The 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series was the 46th season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season began on February 8, 1998, with the FirstPlus Financial 200 at Daytona International Speedway, and ended on November 6, 1998, with the Winn Dixie 250K at Atlanta Motor Speedway. [1]
Frank Kimmel was the series champion, winning nine races during the season, and this marked the first out of ten championships Kimmel would win in his ARCA career. Mark Gibson and Bob Strait were the runners-up in the final championship standings. Bill Baird won Rookie of the Year honors. Defending champion Tim Steele entered only six races, winning four of those races, but otherwise spent most of the season recovering from injuries suffered in a racing crash the previous season. The season also saw the brief but impactful appearance of fourth-generation driver Adam Petty, who won the first race he entered at Round 23 at Charlotte.