1998 The Winston

The 1998 The Winston was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now the NASCAR Cup Series) All-Star event held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 16, 1998. Jeff Gordon, the eventual season champ, was on his way to victory, but when he jumped a restart caused the field to be put under caution again. The extra lap of caution drained Gordon's fuel tank enough and Gordon ran out on the last lap. Mark Martin instead drove by and won his first All-Star race. Stats

Background
The Winston was open to race winners from last season through the 1997 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and all previous All-Star race winners and NASCAR Winston Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 1992 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.