That shot on the backstretch is incredible. Full stands, under the lights, 100's of camera flashes. Beautiful.

"Surely, the season can't actually get any better than this....... can it??" Me, a Gordon fan, pretty much every week in 1998

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="751">12:31</a>best start to a race I’ve ever seen. No commentating, fans cheering, a wide shot from the infield as the cars take the green with the rpm’s rising up, especially with the old plate sound. That was just poetry in motion.

By this time in 1998, HDTV’s were selling out to the markets the first year. This HD quality wouldn’t be adapted by NASCAR until the 2004 Daytona 500 & used full-time starting in 2005.

Earnhardt, Gordon, Wallace, Elliott, Jarrett, Labonte x2, Martin, Rudd, D. Waltrip, Marlin, Irvan, Burton x2... Golden Era of Nascar with grandstand sold out each week... We'll never see this again.

Been a fan since 1999 and I was watching this race a few days ago. Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Rusty Wallace Dale Jarrett Mark Martin Bobby Labonte etc. Now these boys knew how to DRAFT.

17th straight top 5???? Bruh, people don’t realize how DOMINATE that 24 team was! Crazy man. And then he won two more races

Thank YOU!!!!! This is the race. My favorite race. I just have awesome memories of sitting and drawing Nascar race cars while watching this race. I'm a Bobby Labonte fan and love the Small Soldiers car so much. I love the commentary crew and just everything about this race. The first race at Daytona under the lights. It was such an amazing night for a Nascar fan. I'm so glad ya'll finally uploaded it. THANKS!!!

Takes me back to when I was 9 and this race aired for the first time. This was truly a special race to watch, a worthy successor of the all-time 500 from February.

25 years ago today. Hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since the first ever Daytona race under the lights! NASCAR did a really great job remastering this footage to HD which looks super clean & the entire turnout was awesome all around!

There Will Never Be another Jeff Gordon

That Bobby Labonte soldiers paint scheme is my personal favorite paint scheme from Labonte.

Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

This race... it just screams late 90s.

It's too bad we'll never see this much enthusiasm and people just enjoy something they like ever again.

was actually held in October 17 1998 it was postponed because of wildfires on July 2 that year it was supposed to be on CBS over the air on July 4 but it was moved to TNN on cable for race on October 17 1998 luckily our family had cable back then😊

If not for hitting that damn tire, I think Earnhardt could've pulled the Daytona sweep.

My favorite race from the 1998 season. Thank you

Who's playing a NASCAR game while listening to this?!? I AM!!!

This has got to be the most asthetic night race i've ever watched. Something about the lighting system, and old 90's NASCAR makes me wish I was there.

Man there will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt, a true racing legend

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="120">2:00</a>:49 am I the only one who noticed a young Bob Pockrass during the Kenny Irwin interview?

Thnks nascar for the replays for nascar fans too watch for memories of fans of all ages in the stands, cheering on ur FAVORITE DRIVERS AS THE EARNHARDTS, JARRETT, BOWYER, PETTY BROTHERS,IVE LISTENED TOO SANDI PATTY SINCE WOW 1980FANTASTIC SEEING FIREWORKS

Another race I never saw BITD. Very cool! Thank You NASCAR!

Notice the new Coors Light logo on Sterling Marlin's #40 car, sporting a silver bullet paint scheme.👍

The first Daytona NASCAR Cup points race under the lights isn't held in July like it was supposed to but this race was still a remarkable race 😇🎉🙌💚

Seeing Lepage collapse after getting out of the car makes me glad NASCAR freezes the field at the moment of caution. I remember watching the New Hampshire race where Jarrett was parked on the front stretch facing traffic as they were racing back to the caution. It’s a good thing they changed that rule almost 20 years ago.

TNN did awesome with nascar always showing the fans made it really cool to watch

The only Daytona race on TNN

That Rich Bickle paint scheme is the most 90s thing I have ever seen. love it!

Amazing quality for 1998!

I really do miss the backstretch grandstands it sucks that it was removed.

This race took place the same day Alabama played Eastern Carolina…..So it begs the question with Eli Gold in the booth for this race who in the world was calling the Alabama game

If it wasn't for Bobby Labonte's errant tire laying there in the middle of pit road during the lap 94 green flag stops, Gordon would have had to deal with the Intimidator. I feel that Earnhardt would have done the Daytona Double by winning the inaugural primetime Pepsi 400. Great job by the crew to fix the valence after pushing that tire like a hockey puck. Rallied to finish 10th, but what could have been.

One of the GOAT classic plate races wow

This video reminds me that IndyCar really needs to upload the other three IRL races in 1998 that aired on TNN (Charlotte, Atlanta and Las Vegas).

I have a pepsi 400 t-shirt dated August 16, 1998. interesting they didnt change the dates on the print due to the wildfires

Rip dale sr

It's the first time I've see this right now I hope every race at Daytona has an night race and no day races in respect for most fans and t.v. viewers as well.

Why were some of the Fords the Thunderbird instead of the Taurus?

Where's 2001? It was supposed to be the great July 2001 edition won by Dale Jr. in the first Daytona race after Dale Sr. was killed in the 500, yet they seemed to go with the wildfire theme...still good race but not a good last-minute awitch

Jeff Gordon's 1998 monte carlo was such a Beautiful Machine!❤🔥🌈

Damn, 11 races !! Jeff Gordon tore it up in 1998!!

I look forward to watching this year's Coke Zero Sugar 400, which will take place at this same exact race track!

wow only 16 lead changes in this race both daytona cup races this year had more than that

This is when NASCAR was great cause you had people like Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt Sr

This is great nascar at it’s peak

And clarity it's the 1998 Fall exibition race at Daytona.

I miss the sound of those cars

Thanks for the million ads

NASCAR Hall of Fame Jeff Gordon

*October. Not a July race.

NASCAR - Please stop putting the winner in the tumbnail, lots of people haven't seen these older races yet. Thanks

They should move the 400 back to October for the playoffs! Better weather and other stuff!

Yep

This was an awesome race

Timestamp for green: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="742">12:22</a>

🤔It's literally like watch a All Star/Hall of Famers Race. THE BEST YEARS OF STOCK CAR RACING EVER,PERIOD. ,'NUFF SAID'.😎

Bobby needed one more lap

22 years later, the Pepsi 400 is now Coke Zero, and permanently moved to the end of the season

Where they were talking about crashes on avoiding As a fan to I its as a airplane to I awesome sounding crazy racing but there in the seats you have the leaders as pilots. But there all in seats as passengers of this plane and its not if but when it goes wrong.

Really put an ad break with 2 laps to go. Jesus christ

Flash bulbs can't be recreated nowdays because nobody has a camera anymore. It's cell phones.

Jeff Gordon wins

Next the 2012 Coke Zero 400

Please do 2001 next.

🏳️‍🌈📺📼🏎️🧰🛠️🔧🪛🎙️🏆🏁💡🧢📻🎤📷📰📹📱<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1348">22:28</a> I remember my childhood favorite driver Ernie Irvan got out race car at Daytona International Speedway under the lights first time for postponed event after wildfire in central Florida after 4th of July. That's why my childhood favorite driver Ernie Irvan got hurt at after Talladega race on October 11th 1998 & then by first yellow flag waving Ernie enjoy it few laps at Daytona International Speedway under the lights by the time he got off his race car Ricky Craven is taking over. This is very good birthday present I have few days after they run under the lights at Daytona International Speedway. Thank goodness my birthday is on Wednesday October 14th 1998 while NASCAR Winston Cup Series on Saturday night on October 17th 1998 for the race. That's why I was very lucky on my 11th birthday. Thank goodness this is my first time ever watch NASCAR races on TV in 1998 during golden anniversary 50th. NASCAR is my all time favorite racing sports all the time.

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Why did you change it from 2001 to 1998? That's stupid...

Be Warned, Commercials about every 5 mins. Rediculous

You wanna know someone who will be awesome at Daytona if given a chane? Natalie Decker. She finished 4th at Daytona in the trucks in February #GiveNatalieThe48

This was before NASCAR was ruined by the chase format

It’s such a shame what this sport has become.

Thank YOU!!!!! This is the race. My favorite race. I just have awesome memories of sitting and drawing Nascar race cars while watching this race. I'm a Bobby Labonte fan and love the Small Soldiers car so much. I love the commentary crew and just everything about this race. The first race at Daytona under the lights. It was such an amazing night for a Nascar fan. I'm so glad ya'll finally uploaded it. THANKS!!!