1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Fourth season of third tier NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

The 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the fourth season of the Craftsman Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. Ron Hornaday Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won the championship.

List of full time teams at the start of 1998. TeamTruck(s)No. (Truck number)Driver(s)Listed owner(s)Crew chief Addington Racing Chevrolet C/K60 Andy Houston (R) Mike Addington Rick Ren Brevak Racing Ford F 15031 Tony Roper Shelly Brevak Joe Shear Jr. Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet C/K37 Scot Walters (R) Clarence Brewer Terry Shirley Charles Hardy Motorsports Chevrolet C/K35 Ron Barfield Jr. Charles Hardy Cal Dooley Chesrown Racing Chevrolet C/K6 Rick Carelli Marshall Chesrown George Church Circle Bar Racing Ford F 15014 Rick Crawford Tom Mitchell Roland Wlodyka CSG Motorsports Ford F 15057 Chuck Bown Kerry Scherer Tony Gibson Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet C/K16 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt Fred Graves Gloy/Rahal Racing Ford F 15055 Dave Rezendes Tom Gloy Kevin Caldwell Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet C/K24 Jack Sprague Rick Hendrick Dennis Connor Impact Motorsports Ford F 15086 Stacy Compton David Hodson Kevin Cram Irvan Simo Racing Ford F 15044 Boris Said Mark Simo Jay Smith K Automotive Racing Dodge Ram29 Bob Keselowski Kay Keselowski Ron Keselowski Ken Schrader Racing Chevrolet C/K52 Mike Wallace Ken Schrader Tim Kohuth L&R Racing Dodge Ram18 Butch Miller Ron Norick Doug Strother90 Lance Norick Mike Cheek Liberty Racing Ford F 15084 Wayne Anderson (R) Jim Herrick Troy Selberg Lucore Motorsports Ford F 15082 Randy Nelson (R) Steve Lucore Dave Nelson MB Motorsports Ford F 15026 Doug George Mike Mittler Mike Mittler McCray Racing Chevrolet C/K42 Rick McCray Sandy McCray Rickey McCray PacWest S/T Motorsports Dodge Ram78 Dominic Dobson (R) Dominic Dobson Walter Giles Phelon Motorsports Ford F 15066 Bryan Reffner Dale Phelon Les Back Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet C/K3 Jay Sauter Richard Childress Todd Berrier Petty Enterprises Dodge Ram43 Jimmy Hensley Richard Petty Freddy Fryar Roehrig Motorsports Ford F 15019 Tony Raines Carmela Roehrig Scott Treichler Roush Racing Ford F 15050 Greg Biffle (R) Jack Roush Randy Goss99 Joe Ruttman Matt Chambers SealMaster Racing Chevrolet C/K88 Terry Cook Duke Thorson Tim Murphy Spears Motorsports Chevrolet C/K75 Kevin Harvick Wayne Spears John McQueen Ultra Motorsports Ford F 1502 Mike Bliss Marlene Smith Barry Dodson Wharton Racing Chevrolet C/K10 Lonnie Rush Jr. Jerry Wharton Jim Daly Xpress Motorsports Chevrolet C/K61 Randy Tolsma Steve Coulter Dave Fuge

No. Race Title Track Date 1 Chevy Trucks Challenge Walt Disney World Speedway, Bay Lake January 18 2 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead April 4 3 Chevy Trucks 150 Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix April 19 4 Craftsman 200 by NAPA Portland Speedway, Portland April 25 5 NAPACARD 200 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe May 9 6 Yellow Freight 200 I 70 Speedway, Odessa May 23 7 Parts America 150 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen May 30 8 Pronto Auto Parts 400K Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth June 5 9 Loadhandler 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol June 20 10 DieHard 200 The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis July 4 11 NAPA Autocare 200 Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth July 11 12 The No Fear Challenge California Speedway, Fontana July 18 13 Tempus Resorts 300K Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain July 25 14 Cummins 200 by Dodge Indianapolis Raceway Park, Brownsburg July 30 15 Pennzoil/VIP Discount Tripleheader New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon August 2 16 Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200 Flemington Speedway, Flemington August 8 17 Federated Auto Parts 250 Nashville Speedway USA, Lebanon August 15 18 Lund Look 275K Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka August 23 19 Kroger 225 Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville August 29 20 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 Richmond International Raceway, Richmond September 10 21 Memphis 200 Memphis Motorsports Park, Millington September 13 22 Ram Tough 200 Gateway International Raceway, Madison September 19 23 NAPA 250 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway September 26 24 Kragen/Exide 151 Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma October 11 25 Dodge California Truck Stop 300 Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield October 19 26 GM Goodwrench Service/AC Delco 300 Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix October 24 27 Sam's Town 250 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas November 8

In his first year of NASCAR competition, Greg Biffle won four poles and had twelve top tens, earning him Rookie of the Year honors over Andy Houston, who had one win and a twelfth place points finish. Scot Walters, driving for Brewco Motorsports's truck team, was the last contender to run a full schedule, posting three top tens. Wayne Anderson was released during the season from his ride Liberty Racing, while Kevin Cywinski and Dominic Dobson were late entrants. Billy Pauch, Mike Cope, Joe Bush and Tommy Archer did not run enough races to qualify for the honor.