22 35023 29 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 497 0 running 94 18 50024 9 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 497 0 running 91 27 95025 32 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 497 0 running 88 27 70026 43 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 496 0 running 85 33 35027 42 13 Jerry Nadeau R Elliott Marino Racing Ford 496 0 running 82 17 20028 20 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 496 0 running 79 27 15029 18 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 495 0 running 76 33 70030 26 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 493 0 running 73 26 75031 25 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 493 0 running 70 19 60032 15 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 470 0 running 67 33 07533 28 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 456 0 running 64 18 85034 16 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 452 0 running 61 23 22535 40 7 Geoff Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 433 0 rear end 58 23 10036 21 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 432 0 running 55 16 02537 39 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 431 0 running 52 22 90038 37 26 Johnny Benson Jr Roush Racing Ford 403 0 running 49 22 75039 34 35 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 369 0 engine 46 15 65040 14 1 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 278 0 handling 43 15 55041 11 98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 274 0 harmonic 40 22 45042 33 91 Kevin Lepage R LJ Racing Chevrolet 142 0 engine 37 15 35043 5 96 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 71 0 crash 34 15 550Failed to qualify44 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet45 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet46 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports FordOfficial race resultsReferences edit Poole David April 19 1998 Martinsville becoming home of the rainout That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on August 18 2000 Retrieved September 4 2022 Poole David April 20 1998 Hamilton overpowers field to win 500 That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on August 18 2000 Retrieved September 4 2022 Harris Mike April 21 1998 Awesome race car The Sun Times p 8 Retrieved September 4 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Morning practice times Friday from Martinsville That s Racin April 17 1998 Archived from the original on November 12 1999 Retrieved September 4 2022 Saturday s 1st practice speeds That s Racin April 18 1998 Archived from the original on August 18 2000 Retrieved September 4 2022 Saturday s 2nd practice speeds That s Racin April 18 1998 Archived from the original on June 13 2000 Retrieved September 4 2022 This Weekend s Racing Schedule The Daily News Leader April 16 1998 p 19 Retrieved September 4 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Additional Provisionals announced Motorsport com January 24 1998 Retrieved August 31 2022 Poole David April 17 1998 Hamilton pulls out pole run That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on August 18 2000 Retrieved September 4 2022 1998 Goody s Headache Powder 500 Martinsville The Third Turn The Third Turn Retrieved September 4 2022 Previous race 1998 Texas 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1998 season Next race 1998 DieHard 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Goody 27s Headache Powder 500 Martinsville amp oldid 1159216815, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
