1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results

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The field has finished qualifying for the 16th race of the season the Stevens Beil / Genuine Car Parts 200 at the Flemington Speedway.

Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole, with a time of 37.568 seconds, beating Terry Cook by 0.023 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Ron Hornaday Jr. won his 4th pole of the year,
Hornaday Jr. won the 15th pole of his career in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and his first since Milwaukee Mile; 6 races ago,
Ron Hornaday Jr., who won this race one year ago, will be starting 1st,
Hornaday Jr., who will start 1st, has a 123 point lead over Jack Sprague

1.16-Ron Hornaday Jr.
2.88-Terry Cook
3.99-Joe Ruttman
4.66-Bryan Reffner
5.06-Billy Pauch
6.09-Randy MacDonald
7.43-Jimmy Hensley
8.52-Mike Wallace
9.35-Ron Barfield Jr.
10.75-Kevin Harvick
11.2-Mike Bliss
12.31-Kevin Cywinski
13.6-Rick Carelli
14.14-Rick Crawford
15.55-Tony Roper
16.29-Bob Keselowski
17.19-Tony Raines
18.44-Boris Said
19.60-Andy Houston
20.37-Scot Walters
21.3-Jay Sauter
22.32-Curtis Markham
23.18-Butch Miller
24.50-Greg Biffle
25.10-Lonnie Rush Jr.
26.7-Barry Bodine
27.86-Stacy Compton
28.24-Jack Sprague
29.84-Wayne Anderson
30.61-Randy Tolsma

Did Not Qualify
31.00-Ryan McGlynn
32.05-John Blewett
33.40-George Brunnhoelzl Jr.
34.78-Randy Renfrow
35.90-Lance Norick

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Race #16 - Stevens Beil / Genuine Car Parts 200

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series made their 16th stop of 1998 at the Flemington Speedway, in Flemington, New Jersey, for the Stevens Beil / Genuine Car Parts 200.

Points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. led the field to the green flag but it was Terry Cook who got a great running coming out of Turn 1 who would lead the first laps as a rash of cautions in the first hundred laps allowed Terry Cook to remain in the lead until he was passed by Joe Ruttman just after the halfway mark. Ruttman would lose the lead briefly during the round of pit stops before taking it back, and once back out front, Ruttman had to hold off a hard charging Hornaday and Jimmy Hensley in the final laps to score his second win of 1998.

Other Noticeables:
Joe Ruttman scored his 2nd win of the year,
Ruttman led 2 times for 96 laps, including the final 82 laps,
It was the 10th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win and his first since Walt Disney; 15 races ago,
Ron Hornaday Jr., who finished 2nd, kept his points lead, leading Jack Sprague by 196 points

1.99-Joe Ruttman (96 laps led)
2.16-Ron Hornaday Jr.
3.43-Jimmy Hensley
4.66-Bryan Reffner
5.06-Billy Pauch
6.14-Rick Crawford
7.6-Rick Carelli
8.88-Terry Cook (103 laps led)
9.60-Andy Houston
10.32-Curtis Markham
11.35-Ron Barfield Jr.-1 lap
12.3-Jay Sauter-1 lap
13.19-Tony Raines-1 lap
14.7-Barry Bodine-1 lap
15.10-Lonnie Rush Jr.-1 lap
16.50-Greg Biffle-1 lap
17.29-Bob Keselowski-1 lap
18.75-Kevin Harvick-1 lap
19.44-Boris Said-1 lap
20.37-Scot Walters-1 lap
21.61-Randy Tolsma-1 lap
22.24-Jack Sprague-1 lap
23.18-Butch Miller-3 laps
24.31-Kevin Cywinski-3 laps (1 lap led)
25.55-Tony Roper-84 laps (Accident)
26.52-Mike Wallace-84 laps (Accident)
27.09-Randy MacDonald-86 laps (Header)
28.84-Wayne Anderson-106 laps (Ignition)
29.86-Stacy Compton-195 laps (Accident)
30.2-Mike Bliss-197 laps (Accident)

Ron Hornaday Jr.-Pole
Terry Cook-1-102
Joe Ruttman-103-116
Kevin Cywinski-117
Terry Cook-118
Joe Ruttman-119-200

4 Lead Changes among 3 drivers

Caution Flags: 7 for 35 laps
Lap 4 (Trucks #06, 75, 2, 35, 29, 19, 18, 10, 86 and 24 Accident Turn 2),
Lap 12 (Truck #09 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 27 (Truck #06 Stalled Turn 2),
Lap 37 (Truck #84 and 10 Spin Turn 2),
Lap 117 (Truck #52 Accident Turn 2),
Lap 126 (Truck #43 Spin Turn 2),
Lap 159 (Truck #44 Spin Turn 2)

Margin of Victory: 1.042 Seconds

Time of Race: 1 Hour, 49 Minutes and 25 Seconds