1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Top Ten Results The Bud Shootout, a race for pole winners from the previous season, was run on February 8 in Daytona Beach, Florida.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 05-Morgan Shepherd, 1-Steve Park/Phil Parsons, 29-Jeff Green, 40-Sterling Marlin*, 71-Dave Marcis, 95-Andy Hillenburg, 97-Chad Little The TranSouth Financial 400 was run on March 22 in Darlington, South Carolina.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 46-Wally Dallenbach Jr., 71-Dave Marcis, 78-Gary Bradberry The DieHard 500 was run on April 26 in Talladega, Alabama.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 8-Hut Stricklin, 19-Tony Raines, 71-Dave Marcis, 98-Rich Bickle The Winston, a non-points race with seventy laps in three segments, was run on May 16 in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 07-Dan Pardus, 8-Hut Stricklin, 28-Kenny Irwin Jr., 46-Morgan Shepherd, 47-Billy Standridge, 71-Dave Marcis, 85-Randy MacDonald, 95-Andy Hillenburg The MBNA Platinum 400 was run on May 31, Dover, Delaware.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 13-Dennis Setzer, 35-Todd Bodine, 46-Morgan Shepherd The Pontiac Excitement 400 was run on June 6 in Richmond, Virginia.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 19-Tony Raines, 30-Derrike Cope, 35-Todd Bodine, 71-Dave Marcis The Pocono 500 was run on June 21 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 35-Todd Bodine, 46-Tommy Kendall*, 58-Chris Raudman, 70-Rick Ware, 71-Dave Marcis The Jiffy Lube 300 was run on July 12 in Loudon, New Hampshire.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 58-Larry Gunselman**, 59-Brian Cunningham, 71-Dave Marcis The Pepsi 400 presented by DeVilbiss was run on August 16 in Brooklyn, Michigan.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 71-Dave Marcis, 78-Gary Bradberry, 81-Kenny Wallace, 96-Hut Stricklin The Goody's Headache Powder 500 was run on August 22 in Bristol, Tennessee.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 41-Steve Grissom, 71-Dave Marcis, 78-Gary Bradberry, 85-Ken Bouchard The Farm Aid on CMT 300 was run on August 30 in Loudon, New Hampshire.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 00-Buckshot Jones, 07-Dan Pardus, 30-Derrike Cope, 79-Ken Bouchard The Pepsi Southern 500 was run on September 6 in Darlington, South Carolina.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 71-Dave Marcis, 91-Morgan Shepherd, 96-Hut Stricklin The Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 was run on September 12 in Richmond, Virginia.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 00-Buckshot Jones, 78-Gary Bradberry, 79-Ken Bouchard, 98-Rich Bickle The MBNA Gold 400 was run on September 20 in Dover, Delaware.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 41-Steve Grissom, 71-Dave Marcis, 96-Morgan Shepherd The NAPA Autocare 500 was run on September 27 in Martinsville, Virginia.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 41-David Green, 78-Gary Bradberry, 79-Ken Bouchard, 85-Randy MacDonald The UAW-GM Quality 500 was run on October 4 in Concord, North Carolina.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 19-Tony Raines, 46-Jeff Green, 71-Dave Marcis, 80-Andy Hillenburg, 85-Randy MacDonald The Winston 500 was run on October 11 in Talladega, Alabama.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 41-Rick Wilson, 75-Rick Mast, 77-Robert Pressley, 78-Gary Bradberry, 90-Dick Trickle The Dura Lube/Kmart 500* was run on October 25 in Phoenix, Arizona.Top Ten Results Failed to qualify: 21-Michael Waltrip, 45-Jeff Ward, 71-Dave Marcis The AC Delco 400 was run on November 1 in Rockingham, North Carolina.Finally, the last-place finisher was pre-season favorite Steve Park, who missed most of the year after suffering a broken leg in a practice crash at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The 1998 Winston Cup Champion Jeff Gordon . It was Gordon's third championship in four years.
Mark Martin finished second behind Gordon by 364 points
Dale Jarrett finished third in the championship
Kenny Irwin Jr. , the 1998 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
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