1998 Pepsi Southern 500

1998 Pepsi Southern 500
Race details
Race 24 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1998 Southern 500 program cover
Date September 6, 1998 (1998-09-06)
Official name Pepsi Southern 500
Location Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.366 miles (2.198 km)
Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.800 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 93.2 °F (34.0 °C); wind speeds up to 11.3 miles per hour (18.2 km/h)[1]
Average speed 139.031 miles per hour (223.749 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Robert Yates Racing
Time 29.119
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Burton Roush Racing
Laps 273
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons

The 1998 Pepsi Southern 500, the 49th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 6, 1998 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198-kilometre) speedway, it was the twenty-fourth race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race and captured his fourth consecutive Southern 500.

Results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps led Time/Status Points
1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 64 3:36:21 180
2 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 367 273 +3.631 180
3 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 367 15 Lead lap 170
4 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 367 0 Lead lap 160
5 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 366 0 +1 lap 155
6 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 365 0 +2 laps 150
7 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 365 11 +2 laps 151
8 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 365 0 +2 laps 142
9 7 Geoffrey Bodine Mattei Motorsports Ford 364 0 +3 laps 138
10 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 364 0 +3 laps 134
11 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 364 1 +3 laps 135
12 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 364 0 +3 laps 127
13 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 363 0 +4 laps 124
14 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 362 0 +5 laps 121
15 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 362 0 +5 laps 118
16 46 Jeff Green Team SABCO Chevrolet 362 0 +5 laps 115
17 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 362 0 +5 laps 112
18 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 362 0 +5 laps 109
19 98 Rich Bickle Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 362 0 +5 laps 106
20 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 362 0 +5 laps 103
21 26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 362 0 +5 laps 100
22 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 362 0 +5 laps 97
23 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 362 0 +5 laps 94
24 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 361 0 +6 laps 91
25 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 361 0 +6 laps 88
26 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 361 0 +6 laps 85
27 30 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 361 0 +6 laps 82
28 44 Kyle Petty PE2 Motorsports Pontiac 361 0 +6 laps 79
29 13 Dennis Setzer Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 360 0 +7 laps 76
30 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 360 0 +7 laps 73
31 50 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 360 0 +7 laps 70
32 9 Jerry Nadeau Melling Racing Ford 360 0 +7 laps 67
33 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 359 0 +8 laps 64
34 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 359 0 +8 laps 61
35 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 359 0 +8 laps 58
36 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 358 0 +9 laps 55
37 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 358 0 +9 laps 52
38 35 Darrell Waltrip Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 346 0 Oil pump 49
39 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 326 0 Ignition 46
40 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 318 3 Engine 48
41 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Robert Yates Racing Ford 298 0 Oil pump 40
42 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 269 0 Engine 37
43 15 Ted Musgrave Moore-Robinson Motorsports Ford 83 0 Engine 34
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Race statistics

  • Time of race: 3:36:21
  • Average speed: 139.031 miles per hour (223.749 km/h)
  • Pole speed: 168.879 miles per hour (271.784 km/h)
  • Cautions: 2 for 16 laps
  • Margin of Victory: 3.631 seconds
  • Lead changes: 12
  • Percent of race run under caution: 4.4%
  • Average green flag run: 117 laps

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References

  1. ^ Weather information at The Old Farmers' Alamanac
  2. ^ "1998 Pepsi Southern 500". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  3. ^ Race statistics at Race Database
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