Bobby Hamilton Wins

Goody's 500 (April 19, 1998)
QUALIFYING: Bobby Hamilton won the Bud Pole at Martinsville with a speed of 93.175mph and a time of 00:20.323sec. Rusty Wallace started in 2nd position with a speed of 93.166mph and a time of 00:20.325. Top Ten Qualifiers: 1st-Bobby Hamilton, 2nd-Rusty Wallace, 3rd-Jeff Gordon, 4th-Ricky Rudd, 5th-David Green, 6th-Ken Schrader, 7th-Bill Elliott, 8th-John Andretti, 9th-Joe Nemechek, 10th-Bobby Labonte. Notables in field: 13th-Jeremy Mayfield, 15th-Jeff Burton, 17th-Kenny Wallace, 18th-Mark Martin, 23rd-Dale Jarrett, 27th-Michael Waltrip, 31st-Dale Earnhardt. Starting Grid

RACE: Top Ten Finishers: 1st-Bobby Hamilton, 2nd-Ted Musgrave, 3rd-Dale Jarrett, 4th-Dale Earnhardt, 5th-Randy LaJoie, 6th-Rusty Wallace, 7th-Jeremy Mayfield, 8th-Jeff Gordon, 9th-Ernie Irvan, 10th-Ken Schrader. Notables in the field: 12th-Bill Elliott, 15th-Bobby Labonte, 21st-Michael Waltrip, 22nd-Kenny Wallace, 29th-Mark Martin, 32nd-Jeff Burton. Race Results


�2 - Rusty Wallace
�������Started: 2nd ��������������Highest: 1st����������������Laps Led: 3
�������Finished: 6th�������������Lowest: 9th

�3 - Dale Earnhardt
�������Started: 31st� �����������Highest: 1st����������������Laps Led: 33
�������Finished: 4th��������������Lowest: 34th

12 - Jeremy Mayfield
�������Started: 13th ������������Highest: 3rd�������������Laps Led: 0
������ Finished: 7th������������Lowest: 30th

24 - Jeff Gordon
�������Started: 3rd �������������Highest: 1st��������������Laps Led: 19
� �����Finished: 8th��������������Lowest: 8th

33 - Ken Schrader
�������Started: 6th ���������������Highest: 2nd���������������Laps Led: 0
� �����Finished: 10th������������Lowest: 15th

88 - Dale Jarrett
�������Started: 23rd �������������Highest: 3rd���������������Laps Led: 0
��� ���Finished: 3rd������������Lowest: 26th



RACE RECAP:
After 500 Laps
Leaders: 6
Lead Changes: 15
14 Cautions for 96 Laps
Cars Out of Race: 5
Average Speed: 70.709mph
Winner: Bobby Hamilton
Margin of Victory: 6.376sec
Time of Race: 3:43:10
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