NASCAR: Winston Cup Championship Standings After California 500
4 May 1998
The NASCAR driver point standings after the California 500 have been released. The listing shows position, driver, total points, starts, wins, top-5 finishes, top-10 finishes and money won:Pos. Driver Points Starts Wins top-5 top-10 Earnings 1 Jeremy Mayfield 1457 10 0 5 6 $888,415 2 Terry Labonte 1421 10 0 3 6 708,285 3 Jeff Gordon 1410 10 2 5 6 799,840 4 Rusty Wallace 1384 10 0 5 6 894,780 5 Mark Martin 1334 10 3 4 6 1,177,190 6 Dale Jarrett 1295 10 1 5 6 757,070 7 Dale Earnhardt 1223 10 1 2 4 1,505,995 8 Jimmy Spencer 1184 10 0 2 4 694,465 9 Bobby Labonte 1169 10 2 3 4 1,155,300 10 Ken Schrader 1158 10 0 1 3 724,865 11 Bill Elliott 1139 10 0 0 3 569,095 12 Michael Waltrip 1138 10 0 0 3 536,135 13 Ward Burton 1136 10 0 0 1 504,070 14 Jeff Burton 1110 10 0 3 5 659,650 15 Johnny Benson 1079 9 0 3 6 483,005 16 Bobby Hamilton 1070 10 1 1 2 681,410 17 Chad Little 1061 9 0 1 4 624,695 18 Ernie Irvan 1056 10 0 0 3 575,415 19 Brett Bodine 1056 10 0 0 0 485,550 20 Ted Musgrave 1007 10 0 1 4 514,405 21 Steve Grissom 974 10 0 0 1 463,245 22 Dick Trickle 923 10 0 0 1 458,905 23 Robert Pressley 909 10 0 1 1 447,605 24 John Andretti 896 10 0 0 0 500,205 25 Sterling Marlin 885 9 0 0 1 413,645 26 Lake Speed 859 10 0 0 0 402,160 27 Ricky Rudd 853 10 0 0 0 504,890 28 Kenny Wallace 827 9 0 0 3 344,410 29 Rick Mast 827 10 0 0 0 377,936 30 Geoff Bodine 818 9 0 1 2 427,685 31 Kenny Irwin 801 10 0 1 1 492,697 32 Kyle Petty 757 10 0 0 0 457,160 33 Darrell Waltrip 743 10 0 1 1 373,260 34 Joe Nemechek 728 9 0 1 1 490,405 35 David Green 720 9 0 0 0 284,470 36 Kevin Lepage 630 9 0 0 0 288,735 37 Randy Lajoie 615 6 0 1 3 252,845 38 Jerry Nadeau 587 8 0 0 0 228,751 39 Derrike Cope 565 8 0 0 0 309,320 40 Mike Skinner 537 7 0 0 1 318,025 41 Ricky Craven 403 4 0 0 1 229,560 42 Greg Sacks 400 7 0 0 0 296,880 43 Morgan Shepherd 370 4 0 0 0 102,255 44 Wally Dallenbach, Jr 362 5 0 0 0 191,325 45 Todd Bodine 343 4 0 0 1 117,115 46 Jeff Green 340 4 0 0 0 140,230 47 Hut Stricklin 315 6 0 0 0 163,170 48 Gary Bradberry 219 3 0 0 0 129,160 49 Dave Marcis 216 3 0 0 0 159,975 50 Billy Standridge 137 2 0 0 0 111,895 51 Steve Park 110 2 0 0 0 85,545 52 Dennis Setzer 106 1 0 0 0 26,620 53 Mike Wallace 94 1 0 0 0 86,105 54 Andy Hillenburg 76 1 0 0 0 80,205 55 Mike Dillon 58 1 0 0 0 28,050 56 Rich Bickle 40 1 0 0 0 22,450