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Motor car race
The
1998 Coca-Cola 600
, the 39th running of the
event
, was a
NASCAR
Winston Cup Series
race held on May 24, 1998 at
Charlotte Motor Speedway
in
Charlotte
,
North Carolina
. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 11th race of the
1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
season.
Jeff Gordon
of
Hendrick Motorsports
won the race.
Elliott Sadler made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut in this event.
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Jeff Gordon managed to take over the championship lead from Jeremy Mayfield after the event was resolved.
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Background
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Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States. It is 13 miles away from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing such as the prestigious
Coca-Cola 600
on Memorial Day weekend,
The Winston
, and 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).
Top 10 results
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Race statistics
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- Time of race: 4:23:53
- Average Speed: 136.424 miles per hour (219.553 km/h)
- Pole Speed: 182.976
- Cautions: 8 for 49 laps
- Margin of Victory: 0.41 sec
- Lead changes: 33
- Percent of race run under caution: 12.2%
- Average green flag run: 39 laps
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