2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series (Simpsonverse)

The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season was the 50th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 27th modern-era cup series. The season included 33 races and three exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the Driver's Championship, the third of his career and his third in the last four seasons.

This was the first season for a new NASCAR race car known as the “Car of Tomorrow”, which incorporates many new safety features. The car had been in development since February 1994, after the deaths of Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr during practice for that year's Daytona 500.