NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 - Starting Grid
13 February 1998
40th Annual Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 Starting Lineup Daytona International Speedway Str Car Pos No. Driver Team/Car Speed 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pontiac 192.415 2 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chevrolet 192.127 3 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light Chevrolet 1st race/1st place 4 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench SVC Plus Chev 2nd race/1st place 5 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 1st race/2nd place 6 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 2nd race/2nd place 7 23 Jimmy Spencer Winston/No Bull Ford 1st race/4th place 8 31 Mike Skinner Lowe's Chevrolet 2nd race/3rd place 9 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pontiac 1st race/5th place 10 36 Ernie Irvan Skittles Pontiac 2nd race/4th place 11 30 Derrike Cope Gum-out Pontiac 1st race/6th place 12 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 2nd race/5th place 13 12 Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1 Ford 1st race/7th place 14 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 2nd race/6th place 15 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 1st race/8th place 16 9 Lake Speed Cartoon Network Ford 2nd race/7th place 17 43 John Andretti STP Pontiac 1st race/9th place 18 95 Andy Hillenburg Shoney's Inn Chevrolet 2nd race/8th place 19 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 1st race10th place 20 91 Kevin LePage Little Joe's Auto Chevrolet 2nd race/9th place 21 97 Chad Little John Deere Ford 1st race/11th place 22 4 Bobby Hamilton Kodak Film Chevrolet 2nd race/10th place 23 73 Mike Wallace X-1R Chevrolet 1st race/12th place 24 98 Greg Sacks Thorn Apple Valley Ford 2nd race/11th place 25 7 Geoff Bodine Philips Consumer Comm. Ford 1st race/13th place 26 13 * Jerry Nadeau FirstPlus Financial Ford 2nd race/12th place 27 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 1st race/14th place 28 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chevrolet 2nd race/13th place 29 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet 1st race/15th place 30 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 2nd race/14th place 31 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit Chevrolet 191.787 32 50 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chevrolet 189.557 33 1 * Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 189.498 34 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 189.490 35 71 Dave Marcis Realtree Camouflage Chevrolet 189.410 36 47 Billy Standridge Team Fans Can Race Ford 189.290 37 16 Ted Musgrave Primestar Ford Provisional 38 28 * Kenny Irwin Texaco Havoline Ford Provisional 39 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pontiac Provisional 40 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford Provisional 41 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chevrolet Provisional 42 11 Brett Bodine Paychex Ford Provisional 43 17 Darrell Waltrip Speedblock/Bldr's Square Chevy Past Champion's Provisional * NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Candidate