The 1998 DieHard 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Talladega Superspeedway on April 26, 1998. Bobby Labonte won his second and final race of the year, leading the most laps and holding off a last-lap charge by Jimmy Spencer. Rusty Wallace, the points leader, was 12th and maintained a 36-point edge on teammate Jeremy Mayfield (13th). The race featured a 20-car pileup on lap 142.