1998 Visionaire 500K

Race 7 of 11

Charlotte
208 laps
Time of race: 1:58:10.555
Average speed of winner: 158.408 mph
Margin of victory: 5.602 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 43 laps
Fastest lap: Kenny Bräck 218.314
Lap leaders: Stewart pole, Ray 1-4, Stewart 5-23, Dismore 24-30, Bräck 31, Dismore 32, Michner 33-34, Sharp 35-39, Bräck 40-76, Sharp 77-96, Dismore 97-107, Bräck 108, Dismore 109-110, Ward 111-145, Bräck 146, Goodyear 147-150, Bräck 151-172, Goodyear 173, Bräck 174, Ward 175-195, Bräck 196-208

Race notes: First win for Kenny Bräck. Last pole for Tony Stewart. Debut for Stevie Reeves.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	219.521	208	7	76	running	139850	53
2	10	Jeff Ward	35	ISM Racing/Prolong/Superflo/Team Tabasco	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	215.440	208	2	56	running	99250	40
3	7	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	216.130	208	2	5	running	87500	35
4	15	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	213.380	206	0	0	running	63600	32
5	5	Marco Greco	16	Intl Sports Ltd/Mexmil	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix	218.296	205	0	0	running	58400	30
6	13	John Paul, Jr.	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	214.328	203	0	0	running	50800	28
7	8	Davey Hamilton	6	Reebok/Nienhouse Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse	215.664	202	0	0	running	49500	26
8	18	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Chastain Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	211.119	201	0	0	running	53200	24
9	17	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	211.359	194	0	0	running	32200	22
10	20	Stevie Reeves	21	Pagan Racing Dallara-Oldsmobile	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan	209.994	184	0	0	tripod	24900	20
11	19	Tyce Carlson	18	Earl's Performance Team/Sailfish/Parker Machine	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	207.127	184	0	0	running	24350	19
12	16	Andy Michner	15	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott	212.281	174	1	2	running	22300	18
13	14	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Coors	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	214.320	171	0	0	running	42900	17
14	22	Sam Schmidt	99	Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP	191.829	147	0	0	electrical	41600	16
15	4	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	218.402	144	4	21	engine	40550	15
16	11	Brian Tyler	81	Team Pelfrey/Enginetics	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	214.584	144	0	0	electrical	39000	14
17	2	Greg Ray	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	219.995	122	1	4	transmission	37700	15
18	6	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	217.926	104	2	25	accident t4	37700	12
19	24	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Auto Racing/Amerapress/Voxcom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill		102	0	0	accident t4	14400	11
20	12	Eddie Cheever	51	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips/TCBG/Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	214.464	71	0	0	engine	35100	10
21	1	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	220.498	54	1	19	engine	66300	12
22	21	Jim Guthrie	23	CBR Cobb Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cobb	209.758	49	0	0	handling	11100	8
23	23	Jimmy Kite	44	SRS/Royal Purple/Menards	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden		29	0	0	handling	10700	7
24	9	Raul Boesel	30	TransWorld Diversified Services/BELOIT/McCormack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	215.457	5	0	0	engine	10700	6

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Scott Sharp	214	7	0	2	4	5
2	Tony Stewart	206	7	3	2	3	4
3	Davey Hamilton	189	7	0	0	4	6
4	Kenny Bräck	182	7	0	1	2	4
5	Scott Goodyear	182	7	0	0	3	5
6	Jeff Ward	164	7	1	0	3	3
7	Buddy Lazier	160	7	0	0	2	3
8	Stéphan Grégoire	142	7	0	0	3	4
9	Arie Luyendyk	141	7	0	0	2	4
10	Marco Greco	135	7	0	0	2	3
11	Eddie Cheever	128	7	0	1	1	3
12	Billy Boat	122	5	2	1	2	2
13	John Paul, Jr.	112	7	0	0	0	3
14	Sam Schmidt	111	7	0	0	0	2
15	Greg Ray	108	6	0	0	1	1
16	Mark Dismore	108	7	0	0	1	2
17	Robby Unser	90	4	0	0	1	2
18	Buzz Calkins	88	5	0	0	0	2
19	Raul Boesel	82	7	0	0	0	1
20	Robbie Buhl	78	5	0	0	0	2
21	Tyce Carlson	73	4	0	0	0	0
22	Brian Tyler	72	5	0	0	0	0
23	Dr. Jack Miller	70	6	0	0	0	1
24	Eliseo Salazar	60	5	0	0	0	1
25	Mike Groff	56	3	0	0	0	1