1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 |
| Name of Track: | California Speedway |
| Date: | July 19th |
Satellite View of California Speedway.
The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval speedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of Michigan International Speedway, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill.
It is a relatively new race track, opening in early 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and drag races (Auto Club Dragway), even though the track cannot host NHRA national events, because of International Speedway Corporation's corporatewide deal with Pepsi. (The NHRA has a policy prohibiting certain Pepsi brands to be advertised anywhere at their national events as part of a deal with Coca-Cola.)
This racetrack is a stones throw from the old Ontario Motor Speedway and the old Riverside International Raceway.
After Riverside's closure in 1988, Southern California did not host a NASCAR race from 1988 to 1997, when the new California Speedway was opened.
Wikipedia.org1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 3 | 2 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | AC Delco |
| 2 | Kevin Lepage | 40 | 10 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Channellock |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | 3 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Lycos |
| 4 | Phil Parsons | 10 | 9 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Dura Lube |
| 5 | David Green | 36 | 17 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Stanley Tools |
| 6 | Jeff Purvis | 4 | 13 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Lance Snacks |
| 7 | Elliott Sadler | 66 | 7 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Phillips 66 |
| 8 | Mark Krogh | 80 | 11 | $0 | 150 | 0 | running | Clearwater Forest Industries |
| 9 | Joe Bessey | 6 | 26 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Power Team |
| 10 | Mike Dillon | 72 | 4 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Detroit Gasket |
| 11 | Buckshot Jones | 0 | 5 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Bayer / Alka-Seltzer |
| 12 | Elton Sawyer | 38 | 6 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Barbasol |
| 13 | Wayne Grubb | 83 | 19 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Link-Belt Construction |
| 14 | Robert Pressley | 59 | 1 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Kingsford / Matchlight |
| 15 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | 8 | 16 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Clean Shower |
| 16 | Randy LaJoie | 74 | 24 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Fina |
| 17 | Tim Fedewa | 33 | 14 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Kleenex |
| 18 | Glenn Allen, Jr. | 99 | 28 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Luxaire |
| 19 | Mark Green | 37 | 33 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Timber Wolf |
| 20 | Hermie Sadler | 29 | 23 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | DeWalt Industrial Tools |
| 21 | Mike Wallace | 50 | 39 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Dr. Pepper |
| 22 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 97 | 42 | $0 | 149 | 0 | running | Armor All / NAPA |
| 23 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | 15 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Band-Aid |
| 24 | Mike McLaughlin | 34 | 30 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Goulds Pumps |
| 25 | Lance Hooper | 23 | 27 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | WCW |
| 26 | Mike Bliss | 88 | 12 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Lone Star Motorsports |
| 27 | Jason Keller | 57 | 35 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Progressive Motorsports |
| 28 | Ron Barfield, Jr. | 2 | 40 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | New Holland |
| 29 | Shane Hall | 85 | 18 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Big A Auto Parts |
| 30 | Jeff Krogh | 56 | 29 | $0 | 148 | 0 | running | Clearwater Forest Industries |
| 31 | Tracy Leslie | 63 | 22 | $0 | 147 | 0 | running | Lysol |
| 33 | Todd Bodine | 30 | 21 | $0 | 147 | 0 | running | Slim Jim |
| 34 | Andy Santerre | 47 | 38 | $0 | 147 | 0 | running | Monro Muffler |
| 35 | Blaise Alexander | 20 | 36 | $0 | 147 | 0 | running | Rescue Engine Formula |
| 36 | J.D. Gibbs | 44 | 37 | $0 | 146 | 0 | running | Carolina Turkey |
| 37 | Dale Jarrett | 32 | 8 | $0 | 79 | 0 | engine | Gillette Mach 3 |
| 39 | Dick Trickle | 64 | 20 | $0 | 36 | 0 | engine | Schneider National |
| 40 | Jeff Fuller | 89 | 32 | $0 | 20 | 0 | engine | Fiberall / Allerest |
| 41 | Ed Berrier | 77 | 31 | $0 | 15 | 0 | axle | Lear Corporation / UAW |
| 42 | Johnny Chapman | 0 | 43 | $0 | 3 | 0 | handling | Dura Lube |
