Pocono 500 (June 21, 1998)
QUALIFYING: Jeff Gordon won the Bud Pole at Pocono with a speed of 168.042mph and a time of 00:53.558sec. Rusty Wallace started 2nd with a speed of 167.436mph and a time of 00:53.752sec. Top Ten Qualifiers: 1st-Jeff Gordon, 2nd-Rusty Wallace, 3rd-Jeremy Mayfield, 4th-Ken Schrader, 5th-Ward Burton, 6th-Mark Martin, 7th-Joe Nemechek, 8th-Ted Musgrave, 9th-Dale Jarrett, 10th-Chad Little. Notables in field: 11th-Dale Earnhardt, 28th-Jeff Burton, 29th-Michael Waltrip. Starting Grid

RACE: Top Ten Finishers: 1st-Jeremy Mayfield, 2nd-Jeff Gordon, 3rd-Dale Jarrett, 4th-Jeff Burton, 5th-Mark Martin, 6th-Darrell Waltrip, 7th-Wally Dallenbach, 8th-Dale Earnhardt, 9th-Sterling Marlin, 10th-Jimmy Spencer. Notables in the field: 14th-Michael Waltrip, 15th-Bobby Labonte, 42nd-Rusty Wallace. Race Results


�3 - Dale Earnhardt
�������Started: 11th ��������������Highest: 1st����������������Laps Led: 1
�������Finished: 8th�������������Lowest: 12th

�6 - Mark Martin
�������Started: 6th� �����������Highest: 1st����������������Laps Led: 2
�������Finished: 5th��������������Lowest: 8th

12 - Jeremy Mayfield
�������Started: 3rd ������������Highest: 1st�������������Laps Led: 122
������ Finished: 1st������������Lowest: 7th

24 - Jeff Gordon
�������Started: 1st �������������Highest: 1st��������������Laps Led: 25
� �����Finished: 2nd��������������Lowest: 8th

88 - Dale Jarrett
�������Started: 9th �������������Highest: 1st���������������Laps Led: 18
��� ���Finished: 3rd������������Lowest: 9th

99 - Jeff Burton
�������Started: 28th ���������������Highest: 1st���������������Laps Led: 2
� �����Finished: 28th������������Lowest: 4th



RACE RECAP:
After 200 Laps
Leaders: 12
Lead Changes: 18
9 Cautions for 47 Laps
Cars Out of Race: 7
Average Speed: 117.801mph
Winner: Jeremy Mayfield
Margin of Victory: 0.341sec
Time of Race: 4:14:40
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