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 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 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 Source:

Race statistics Time of race: 3:36:21 Average speed: Pole speed: 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 Race statistics at Race Database

Lap leaders Laps Leader 1–8 Dale Jarrett 9–19 Rusty Wallace 20–63 Jeff Burton 64–65 Mark Martin 66–83 Jeff Burton 84–90 Dale Jarrett 91–147 Jeff Burton 148 Mark Martin 149 Bill Elliott 150–273 Jeff Burton 274–310 Jeff Gordon 311–340 Jeff Burton 341–367 Jeff Gordon

Total laps led Laps led Driver 273 Jeff Burton 64 Jeff Gordon 15 Dale Jarrett 11 Rusty Wallace 3 Mark Martin 1 Bill Elliott

Cautions: 2 for 16 laps Laps Reason 83–87 #23 (Spencer) spin turn 4 244–254 Debris turn 2

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