1998 Las Vegas 400

Race 3 of 33

Las Vegas
267 laps
Time of race: 2:44:53
Average speed of winner: 146.530 mph
Margin of victory: 1.605 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: Jarrett 1-11, Martin 12-22, Jarrett 23-32, R. Wallace 33-36, Benson 37-45, J. Burton 46-59, Martin 60, Nemechek 61-66, J. Burton 67-89, W. Burton 90-94, Jarrett 95-97, Martin 98-114, Spencer 115-142, R. Wallace 143-155, Jarrett 156-171, Martin 172-174, Earnhardt 175, T. Labonte 176, G. Bodine 177-178, R. Wallace 179-201, Martin 202-228, T. Labonte 229, Mast 230-232, G. Bodine 233-244, Martin 245-267

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	166.272	267	6	82	running	313900	185
2	15	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	165.548	267	2	37	running	202850	175
3	10	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	166.001	267	3	40	running	156500	170
4	16	Johnny Benson, Jr.	26	Cheerios	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	165.548	267	1	9	running	121200	165
5	32	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Andrews	164.409	267	0	0	running	101500	155
6	23	Ted Musgrave	16	PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	165.042	267	0	0	running	96450	150
7	29	Jimmy Spencer	23	Winston	Ford	Carter	Wingo	164.770	267	1	28	running	112650	151
8	26	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	164.860	267	1	1	running	84500	147
9	4	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Garone	166.723	267	0	0	running	77900	138
10	17	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	165.446	267	0	0	running	72950	134
11	6	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	166.590	266	1	3	running	67200	135
12	19	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	165.198	266	0	0	running	77200	127
13	2	Geoff Bodine	7	Philips	Ford	Mattei	Brewer	167.411	266	2	14	running	70000	129
14	36	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	163.979	266	0	0	running	69100	121
15	28	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	164.845	266	2	2	running	73300	123
16	12	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Baldwin	165.710	266	0	0	running	66300	115
17	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	166.605	266	0	0	running	76200	112
18	3	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	166.806	266	1	5	running	64100	114
19	11	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	165.746	266	0	0	running	67000	106
20	41	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	provisional	265	0	0	running	63750	103
21	37	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	provisional	265	0	0	running	60500	100
22	14	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	165.563	265	0	0	running	59400	97
23	20	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal-Mogul	Ford	Jasper	McSwain	165.143	265	0	0	running	48500	94
24	21	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	165.067	265	0	0	running	50300	91
25	22	Greg Sacks	98	Thorn Apple Valley	Ford	Yarborough	Hillman	165.057	265	0	0	running	56200	88
26	24	Brett Bodine	11	Paychex	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	165.027	265	0	0	running	55100	85
27	39	Ricky Craven	50	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	265	0	0	running	54000	82
28	35	Kevin Lepage	91	Pionite	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	164.359	264	0	0	running	44000	79
29	34	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	164.379	264	0	0	running	45800	76
30	18	Ernie Irvan	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	165.320	264	0	0	running	52100	73
31	9	Derrike Cope	30	Gumout	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	166.016	264	0	0	running	49400	70
32	43	Lake Speed	9	Cartoon Network	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	264	0	0	running	42700	67
33	31	Jeff Green	29	Team Monte Carlo	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		164.594	264	0	0	running	42000	64
34	33	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Ford	Buz McCall	Johns	164.399	264	0	0	running	41800	61
35	27	Darrell Waltrip	17	Speedblock/Builders Square	Chevrolet	Waltrip	McCarty	164.860	264	0	0	running	48600	58
36	38	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	provisional	263	0	0	running	56400	55
37	8	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	166.123	263	1	6	running	48200	57
38	25	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		164.901	262	0	0	running	51305	49
39	40	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	258	0	0	running	47800	46
40	1	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	168.224	219	4	40	engine	62600	48
41	30	John Andretti	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	164.614	196	0	0	handling	55400	40
42	13	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Newt Moore	165.659	179	0	0	engine	40200	37
43	42	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers		provisional	150	0	0	ignition	40000	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	505	3	0	0	3	3
2	Dale Earnhardt	449	3	0	1	1	2
3	Jeremy Mayfield	446	3	0	0	2	2
4	Jimmy Spencer	429	3	0	0	1	2
5	Bill Elliott	427	3	0	0	0	3
6	Jeff Gordon	412	3	0	1	1	1
7	Mark Martin	409	3	0	1	2	2
8	Terry Labonte	394	3	0	0	0	1
9	Chad Little	380	3	0	0	0	2
10	Bobby Hamilton	373	3	0	0	0	1
11	Geoff Bodine	359	3	0	0	1	1
12	Ken Schrader	354	3	0	0	1	1
13	Bobby Labonte	345	3	1	0	1	1
14	Ricky Craven	342	3	0	0	0	1
15	Rick Mast	340	3	1	0	0	0
16	Ward Burton	332	3	0	0	0	0
17	Ernie Irvan	329	3	0	0	0	1
18	Jeff Burton	327	3	0	0	1	1
19	Michael Waltrip	320	3	0	0	0	1
20	Kyle Petty	318	3	0	0	0	0
21	Ted Musgrave	311	3	0	0	0	1
22	Brett Bodine	291	3	0	0	0	0
23	Mike Skinner	290	3	0	0	0	1
24	Sterling Marlin	281	3	0	0	0	0
25	John Andretti	273	3	0	0	0	0