Race 4 of 33 in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1998 Primestar 500 program cover, featuring Ted Musgrave. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date
March 9, 1998
Official name
39th Annual Primestar 500
Location
Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance
325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km)
Scheduled Distance
325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km)
Average speed
139.501 miles per hour (224.505 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
John Andretti
Petty Enterprises
Time
28.732
Most laps led
Driver
Kenny Irwin Jr.
Robert Yates Racing
Laps
113
Winner
No. 18
Bobby Labonte
Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network
ESPN
Announcers
Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio
Performance Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1998 Primestar 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 39th iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 8, 1998, but was postponed to Monday, March 9 due to rain.[1] The race was held in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 325 laps to complete. In the late stages of the race, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte would manage to pass for the lead with 47 to go and take his sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[2][3] To fill out the podium, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett and Penske-Kranefuss Racing driver Jeremy Mayfield would finish second and third, respectively.
^Poole, David (March 8, 1998). "Rain victorious at Atlanta Motor Speedway". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
^Poole, David (March 9, 1998). "Labonte the master of Atlanta Motor Speedway". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on February 16, 2001. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
^Kreuzer, Laura (March 10, 1998). "It's Labonte once again". Ledger-Enquirer. p. 15. Retrieved September 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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