Pepsi 400
The Pepsi 400 was scheduled to run on July 4 in Daytona Beach, Florida, but was run on October 17 due to wildfires in the Daytona Beach area. Bobby Labonte sat on the Bud Pole. The race was broadcast on TNN.
Top Ten Results
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 18-Bobby Labonte
- 31-Mike Skinner
- 12-Jeremy Mayfield
- 2-Rusty Wallace
- 5-Terry Labonte
- 22-Ward Burton
- 36-Ernie Irvan*
- 33-Ken Schrader
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
Failed to qualify: 41-Rick Wilson, 75-Rick Mast, 77-Robert Pressley, 78-Gary Bradberry, 90-Dick Trickle
- This was the first NASCAR race at Daytona to be run under the lights.
- This race was originally scheduled to be broadcast by CBS, but TNN broadcast the race, due to prior commitments by CBS (due to the race's rescheduling).
- Ernie Irvan started the race in the #36, but was replaced at the first caution by Ricky Craven.
- This was Jeff Gordon's 40th Winston Cup Career win.
Read more about this topic: 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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—Annie Lennox (b. 1954)