1998 True Value 500

Race 4 of 11

Texas
208 laps
Time of race: 2:08:45.543
Average speed of winner: 145.388 mph
Margin of victory: 0.928 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 45 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 228.012
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-7, Luyendyk 8-21, Boat 22-34, Luyendyk 35-49, Stewart 50-72, Boat 73, Stewart 74, Boat 75-81, Goodyear 82-86, Boat 87-120, Stewart 121-122, Ward 123-124, Stewart 125-140, Boat 141-147, Stewart 148-154, Boat 155-157, Stewart 158, Boat 159-167, Goodyear 168-173, Boat 174-200, Ray 201, Boat 202-208

Race notes: Only win for Billy Boat.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	223.547	208	9	108	running	130250	54
2	14	Greg Ray	97	AT&T Wireless Services	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	217.278	208	1	1	running	100550	40
3	11	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	218.349	208	0	0	running	73300	35
4	7	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	219.468	208	2	11	running	58800	32
5	9	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	218.765	208	0	0	running	57600	30
6	3	Robbie Buhl	3	Johns Manville/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	223.104	207	0	0	running	26100	29
7	15	Davey Hamilton	6	Reebok Nienhouse Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse	216.989	207	0	0	running	46900	26
8	5	Marco Greco	16	Phoenix Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix	219.736	205	0	0	running	24450	24
9	27	Robby Unser	52	Team Cheever/ADT Automotive	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	212.909	204	0	0	running	23700	22
10	26	Stan Wattles	19	Metro Racing Systems/NCLD	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Metro	213.228	198	0	0	running	22500	20
11	23	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Coors	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	214.447	194	0	0	wheel bearing	43400	19
12	28	Tyce Carlson	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	211.989	191	0	0	running	20200	18
13	4	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	221.166	178	2	29	running	41000	17
14	1	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	224.448	176	7	57	split rad. tank	94300	19
15	10	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	218.508	172	0	0	running	38600	15
16	12	John Paul, Jr.	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	218.314	169	0	0	running	37400	14
17	13	Jeff Ward	35	ISM Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	217.540	165	1	2	engine	36200	13
18	24	Sam Schmidt	99	Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP	214.192	163	0	0	running	36200	12
19	22	J.J. Yeley	44	Quaker State Menards SRS	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	214.814	162	0	0	running	18250	11
20	25	Billy Roe	27	Blueprint/Klipsch/Overhead Door	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	214.099	108	0	0	running	11900	10
21	6	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	219.601	70	0	0	accident	32700	9
22	21	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	214.831	38	0	0	engine	10100	8
23	18	Eliseo Salazar	15	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott	216.416	32	0	0	engine	9700	7
24	8	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pagan Racing Dallara-Oldsmobile	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan	219.289	4	0	0	accident	9700	6
25	16	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Blue Star Batteries/Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	216.989	4	0	0	accident	31700	5
26	20	Eddie Cheever	51	Team Cheever/Rachel's	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	214.985	4	0	0	accident	31700	4
27	17	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Auto Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	216.485	4	0	0	accident	9700	3
28	19	Raul Boesel	30	TransWorld Diversified Services/BELOIT/McCormack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	215.251	4	0	0	accident	31700	2

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	115	4	1	1	2	2
2	Scott Sharp	115	4	0	1	2	3
3	Billy Boat	110	4	1	1	2	2
4	Jeff Ward	103	4	1	0	2	2
5	Davey Hamilton	97	4	0	0	2	3
6	Kenny Bräck	97	4	0	0	1	2
7	Eddie Cheever	82	4	0	1	1	2
8	Stéphan Grégoire	82	4	0	0	2	2
9	Scott Goodyear	79	4	0	0	1	2
10	Greg Ray	78	4	0	0	1	1
11	Buddy Lazier	76	4	0	0	1	1
12	Buzz Calkins	73	4	0	0	0	2
13	John Paul, Jr.	71	4	0	0	0	2
14	Sam Schmidt	64	4	0	0	0	2
15	Robbie Buhl	58	4	0	0	0	1
16	Arie Luyendyk	57	4	0	0	0	1
17	Mark Dismore	56	4	0	0	1	1
18	Mike Groff	56	3	0	0	0	1
19	Tyce Carlson	54	3	0	0	0	0
20	Marco Greco	53	4	0	0	0	1
21	Robby Unser	52	2	0	0	1	2
22	Raul Boesel	49	4	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Kite	45	3	0	0	0	0
24	J.J. Yeley	38	3	0	0	0	1
25	Steve Knapp	35	1	0	0	1	1