1998 Las Vegas 500K

Race 11 of 11

Las Vegas
208 laps
Time of race: 2:18:19.202
Average speed of winner: 135.338 mph
Margin of victory: 0.926 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 68 laps
Fastest lap: Arie Luyendyk 206.367
Lap leaders: Boat 1-27, Ward 28-38, Cheever 39-41, Luyendyk 42-46, Beechler 47, Luyendyk 48-49, Lazier 50-97, Luyendyk 98-99, Ward 100-109, Paul, Jr. 110-112, Lazier 113-124, Luyendyk 125-163, Paul, Jr. 164-168, Luyendyk 169-208

Race notes: Last win for Arie Luyendyk. Finale for Jim Guthrie and Dave Steele.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 (Finish), Part 7 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	14	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Treadway	208.954	208	5	88	running	120200	52
2	23	Sam Schmidt	99	Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP	205.300	208	0	0	running	99300	40
3	17	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Coors	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	208.293	208	2	60	running	73750	35
4	7	John Paul, Jr.	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	211.508	208	2	8	running	55750	32
5	10	Eddie Cheever	51	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips/Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	211.235	207	1	3	running	55750	30
6	22	Brian Tyler	81	Team Pelfrey/Baytan/Enginetics	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	205.934	207	0	0	running	45300	28
7	5	Robbie Buhl	3	Johns Manville/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	212.047	206	0	0	running	44300	26
8	3	Marco Greco	16	Intl Sports Ltd/Mexmil	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix	212.331	206	0	0	running	45200	25
9	21	Steve Knapp	18	Earl's Performance Products	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	207.127	204	0	0	running	44200	22
10	6	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	211.715	202	0	0	running	42200	20
11	12	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	209.408	202	0	0	running	19100	19
12	11	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	210.798	198	0	0	running	40750	18
13	25	Stan Wattles	19	Metro Racing Systems/NCLD	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Metro	203.466	187	0	0	accident	17000	17
14	2	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	212.934	178	0	0	running	40900	18
15	9	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	211.292	176	0	0	suspension	37150	15
16	27	Robby Unser	52	The Children's Beverage Group/Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever		174	0	0	engine	35800	14
17	24	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Blue Star Batteries/Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	204.197	160	0	0	running	34700	13
18	20	Raul Boesel	30	TransWorld Diversified Services/BELOIT/McCormack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	208.125	144	0	0	timing chain	12700	12
19	13	Davey Hamilton	6	Reebok/Nienhouse Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse	209.383	124	0	0	accident	41700	11
20	18	Roberto Guerrero	23	CBR G Force/Infiniti/Firestone	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Cobb	208.245	123	0	0	accident	15600	10
21	8	Jeff Ward	35	Thermo Tech Technologies/Prolong/Superflo/ISM	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	211.408	120	2	21	accident	34600	9
22	15	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	208.655	117	0	0	accident	34000	8
23	16	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Auto Racing/Sleep-tite Mattress	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	208.510	107	1	1	accident	11200	7
24	19	Jim Guthrie	15	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott	208.237	90	0	0	suspension	30700	6
25	4	Greg Ray	97	TKM/Genoa Racing/Best Access Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	212.272	76	0	0	handling	8700	5
26	1	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	214.567	51	1	27	accident	63200	7
27	26	Dave Steele	43	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	201.718	42	0	0	suspension	8700	3
28	28	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden		38	0	0	handling	8700	2

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kenny Bräck	332	11	0	3	5	8
2	Davey Hamilton	292	11	0	0	6	9
3	Tony Stewart	289	11	3	2	5	6
4	Scott Sharp	272	11	0	2	4	5
5	Buddy Lazier	262	11	0	0	3	6
6	Jeff Ward	252	11	1	0	4	5
7	Scott Goodyear	244	11	0	0	4	6
8	Arie Luyendyk	227	11	0	1	3	6
9	Eddie Cheever	222	11	0	1	3	6
10	Marco Greco	219	11	0	0	2	5
11	John Paul, Jr.	216	11	0	1	2	5
12	Stéphan Grégoire	201	11	0	0	4	5
13	Billy Boat	194	9	6	1	2	3
14	Sam Schmidt	186	11	0	0	1	3
15	Mark Dismore	180	11	0	0	1	4
16	Robby Unser	176	8	0	0	2	3
17	Robbie Buhl	174	9	0	0	1	5
18	Brian Tyler	140	9	0	0	0	1
19	Buzz Calkins	134	9	0	0	0	2
20	Raul Boesel	132	11	0	0	0	2
21	Greg Ray	128	9	0	0	1	1
22	Steve Knapp	118	6	0	0	1	2
23	Dr. Jack Miller	100	10	0	0	0	1
24	Andy Michner	92	5	0	0	0	2
25	Stan Wattles	88	7	0	0	0	2