1998 Coca-Cola 600

February 2025 NASWINSTON Coca-Cola 600 1998 Coca-Cola 600 Race Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1998_Coca-Cola_600/W October 3, 2025 Racing-Reference en-US 1998 5 24 1998 11 33 Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 1.5 2.4 400 600 965.606 Temperatures averaging around 72.7 F C; wind speeds up to 9.2 mph km/hWeather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac 136.424 mph km/h on Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Mark Martin Roush Racing 164 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports TBS Eli Gold, Ken Squier, Buddy Baker, & Geoff Bodine The 1998 Coca-Cola 600, the 39th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 24, 1998 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 11th race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race. Elliott Sadler made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut in this event.Race information at Race Database Jeff Gordon managed to take over the championship lead from Jeremy Mayfield after the event was resolved. Background Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States. It is 13 miles away from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing such as the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, The Winston, and the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI). Entry list No Car NumberDriverTeamManufacturer07Dan PardusMidwest Transit RacingChevrolet1Darrell WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet2Rusty WallacePenske–Kranefuss RacingFord3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Bobby HamiltonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Geoff BodineMattei MotorsportsFord8Hut StricklinStavola Brothers RacingChevrolet9Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord10Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord11Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord12Jeremy MayfieldPenske–Kranefuss RacingFord13Jerry NadeauElliott–Marino RacingFord16Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac21Michael WaltripWood Brothers RacingFord22Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac23Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Johnny Benson Jr.Roush RacingFord28Kenny Irwin Jr.Yates RacingFord30Derrike CopeBahari RacingPontiac31Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet33Ken SchraderAndy Petree RacingChevrolet35Todd BodineISM RacingPontiac36Ernie IrvanMB2 MotorsportsPontiac40Sterling MarlinTeam SABCOChevrolet41Steve GrissomLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet42Joe NemechekTeam SABCOChevrolet43John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Kyle PettyPE2 MotorsportsPontiac46Morgan ShepherdTeam SABCOChevrolet47Billy StandridgeStandridge MotorsportsFord50Randy LaJoieHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Rick MastButch Mock MotorsportsFord77Robert PressleyJasper MotorsportsFord78Gary BradberryTriad MotorsportsFord81Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord85Randy MacDonaldManison MotorsportsFord88Dale JarrettYates RacingFord90Dick TrickleDonlavey RacingFord91Kevin LepageLJ RacingChevrolet92Elliott SadlerDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet94Bill ElliottElliott–Marino RacingFord95Andy HillenburgSadler Brothers RacingChevrolet96David GreenAmerican Equipment RacingChevrolet97Chad LittleRoush RacingFord98Rich BickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord99Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord Race Results PosGridNo Car NumberDriverTeamManufacturerLaps1124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet400242Rusty WallacePenske–Kranefuss RacingFord4003618Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac400456Mark MartinRoush RacingFord40051088Dale JarrettYates RacingFord40062642Joe NemechekTeam SABCOChevrolet4007343John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac40083899Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord40093926Johnny Benson Jr.Roush RacingFord400101433Ken SchraderAndy Petree RacingChevrolet399111836Ernie IrvanMB2 MotorsportsPontiac399124116Ted MusgraveRoush RacingFord399132123Jimmy SpencerTravis Carter EnterprisesFord399143394Bill ElliottElliott–Marino RacingFord399153040Sterling MarlinTeam SABCOChevrolet399162777Robert PressleyJasper MotorsportsFord39917431Darrell WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet399183721Michael WaltripWood Brothers RacingFord399191212Jeremy MayfieldPenske–Kranefuss RacingFord39820404Bobby HamiltonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet39821790Dick TrickleDonlavey RacingFord398223211Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord39823137Geoff BodineMattei MotorsportsFord398241698Rich BickleCale Yarborough MotorsportsFord398254281Kenny WallaceFILMAR RacingFord39826975Rick MastButch Mock MotorsportsFord39827199Lake SpeedMelling RacingFord397282035Todd BodineISM RacingPontiac397293431Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet397302944Kyle PettyPE2 MotorsportsPontiac396313510Ricky RuddRudd Performance MotorsportsFord396322341Steve GrissomLarry Hedrick MotorsportsChevrolet396332530Derrike CopeBahari RacingPontiac39534222Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac395352497Chad LittleRoush RacingFord386361591Kevin LepageLJ RacingChevrolet38637878Gary BradberryTriad MotorsportsFord368381150Randy LaJoieHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet33639283Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet336402213Jerry NadeauElliott–Marino RacingFord33141365Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet329423192Elliott SadlerDiamond Ridge MotorsportsChevrolet208431796David GreenAmerican Equipment RacingChevrolet134Failed to Qualify44–8Hut StricklinStavola Brothers RacingChevrolet–4528Kenny Irwin Jr.Yates RacingFord4695Andy HillenburgSadler Brothers RacingChevrolet4771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet4885Randy MacDonaldManison MotorsportsFord4907Dan PardusMidwest Transit RacingChevrolet5047Billy StandridgeStandridge MotorsportsFord5146Morgan ShepherdTeam SABCOChevroletRace Results Race statistics Time of race: 4:23:53 Average Speed: 136.424 mph Pole Speed: 182.976 Cautions: 8 for 49 laps Margin of Victory: 0.41 sec Lead changes: 33 Percent of race run under caution: 12.2% Average green flag run: 39 laps References Coca-Cola 600 Coca-Cola 600 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway