1998 NASCAR Touring Series

1998 NASCAR Touring Series	1998 NASCAR Touring Series
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The 1998 NASCAR Winston Regional Touring Series was the inaugural season of the NASCAR Touring Series, a then-regional touring stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began on January 23 at Walt Disney World Speedway with the Central Florida Chevrolet Dealers 100, and concluded on September 26 with the Hanes 200 at Martinsville Speedway. 
Teams and driversConfirmed entries
Manufacturer	Team 	No	Driver 	Races
Chevrolet 	Venable Racing 	2 	Jason Lidster 	All
Chevrolet 	Bolt Racing 	6 	Kevin Bolt 	All
Chevrolet 	Ranier-Lundy Racing 	28	Dave Lawrence 	All
Chevrolet 	Mach 1 Racing 	41	Angela Webster 	All
Chevrolet 	Mach 1 Racing 	48	Jamie Grover 	All
Chevrolet 	Ramsay Racing 	59	Geoff Ramsay 	All
Ford 	Manning Motorsports 	49	Richard Ainsworth	6
Ford 	Manning Motorsports 	49	Duane Manning 	6
Ford 	Windis Racing 	77	Rob Windis 	All
Ford 	Hendrick Motorsports	95	Brian Williams 	All
Pontiac 	Brant Racing 	21	Robbie Brant 	All
Pontiac 	Tim Miller Racing 	4 	Tim Miller 	All
Schedule
No.	Race 	Track 	Date 	Distance
1 	Central Florida Chevrolet Dealers 150	Walt Disney World Speedway (Bay Lake, FL) 	Jan 18 	100 laps, 100 miles
2 	Winston Daytona Challenge 	Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, FL)	Feb 14 	40 laps, 100 miles
3 	GM Goodwrench Service Plus 100 	North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham, NC) 	Feb 21 	100 laps, 101.7 miles
4 	BellSouth 200 	Nashville Speedway USA (Nashville, TN) 	Mar 15 	200 laps, 119.2 miles
5 	Diamond Hill Plywood 100 	Darlington Raceway (Darlington, SC) 	Mar 21 	73 laps, 99.718 miles
6 	Goody's 200 	Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, TN) 	Mar 28 	200 laps, 106.6 miles
7 	Sundrop 250 	Hickory Motor Speedway (Hickory, NC) 	Apr 11 	250 laps, 90.75 miles
8 	Winston Shootout 200 	Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC) 	May 25 	200 laps, 50 miles
9 	Myrtle Beach 200 	Myrtle Beach Speedway (Myrtle Beach, SC) 	Jul 11 	200 laps, 107.6 miles
10 	Ford Credit 250 	South Boston Speedway (South Boston, VA) 	Jul 25 	250 laps, 100 miles
11 	Greenville 200 	Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Easley, SC) 	Sept 10	200 laps, 100 miles
12 	Hanes 200 	Martinsville Speedway (Martinsville, VA) 	Sept 26	200 laps, 100 miles
Results and standingsRaces
# 	Race 	Pole position	Most lap led 	Winning driver	Manufacturer	No.	Winning team
1 	Central Florida Chevrolet Dealers 150	Geoff Ramsay 	Geoff Ramsay 	Geoff Ramsay 	Chevrolet 	59 	Ramsay Racing
2 	Winston Daytona Challenge 	Jamie Grover 	Angela Webster	Angela Webster	Chevrolet 	41 	Mach 1 Racing
3 	GM Goodwrench Service Plus 100 	Kevin Bolt 	Kevin Bolt 	Geoff Ramsay 	Chevrolet 	59 	Ramsay Racing
4 	BellSouth 200 	Jamie Grover 	Jamie Grover 	Jamie Grover 	Chevrolet 	48 	Mach 1 Racing
5 	Diamond Hill Plywood 100 	Geoff Ramsay 	Geoff Ramsay 	Geoff Ramsay 	Chevrolet 	59 	Ramsay Racing
6 	Goody's 200 	Robbie Brant 	Robbie Brant 	Rob Windis 	Ford 	77 	Windis Racing
7 	Sundrop 250 	Rob Windis 	Rob Windis 	Robbie Brant 	Pontiac 	21 	Brant Racing
8 	Winston Shootout 200 	Dave Lawrence	Dave Lawrence 	Dave Lawrence 	Chevrolet 	28 	Ranier-Lundy Racing
9 	Myrtle Beach 200 	Kevin Bolt 	Kevin Bolt 	Kevin Bolt 	Chevrolet 	6 	Bolt Racing
10	Ford Credit 250 	Robbie Brant 	Rob Windis 	Rob Windis 	Ford 	77 	Windis Racing
11	Greenville 200 	Dave Lawrence	Dave Lawrence 	Dave Lawrence 	Chevrolet 	28 	Ranier-Lundy Racing
12	Hanes 200 	Kevin Bolt 	Kevin Bolt 	Kevin Bolt 	Chevrolet 	6 	Bolt Racing
Standings
RANK	# 	DRIVER 	STARTS	POINTS	BEHIND	WINS	TOP5	TOP10	POLES	LED
1 	59	G Ramsay 	12 	1977 	0 	3 	10 	12 	2 	186
2 	6 	K Bolt 	12 	1975 	-2 	2 	8 	12 	3 	346
3 	77	R Windis 	12 	1931 	-46 	2 	9 	10 	1 	310
4 	48	J Grover 	12 	1919 	-58 	1 	8 	12 	2 	200
5 	28	D Lawrence 	12 	1882 	-95 	2 	5 	12 	2 	415
6 	95	B Williams 	12 	1849 	-128 	0 	6 	12 	0 	65
7 	41	A Webster 	12 	1814 	-163 	1 	4 	12 	0 	39
8 	21	R Brant 	12 	1804 	-173 	1 	3 	11 	2 	127
9 	4 	T Miller 	12 	1766 	-211 	0 	4 	12 	0 	1
10 	2 	J Lidster 	12 	1638 	-339 	0 	2 	6 	0 	0
11 	49	D Manning 	6 	842 	-1135 	0 	1 	4 	0 	0
12 	49	R Ainsworth	6 	828 	-1149 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0
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