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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1998
Page
6
A list of top drivers and their point totals across three racing series. Jeff Gordon leads Winston Cup with 3052 points followed by Mark Martin at 3000 and Jarrett at 2859. Busch Series stars include Earnhardt Jr and Kenseth with close totals. Truck Series top 10 features Hormaday, Ruttman, Sprague and others with points from 2471 to 1921.
Jeff Gordon captures the Bud at the Glen from the pole for his third straight Winston Cup Series triumph. Mark Martin repeats second place for a fourth straight week as Mike Skinner falls just short after a costly gas mileage gamble. In the Craftsman Trucks Stevens Bell/ Genuine Parts 200 at Flemington NJ, Jerry Cook takes the lead from fourth and beats Ron Hornaday with Stacy Compton close midrace. Jack Sprague crashes on lap nine and finishes 29th, allowing Hornaday and Joe Ruttman to move ahead in the standings.
Monte Dutton lists the top ten NASCAR drivers with last week’s positions in parentheses. Jeff Gordon remains first, followed by Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett, with Labonte, Rusty Wallace, Earnhardt, Mayfield, Burton, Terry Labonte, and Mike Skinner rounding out the list. comments note shifts and trends.
NASCAR This Week columnist Monte Dutton weighs in on a late race tangle at Indianapolis between veterans Dick Trickle age fifty six and Darrell Waltrip age sixty one. He endorses the scene and notes the fighters still show vinegar.
Winston Cup, Busch Grand National, and Craftsman Truck series notes with pole records, race records, and former winners. Highlights include Mark Martin as defending Winston Cup champion and Ward Burton winning the pole earlier in 1998, along with other top drivers and track details.
Geoff Bodine, a NASCAR driver listed among the sport’s 50 greatest, is trying to return to victories. He has 18 career wins, 37 poles, and nearly $13 million in earnings from 491 starts, with a 1996 Watkins Glen win as his latest triumph. He helped popularize power steering in 1981 and founded USA Bobsled Project, creator of the Bo-Dyn sleds used by the U.S. Olympic team. Bodine, 49, born Elmira New York, raised Chemung New York, now in Julian North Carolina, is divorced with two sons. He drives No. 7 Philips Ford Taurus for Jim Mattei. He recalls nearly losing at Watkins Glen and reflects on a career spanning Modified days to Winston Cup racing, savoring upcoming races.
Jeremy Mayfield, the phenom of the first half, shows signs of leveling off as the stretch drive nears, with performance tapering after a meteoric start.
A teen asks how NASCAR determines start order and why move over flags were not used in a July South Boston Busch Series race. Officials say qualifying is by random draw and move over flags are used for drivers more than a lap down, with judgment calls by officials.
The Lowe's team led by Larry McReynolds helped Mike Skinner finish third and devise a fuel strategy that nearly won the Bud at the Glen. McReynolds has enjoyed notable success since joining Skinner's team.
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