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1998 Las Vegas 500

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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 (312.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:18:19
Average Speed: 135.338 mph
Pole Speed: 214.567 mph

Cautions: 10 for 56 laps
Margin of Victory: .926 sec
Attendance: 35,000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	14	5	Arie Luyendyk	Sprint PCS / Radio Shack / Qualcomm (Fred Treadway)	G/A/F	208	120,200	running	88	52
2	23	99	Sam Schmidt	Best Western / Gold Crown Racing (LP Racing / PCI)	D/A/F	208	99,300	running	0	40
3	17	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet / Coors Light (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/G	208	73,750	running	60	35
4	7	10	John Paul, Jr.	Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C (Byrd-Cunningham Racing)	G/A/F	208	55,750	running	8	32
5	10	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/A/G	207	55,700	running	3	30
6	22	81	Brian Tyler	Baytan / Enginetics (Team Pelfrey)	D/A/F	207	45,300	running	0	28
7	5	3	Robbie Buhl	Johns Manville / Menards (John Menard)	D/A/F	206	44,300	running	0	26
8	3	16	Marco Greco	International Sports Limited / Mexmil (Marco Greco)	G/A/F	206	45,200	running	0	25
9	21	18	Steve Knapp	Earl's Performance Products (Paul Diatlovich)	G/A/G	204	44,200	running	0	22
10	6	14	Kenny Brack	Power Team Racing (A.J. Foyt)	D/A/G	202	42,200	running	0	20
11	12	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat (Brad Calkins)	D/A/F	202	19,100	running	0	19
12	11	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Automotive Systems (Tom Kelley)	D/A/G	198	40,750	running	0	18
13	25	19	Stan Wattles	Metro Racing Systems / NCLD (Metro Racing)	R/A/G	187	17,000	crash	0	17
14	2	1	Tony Stewart	Glidden / Menards (John Menard)	D/A/F	178	40,900	running	0	18
15	9	28	Mark Dismore	Kelley Automotive (Tom Kelley)	D/A/G	176	37,150	suspension	0	15
16	27	52	Robby Unser	Children's Beverage Group (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	G/A/G	174	35,800	engine	0	14
17	24	77	Stephan Gregoire	Blue Star Batteries (Tom Chastain)	D/A/G	160	34,700	running	0	13
18	20	30	Raul Boesel	TransWorld Diversified Services / Beloit (Dennis McCormack)	G/A/G	144	12,700	timing chain	0	12
19	13	6	Davey Hamilton	#6 Reebok (Phil Nienhouse)	D/A/G	124	41,700	crash	0	11
20	18	23	Roberto Guerrero	CBR (Price Cobb)	G/I/F	123	15,600	crash	0	10
21	8	35	Jeff Ward	Thermo Tech / Prolong / Superflo (Bob Hancher)	G/A/G	120	34,600	crash	21	9
22	15	4	Scott Goodyear	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	G/A/G	117	34,000	crash	0	8
23	16	98	Donnie Beechler	Sleep-Tite Mattress Factory (Larry Cahill)	D/A/F	107	11,200	crash	1	7
24	19	15	Jim Guthrie	Reebok / MK V (Bob Riley / Mark Scott)	R/A/G	90	30,700	suspension	0	6
25	4	97	Greg Ray	Genoa Racing / Best Access Systems (Thomas Knapp)	D/A/F	76	8,700	handling	0	5
26	1	11	Billy Boat	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	D/A/G	51	63,200	crash	27	7
27	26	43	Dave Steele	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	G/A/G	42	8,700	suspension	0	3
28	28	40	Jack Miller	Crest Racing (Crest Racing / SRS)	D/I/F	38	8,700	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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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	138	29	#98,35,4,6,23 accident turns 2/4
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Kenny Brack	332
2	Tony Stewart	304	-28
3	Davey Hamilton	292	-40
4	Scott Sharp	279	-53
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

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