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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