1998 Las Vegas 400 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1998 Las Vegas 400 |
| Name of Track: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | March 1st |
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 kmē) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.
The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.
Higher BankingIn 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration entailed raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.1998 Las Vegas 400 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1998 Las Vegas 400, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Martin | 6 | 7 | $313,900 | 267 | 0 | running | Valvoline / Cummins |
| 2 | Jeff Burton | 99 | 15 | $202,850 | 267 | 0 | running | Exide Batteries |
| 3 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | 10 | $156,500 | 267 | 0 | running | Miller Lite |
| 4 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 26 | 16 | $0 | 267 | 0 | running | Cheerios |
| 5 | Jeremy Mayfield | 12 | 32 | $101,500 | 267 | 0 | running | Mobil 1 |
| 6 | Ted Musgrave | 16 | 23 | $96,450 | 267 | 0 | running | Primestar |
| 7 | Jimmy Spencer | 23 | 29 | $112,650 | 267 | 0 | running | Winston / No Bull |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | 26 | $84,500 | 267 | 0 | running | GM Goodwrench Service Plus |
| 9 | Bill Elliott | 94 | 4 | $77,900 | 267 | 0 | running | McDonald's |
| 10 | Chad Little | 97 | 17 | $72,950 | 267 | 0 | running | John Deere |
| 11 | Rick Mast | 75 | 6 | $67,200 | 266 | 0 | running | Remington Arms |
| 12 | Ricky Rudd | 10 | 19 | $77,200 | 266 | 0 | running | Tide |
| 13 | Geoffrey Bodine | 7 | 2 | $70,000 | 266 | 0 | running | Philips Consumer Comm. |
| 14 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | 36 | $69,100 | 266 | 0 | running | Citgo |
| 15 | Terry Labonte | 5 | 28 | $73,300 | 266 | 0 | running | Kellogg's Corn Flakes |
| 16 | Dick Trickle | 90 | 12 | $66,300 | 266 | 0 | running | Heilig-Meyers / Simmons |
| 17 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | 5 | $76,200 | 266 | 0 | running | DuPont Refinishes |
| 18 | Ward Burton | 22 | 3 | $64,100 | 266 | 0 | running | MBNA America |
| 19 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | 11 | $67,000 | 266 | 0 | running | Interstate Batteries |
| 20 | Bobby Hamilton | 4 | 41 | $63,750 | 265 | 0 | running | Kodak MAX Film |
| 21 | Ken Schrader | 33 | 37 | $60,500 | 265 | 0 | running | Skoal Bandit |
| 22 | Kyle Petty | 44 | 14 | $59,400 | 265 | 0 | running | Hot Wheels |
| 23 | Robert Pressley | 77 | 20 | $48,500 | 265 | 0 | running | Jasper Engines |
| 24 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | 21 | $50,300 | 265 | 0 | running | Coors Light |
| 25 | Greg Sacks | 98 | 22 | $56,200 | 265 | 0 | running | Thorn Apple Valley |
| 26 | Brett Bodine | 11 | 24 | $55,100 | 265 | 0 | running | Paychex |
| 27 | Ricky Craven | 50 | 39 | $54,000 | 265 | 0 | running | Budweiser |
| 28 | Kevin Lepage | 91 | 35 | $44,000 | 264 | 0 | running | Little Joe's Auto |
| 29 | Mike Skinner | 31 | 34 | $45,800 | 264 | 0 | running | Lowe's |
| 30 | Ernie Irvan | 36 | 18 | $52,100 | 264 | 0 | running | M&M's |
| 31 | Derrike Cope | 30 | 9 | $49,400 | 264 | 0 | running | Gumout |
| 32 | Lake Speed | 9 | 43 | $42,700 | 264 | 0 | running | Cartoon Network |
| 33 | Jeff Green | 29 | 31 | $42,000 | 264 | 0 | running | Team Monte Carlo |
| 34 | David Green | 96 | 33 | $41,800 | 264 | 0 | running | Caterpillar |
| 35 | Darrell Waltrip | 17 | 27 | $48,600 | 264 | 0 | running | Speedblock / Builders Square |
| 36 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | 28 | 38 | $0 | 263 | 0 | running | Texaco Havoline |
| 37 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | 8 | $48,200 | 263 | 0 | running | BellSouth |
| 39 | Steve Grissom | 41 | 40 | $47,800 | 258 | 0 | running | Kodiak |
| 40 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | 1 | $62,600 | 219 | 0 | engine | Quality Care / Ford Credit |
| 41 | John Andretti | 43 | 30 | $55,400 | 196 | 0 | piston | STP |
| 42 | Kenny Wallace | 81 | 13 | $40,200 | 179 | 0 | engine | Square D |
