1998 Pepsi Southern 500

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Official name Pepsi Southern 500
Date September 6, 1998 (1998-September-06) Location Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina Course Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.800 km) Weather Temperatures reaching up to 93.2 °F (34.0 °C); wind speeds up to 11.3 miles per hour (18.2 km/h)

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 (2.198 km) 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: 139.031 miles per hour (223.749 km/h)

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

References

1998 Pepsi Southern 500 Wikipedia

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