1998 Las Vegas 500K

1998 Las Vegas

Race details
11th round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season
Date	October 11, 1998
Official name	Las Vegas 500K
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi / 2.414 km
Distance	208 laps 312.000 mi / 502.115 km
Pole position
Driver	Billy Boat (A. J. Foyt Enterprises)
Time	25.167
Fastest lap
Driver	Arie Luyendyk (Treadway Racing)
Time	26.167 (on lap unknown out of 208)
Podium
First	Arie Luyendyk (Treadway Racing)
Second	Sam Schmidt (LP Racing)
Third	Buddy Lazier (Hemelgarn Racing)

The 1998 Las Vegas 500K was the eleventh and final round of the 1998 Indy Racing League. The race was held on October 11, 1998 at the 1.500 mi (2.414 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Report

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Two laps qualifying. The worst lap from any of the drivers are unknown.

Pos	No.	Name	Lap	Best (in mph)
1	11	Billy Boat	25.167	214.567
2	1	Tony Stewart	25.360	212.934
3	16	Marco Greco	25.432	212.331
4	97	Greg Ray	25.439	212.272
5	3	Robbie Buhl	25.466	212.047
6	14	Kenny Bräck	25.506	211.715
7	10	John Paul Jr.	25.531	211.508
8	35	Jeff Ward	25.543	211.408
9	28	Mark Dismore	25.557	211.292
10	51	Eddie Cheever	25.564	211.235
11	8	Scott Sharp	25.617	210.798
12	12	Buzz Calkins	25.787	209.408
13	6	Davey Hamilton	25.790	209.383
14	5	Arie Luyendyk	25.843	208.954
15	4	Scott Goodyear	25.880	208.655
16	98	Donnie Beechler R	25.898	208.510
17	91	Buddy Lazier	25.925	208.293
18	23	Roberto Guerrero	25.931	208.245
19	15	Jim Guthrie	25.932	208.237
20	30	Raul Boesel	25.946	208.125
21	18	Steve Knapp R	26.071	207.127
22	81	Brian Tyler R	26.222	205.934
23	99	Sam Schmidt	26.303	205.300
24	77	Stéphan Grégoire	26.445	204.197
25	19	Stan Wattles	26.540	203.466
26	43	Dave Steele R	26.770	201.718
27	52	Robby Unser^1 R	No time	No speed
28	40	Jack Miller^2	No time	No speed
Source[1][2]

1. ^ Couldn't qualify due to an unscheduled engine change. He was allowed to start the race at the back of the field.[3]
2. ^ Waved off his qualifying attempt after two warm-up laps. He was allowed to start the race at the back of the field.[4]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	5	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing	208	2:18:19.202	14	88	52
2	99	Sam Schmidt	LP Racing	208	+ 0.926 sec	23	0	40
3	91	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	208	Running	17	60	35
4	10	John Paul Jr.	Byrd-Cunningham Racing	208	Running	7	8	32
5	51	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever	207	+ 1 lap	10	3	30
6	81	Brian Tyler R	Team Pelfrey	207	+ 1 lap	22	0	28
7	3	Robbie Buhl	Team Menard	206	+ 2 laps	5	0	26
8	16	Marco Greco	Phoenix Racing	206	+ 2 laps	3	0	25
9	18	Steve Knapp R	PDM Racing	204	+ 4 laps	21	0	22
10	14	Kenny Bräck	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	202	+ 6 laps	6	0	20
11	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports	202	+ 6 laps	12	0	19
12	8	Scott Sharp	Kelley Racing	198	+ 10 laps	11	0	18
13	19	Stan Wattles	Metro Racing Systems	187	Accident	25	0	17
14	1	Tony Stewart	Team Menard	178	+ 30 laps	2	0	18
15	28	Mark Dismore	Kelley Racing	176	Suspension	9	0	15
16	52	Robby Unser R	Team Pelfrey	174	Engine	27	0	14
17	77	Stéphan Grégoire	Chastain Motorsports	160	+ 48 laps	24	0	13
18	30	Raul Boesel	McCormack Motorsports	144	Timing chain	20	0	12
19	6	Davey Hamilton	Nienhouse Motorsports	124	Accident	13	0	11
20	23	Roberto Guerrero	CBR Cobb Racing	123	Accident	18	0	10
21	35	Jeff Ward	ISM Racing	120	Accident	8	21	9
22	4	Scott Goodyear	Panther Racing	117	Accident	15	0	8
23	98	Donnie Beechler R	Cahill Auto Racing	107	Accident	16	1	7
24	15	Jim Guthrie	Riley & Scott Cars	90	Suspension	19	0	6
25	97	Greg Ray	Knapp Motorsports	76	Handling	4	0	5
26	11	Billy Boat	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	51	Accident	1	27	7
27	43	Dave Steele R	Panther Racing	42	Suspension	26	0	3
28	40	Jack Miller	Sinden Racing Services	38	Handling	28	0	2
Source[1]

Race Statistics

• Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers

Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1-27 Billy Boat 28-38 Jeff Ward 39-41 Eddie Cheever 42-46 Arie Luyendyk 47 Donnie Beechler 48-49 Arie Luyendyk 50-97 Buddy Lazier 98-99 Arie Luyendyk 100-109 Jeff Ward 110-112 John Paul Jr. 113-124 Buddy Lazier 125-163 Arie Luyendyk 164-168 John Paul Jr. 169-208 Arie Luyendyk

Cautions: 10 for 68 laps Laps Reason 7-11 Tony Stewart spin 15-18 Debris 45-48 Dave Steele's brush with the wall 54-63 Billy Boat crash 110-119 Donnie Beechler crash 120-129 Jeff Ward and Scott Goodyear crash 130-138 Davey Hamilton and Roberto Guerrero crash 165-171 Stan Wattles spin 180-182 Debris 198-203 Stan Wattles crash

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos +/– Driver Points 1 Kenny Bräck 332 2 Davey Hamilton 292 3 Tony Stewart 289 4 Scott Sharp 272 5 2 Buddy Lazier 262

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the standings.

References

1. "1998 Las Vegas 500K". racing-reference.info. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
2. "Starting Grid, Las Vegas (1998-10-11)". indyracingleague.com. Archived from the original on 2000-10-29. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
3. "Boat Earns Fourth Straight PPG Pole, Breaks Track Record". The Auto Channel. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
4. "Las Vegas Jack Miller Loyal To Team, Engine". Motorsport.com. Retrieved September 28, 2017.

External links

• IndyCar official website

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