ESPN's 1998 NASCAR Year in Review

Highlights of an exciting 1998 NASCAR season from ESPN's Bill Weber on SpeedWorld.
Sorry for the terrible quality... I played the hell out of this old VCR tape when I was a kid.

[@SiVlog1989]

What a season Jeff Gordon had, 13 wins in a season. Tying the modern era record, Mark Martin would have won the title himself any other year, with 7 wins himself, he and Jeff Gordon were on another level that year

[@kg0173]

Love the cars, the paintjobs, the racing, the drivers, the tracks, the announcers, everything!

[@randybobandy9243]

98’ was a special year for me. I was in 3rd grade, Every race weekend would either be at my grandparents house or with my Parents. It was always a big get together on race day.. I really miss those days of Winston Cup Racing.. ALOT of good memories. #GoJeffGooo!!

[@markknight1586]

I was ten years old lol for us Gordon fans 98 was a year will never forget will never be done again I don't think 13 races in a season incredible

[@ICEMAV114]

I was 4 in 98 and became a NASCAR fan when my uncle brought me a 1:64 diecast of Ernie Irvan's Skittles Car. To this day, my driver is whoever is in that candy car. I wore the shit outta this tape and knew every driver even their substitutes when someone was out or injured. Thank you to my dad for getting me this tape at Walmart in '99. God Dammit I LOVE NASCAR!!!

[@KColleyTV]

Oh man. Thank you so, so much!! Don't have VCR anymore. Been searching for '97, '98, '99 Years in Review. They were incredible work! Been looking on KZbin for these three for years. I played the crap out of all three of them so I feel ya!

[@JHollaCanuckFan]

I hear you when you said this tape has been played over and over and over. As a Gordon fan this will go down as perhaps the best season ever in modern NASCAR history (and by far his best of the Championship years).

[@frankherman5195]

The most dominating season ever in the modern era.

[@generalkayoss7347]

Thanks for the memories. I was 13 in 1998, a young NASCAR fan that had just started keeping up with the sport a couple of years before, and #24 was the man!

[@OscarWL16]

Fact * This is the last Season without NASCAR legends: Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr until the 2017 and 2018 seasons

[@canuckster24]

Any other year Mark Martin would have won the championship but Jeff Gordon had the best season of the modern era.

[@randybobandy9243]

TruthfulImmigrant Dang Skippy, 13 wins. Still a single season record aside from King Petty.

[@mgnta1]

From 96-98 Gordon won 33 races. That's an insane stat.

[@KoeingseggCCM]

Problem is, Mark Martin is one of the greatest drivers of all time going up against THE greatest drivers of all time. Gotta admire him though, he was one of the best to never win the championship.

[@AWC1989]

​​@@KoeingseggCCM .....Here is who Mark Martin lost the championship to each of the 5 years he came second in the championship. 1990 Dale Earnhardt 1994 Dale Earnhardt 1998 Jeff Gordon 2002 Tony Stewart 2009 Jimmie Johnson .....Nascar put Mark Martin inside the top 25 drivers of all time a few years back, and he lost each year from a driver close to or inside the top 10 drivers of all time. .....I would say now Denny Hamlin passed Mark Martin up as the best driver without a championship except maybe Junior Johnson. Which that's Johnsons fault for not racing full time. With 50 wins having less than 150 top 10s in over 300 races isn't that impressive.

[@kg0173]

That quote was in the review book from the pre-1999 season.

[@frmnNnj]

I wasn’t even alive in the 90’s, but I LOVE IT! Great racing, and incredible drivers! Rusty Wallace! Jeff Burton! Dale Jarrett! Jeff Gordon! Mark Martin! Bobby Labonte! Ricky Rudd! Tony Stewart! Terry Labonte! Dale Earnhardt!

[@juliuscaesar5463]

f1r3m4nN1nj4 22 wow man good for you. I was alive in 90s but didn't get interested until recently. The sport really needs us right now

[@jmcculloh88]

You missed some of the best Nascar racing ever!!!!!

[@kg0173]

Ernie Irvan, Darrell Waltrip, Jeremy Mayfield and John Andrettti.

[@zlinedavid]

I laugh whenever I see comments like “needs to be in 4K”. Screw all that….I like the static. Pure nostalgia. Takes me back to when I’d pop a tape like this in and was too lazy to get back up to adjust the tracking. 🤣

[@racer7374]

What a fantastic season that was to watch! I used to drop everything each weekend the race was on. No DVR, got cable just to watch all the races.

[@mitcholla]

Thank you for posting this. I was 8 in 1998 so this brought back so many great memories from racing and beyond.

[@kg0173]

My favorite NASCAR season as it was my first when I really watched the races and followed the standings. Remember Mayfield was leading the championship.

[@michaeld6147]

they need to come out with a DVD or blue-ray version of this. I don't think many people have VCR's anymore.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Jeff Gordon magical 1998 run with 13 wins to tied Richard Petty record in 1975 modern era history rewrite the history book in NASCAR Winston Cup Series

[@jonathan_tong93]

The 1998 NASCAR Year in Review TV Special looks back to the 18th Year of NASCAR Racing on Philippine Television in Celebration of NASCAR's 50th Anniversary that was covered by GMA Network, in cooperation with TAPE Inc. and SilverStar Sports. The ESPN-Produced Year in Review was aired on December 26, 1998, right before Eat Bulaga! The 50th Anniversary of NASCAR was also depicted on Limang Dekada ng Pag-Ibig, Ligawan, at Karerahan: The NASCAR on GMA 1998 Year in Review, which was jointly produced by Viva Television Corporation, Television and Production Exponents, Inc., SilverStar Communications, Inc., and GMA News and Public Affairs, and hosted by Mike Enriquez and Vicky Morales, where it was taped from the Luneta Park and the Manila Hotel and aired on December 27, 1998

[@kg0173]

The crowd at Fontana.

[@obizzil]

Lol I miss waiting for the tracking to adjust..

[@alexcasares7401]

23:23 It was at this moment that he knew, he'd f***** up

[@JasonsDeathCurse]

Need to adjust the tracking!

[@sprintcarfan12]

I still have this tape, lol

[@jmcculloh88]

Same bud, same.

[@armandoenriquez1104]

Hello, Arthur Timothy Read.

[@alexcasares7401]

39:53-40:05 Not so funny when someone cheats better than Jack Roush.