1998 Pepsi Southern 500
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 at 367 laps on the 1.366 mile speedway, it was the twenty-fourth race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race. His fourth consecutive Southern 500 victory.Race statistics
- Time of race: 3:36:21
- Average Speed:
- Pole Speed: 168.879
- Cautions: 2 for 16 laps
- Margin of Victory: 3.631 sec
- Lead changes: 12
- Percent of race run under caution: 4.4%
- Average green flag run: 117 laps
