1998 Miller Lite 400

{{Short description|14th race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1998 Miller Lite 400 was the 14th stock car race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 14, 1998, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the late stages of the race, Roush Racing driver Mark Martin was able to dominate to take his 26th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth of the season.{{Cite web |last=Utter |first=Jim |date=June 14, 1998 |title=Martin rides winner of a car to Victory Lane |url=http://www.thatsracin.com/98/0614/0615400lede.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818001900/http://www.thatsracin.com/98/0614/0615400lede.htm |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=That's Racin' |publisher=The Charlotte Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Mike |date=June 15, 1998 |title=Martin wins '400', outraces Jarrett |pages=8 |work=The Daily Advocate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109066608/martin-wins-400-outraces-jarrett/ |access-date=September 6, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} To fill out the podium, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png, the venue where the race was held.]]

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

= Entry list =

(R) denotes rookie driver.

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|Darrell Waltrip

|Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

1998 Miller Lite 400

Background

= Entry list =

Practice

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Qualifying

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Race results

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