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1998 Las Vegas 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Pep Boys Indy Racing League race number 11 of 11 Sunday, October 11, 1998 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV 208 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 2:18:19 Average speed: 135.338 mph Pole speed: 214.567 mph Cautions: 10 for 68 laps Margin of victory: .926 sec Attendance: 35000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 14 5   Arie Luyendyk Sprint PCS / Radio Shack / Qualcomm   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 208 120200 running 88 52 2 23 99   Sam Schmidt Best Western / Gold Crown Racing   (LP Racing / PCI) D/A/F 208 99300 running 0 40 3 17 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Coors Light   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/G 208 73750 running 60 35 4 7 10   John Paul, Jr. Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C   (Byrd-Cunningham Racing) G/A/F 208 55750 running 8 32 5 10 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/A/G 207 55700 running 3 30 6 22 81   Brian Tyler Baytan / Enginetics   (Team Pelfrey) D/A/F 207 45300 running 0 28 7 5 3   Robbie Buhl Johns Manville / Menards   (John Menard) D/A/F 206 44300 running 0 26 8 3 16   Marco Greco International Sports Limited / Mexmil   (Marco Greco) G/A/F 206 45200 running 0 25 9 21 18   Steve Knapp Earl's Performance Products   (Paul Diatlovich) G/A/G 204 44200 running 0 22 10 6 14   Kenny Brack Power Team Racing   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/G 202 42200 running 0 20 11 12 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins) D/A/F 202 19100 running 0 19 12 11 8   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 198 40750 running 0 18 13 25 19   Stan Wattles Metro Racing Systems / NCLD   (Metro Racing) R/A/G 187 17000 crash 0 17 14 2 1   Tony Stewart Glidden / Menards   (John Menard) D/A/F 178 40900 running 0 18 15 9 28   Mark Dismore Kelley Automotive   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 176 37150 suspension 0 15 16 27 52   Robby Unser Children's Beverage Group   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) G/A/G 174 35800 engine 0 14 17 24 77   Stephan Gregoire Blue Star Batteries   (Tom Chastain) D/A/G 160 34700 running 0 13 18 20 30   Raul Boesel TransWorld Diversified Services / Beloit   (Dennis McCormack) G/A/G 144 12700 timing chain 0 12 19 13 6   Davey Hamilton #6 Reebok   (Phil Nienhouse) D/A/G 124 41700 crash 0 11 20 18 23   Roberto Guerrero CBR   (Price Cobb) G/I/F 123 15600 crash 0 10 21 8 35   Jeff Ward Thermo Tech / Prolong / Superflo   (Bob Hancher) G/A/G 120 34600 crash 21 9 22 15 4   Scott Goodyear Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) G/A/G 117 34000 crash 0 8 23 16 98   Donnie Beechler Sleep-Tite Mattress Factory   (Larry Cahill) D/A/F 107 11200 crash 1 7 24 19 15   Jim Guthrie Reebok / MK V   (Bob Riley / Mark Scott) R/A/G 90 30700 suspension 0 6 25 4 97   Greg Ray Genoa Racing / Best Access Systems   (Thomas Knapp) D/A/F 76 8700 handling 0 5 26 1 11   Billy Boat Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/G 51 63200 crash 27 7 27 26 43   Dave Steele Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) G/A/G 42 8700 suspension 0 3 28 28 40   Jack Miller Crest Racing   (Crest Racing / SRS) D/I/F 38 8700 handling 0 2 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force; R - Riley & Scott   Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti   Tires: F - Firestone; G - Goodyear

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 6 6     7 11 5   #1 spun turn 4   12 14 3     15 18 4   debris frontstretch   19 44 26     45 48 4   #43 brushed wall turns 3/4   49 53 5     54 63 10   #11 accident turns 3/4   64 109 46     110 119 10   #98 accident turn 4   120 129 10   #4,35 accident turn 2   130 138 9   #6,23 accident turn 2   139 164 26     165 171 7   #19 spun turn 4   172 179 8     180 182 3   debris   183 197 15     198 203 6   #19 accident turn 4   204 208 5       Percent of race run under caution: 32.7%             Average green flag run: 15.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Billy Boat 1 27 27   Jeff Ward 28 38 11   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 39 41 3   Arie Luyendyk 42 46 5   Donnie Beechler 47 47 1   Arie Luyendyk 48 49 2   Buddy Lazier 50 97 48   Arie Luyendyk 98 99 2   Jeff Ward 100 109 10   John Paul, Jr. 110 112 3   Buddy Lazier 113 124 12   Arie Luyendyk 125 163 39   John Paul, Jr. 164 168 5   Arie Luyendyk 169 208 40 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Kenny Brack 332     2   Davey Hamilton 292   -40   3   Tony Stewart 289   -43   4   Scott Sharp 272   -60   5   Buddy Lazier 262   -70   6   Jeff Ward 252   -80   7   Scott Goodyear 244   -88   8   Arie Luyendyk 227   -105   9   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 222   -110   10   Marco Greco 219   -113   11   John Paul, Jr. 216   -116   12   Stephan Gregoire 201   -131   13   Billy Boat 194   -138   14   Robbie Buhl 189   -143   15   Sam Schmidt 186   -146   16   Mark Dismore 180   -152   17   Robby Unser 176   -156   18   Brian Tyler 140   -192   19   Buzz Calkins 134   -198   20   Raul Boesel 132   -200   21   Greg Ray 126   -206