page_title: 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
hierarchical_section_title: 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
caption_attribution_description: English: Mark Martin at Pocono Raceway, 1998
context_page_description: The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season was the 50th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 27th modern-era cup series. The season included 33 races and three exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the Driver's Championship, the third of his career and his third in the last four seasons.
  1998 was the last season without either NASCAR Legends: Tony Stewart until 2017, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. until 2018.
context_section_description: The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season was the 50th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 27th modern-era cup series. The season included 33 races and three exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the Driver's Championship, the third of his career and his third in the last four seasons.
  1998 was the last season without either NASCAR Legends: Tony Stewart until 2017, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. until 2018.
caption: Mark Martin finished second behind Gordon by 364 points
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