1998
- Texas 500: On lap 2 in turn 1, a crash involving 11 cars occurred. This crash included Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Kenny Wallace, Hut Stricklin, Kevin Lepage, Ernie Irvan, Ted Musgrave, Randy Lajoie, Rick Mast, and John Andretti. This accident caused a red flag of over 10 minutes.
- Sears DieHard 500: On lap 142, Ward Burton clipped Dale Earnhardt, sending Earnhardt into Bill Elliott. Both collided and crashed into the wall hard and Elliott's car went on its side near the start-finish line, involving Ricky Rudd, Michael Waltrip, Chad Little, Ken Schrader, and others.
- UAW–GM Quality 500: On lap 202 of 334, Bobby Labonte ran into the oil, spun in turn 1 and took out at least 11 other cars including Terry Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, his teammate Mike Skinner, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace, Jeremy Mayfield and Geoff Bodine.
- Winston 500: On lap 134, Sterling Marlin got in the back of Ernie Irvan and spins hard in the wall, then gets hits hard by Dick Trickle and championship contenter Mark Martin. In total, at least eight cars involved, including Marlin, Irvan, Martin, Trickle, Dale Earnhardt, Ward Burton and Johnny Benson. Ernie Irvan was injured, but amazingly he raced the following week at Daytona, which would be his last race of the season as he missed the final three races. The wreck ended Mark Martin's hopes for winning the championship and opening the door to Jeff Gordon as he go on to win his third cup title in four years.
- Pepsi 400:
- On Lap 32, Kevin Lepage lost control in turn 2, collecting eleven cars, including Rich Bickle, Hut Stricklin, Geoff Bodine, Jeff Green, Ted Musgrave, Michael Waltrip, Johnny Benson, Jr., Steve Grissom, Dan Pardus, and Darrell Waltrip.
- On Lap 141, Kenny Irwin, Jr. hit Chad Little on the back straightaway, collecting nine cars in all.
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