1998 California 500

1998 California 500
Race details
Race 10 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Date May 3, 1998 (1998-May-03)
Official name California 500
Location California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course Permanent racing facility
2.0 mi (3.23 km)
Distance 250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 140.22 miles per hour (225.66 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Mark Martin Roush Racing
Laps 165
Winner
No. 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett

The 1998 California 500 Presented by NAPA was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 3, 1998 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2 mile (3.23 km) speedway, it was the 10th race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Mark Martin of Roush Racing won the race.

Background

The track, California Speedway, is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long.[1] The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.

Top 10 results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford
2 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford
3 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5 1 Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet
6 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford
7 7 Geoffrey Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford
8 26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford
9 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
10 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford

Race Statistics

References

  1. "Auto Club Speedway Track Facts". Auto Club Speedway. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
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