Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed(by this I mean whatever happens in 2nd round, not where things stand now) to make the UAW-GM 500 at Charlotte based on owners points: #24-Jeff Gordon(1st in owners points and the 1st time in 1998 Gordon has not qualified in the top 25 1st round-not counting the Daytona 500); #99-Jeff Burton(7); #3-Dale Earnhardt(8); #94-Bill Elliott(16); #21-Michael Waltrip(17); #16-Kevin Lepage(19) and #35-Darrell Waltrip(champ prov). The five teams that would miss the race if things stayed the same: #46-Jeff Green(39); #71-Dave Marcis(44); #19-Tony Raines(53); #85-Randy MacDonald(60) and #80-Andy Hillinburg(67). Some surprises had to be Copes pole run, Todd Bodine qualifying 8th, David Green made the field with the #41 team who is out of provisionals, Gary Bradberry in the #78 was 16th and two rookies did quite well, Jerry Nadeau in the #9 Cartoon Network Ford(12th) and Kenny Irwin, who failed to make the Coke 600 at Charlotte in May is 10th!(9-30-98)
