Coca-Cola 500
The NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi - Coca-Cola 500 was an exhibition race run on November 22 at the Twin Ring Motegi oval in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan. Jeremy Mayfield won the pole.
This is also the first NASCAR race where Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. competed with one another in the #3 and #1 Coca-Cola Chevrolets, respectively. The race was broadcast on TBS.
Top Ten Results
- 31-Mike Skinner
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 12-Jeremy Mayfield
- 99-Jeff Burton
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 1-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- 94-Bill Elliott
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 40-Sterling Marlin
- 21-Michael Waltrip 2 laps down
Failed to Qualify: None
- Dale Jarrett was forced to skip the event due to gall bladder surgery that needed to be performed immediately after the NAPA 500 so that he would be ready for Daytona in February. Darrell Waltrip drove the #88 in Jarrett's place.
Read more about this topic: 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi
Famous quotes containing the word coca-cola:
“Someone little lives under a bush
pressing an empty Coca-Cola can against
his starving bloated stomach,
I know that much.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)