| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 24 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 1998 Southern 500 program cover | |||
| Date | September 6, 1998 | ||
| Official name | Pepsi Southern 500 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.366 miles (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) [1] | ||
| Average speed | 139.031 miles per hour (223.749 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Robert Yates Racing | ||
| Time | 29.119 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Burton | Roush Racing | |
| Laps | 273 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons | ||
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 over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198-kilometre) speedway, it was the twenty-fourth race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race and captured his fourth consecutive Southern 500.