1998 UAW-GM Quality 500

{{Short description|28th race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1998 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 39th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 4, 1998, in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would manage to dominate most of the race to take his 29th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his seventh and final victory of the season.{{Cite web |last=Poole |first=David |date=October 4, 1998 |title=Martin by a mile |url=http://www.thatsracin.com/98/1004/1005500lede.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817231506/http://www.thatsracin.com/98/1004/1005500lede.htm |archive-date=August 17, 2000 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |website=That's Racin' |publisher=The Charlotte Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Macenka |first=Joe |date=October 5, 1998 |title=Martin wins to trim Gordon's lead |pages=61 |work=Citizens' Voice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109799368/martin-wins-to-trim-gordons-lead/ |access-date=September 19, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the podium, Bill Davis Racing driver Ward Burton and Roush Racing driver Jeff Burton would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Charlotte_Motor_Speedway_diagram.svg, the venue where the race was held.]]

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.

= Entry list =

(R) denotes rookie driver.

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!Sponsor

|Steve Park (R)

|Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

1998 UAW-GM Quality 500

Background

= Entry list =

Practice

= First practice =

= Second practice =

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= Final practice =

Qualifying

= Full qualifying results =

Race results

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