| 1998 Las Vegas 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 33 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,176,550 | Race Date: | Mar 1, 1998 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.605 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 43Min 58Sec. | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Lead Changes: | 24 Among / 12 Drivers | Average Speed: | 146.530 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 9 Laps | lvms.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Mark Martin M. Martin | Driver: | Dale Jarrett D. Jarrett | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #6 Ford | Car No.: | #88 Ford | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Roush Racing | Team: | Yates Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Jimmy Fennig | Crew Chief: | Todd Parrott | |||||
| Laps Led: | 82 of 267 | Pole Speed: | 168.224 MPH | |||||
| Official 1998 Las Vegas 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 7 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running |  | 185 | 267 | 82 |
| 2 | 15 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 175 | 267 | 37 |
| 3 | 10 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 170 | 267 | 40 |
| 4 | 16 | 26 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | General Mills / Cheerios | Running |  | 165 | 267 | 9 |
| 5 | 32 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 155 | 267 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | PRIMESTAR | Running | | 150 | 267 | 0 |
| 7 | 29 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Winston | Running | | 151 | 267 | 28 |
| 8 | 26 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running |  | 147 | 267 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 138 | 267 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 134 | 267 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Running | | 135 | 266 | 3 |
| 12 | 19 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 127 | 266 | 0 |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Philips | Running | | 129 | 266 | 14 |
| 14 | 36 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 121 | 266 | 0 |
| 15 | 28 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 123 | 266 | 2 |
| 16 | 12 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers / Simmons | Running | | 115 | 266 | 0 |
| 17 | 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running | | 112 | 266 | 0 |
| 18 | 3 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 114 | 266 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 106 | 266 | 0 |
| 20 | 41 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak MAX Film | Running | | 103 | 265 | 0 |
| 21 | 37 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 100 | 265 | 0 |
| 22 | 14 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running | | 97 | 265 | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 94 | 265 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 91 | 265 | 0 |
| 25 | 22 | 98 | Greg Sacks | Thorn Apple Valley Meats | Running | | 88 | 265 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Running | | 85 | 265 | 0 |
| 27 | 39 | 50 | Ricky Craven | Budweiser | Running | | 82 | 265 | 0 |
| 28 | 35 | 91 | Kevin Lepage (R) | Pionite | Running | | 79 | 264 | 0 |
| 29 | 34 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 76 | 264 | 0 |
| 30 | 18 | 36 | Ernie Irvan | Skittles | Running | | 73 | 264 | 0 |
| 31 | 9 | 30 | Derrike Cope | Gumout | Running | | 70 | 264 | 0 |
| 32 | 43 | 9 | Lake Speed | Cartoon Network | Running | | 67 | 264 | 0 |
| 33 | 31 | 29 | Jeff Green | Team Monte Carlo | Running | | 64 | 264 | 0 |
| 34 | 33 | 96 | David Green | Caterpillar | Running | | 61 | 264 | 0 |
| 35 | 27 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Speedblock / Builders Square | Running | | 58 | 264 | 0 |
| 36 | 38 | 28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. (R) | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 55 | 263 | 0 |
| 37 | 8 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Running | | 57 | 263 | 6 |
| 38 | 25 | 46 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | First Union | Running | | 49 | 262 | 0 |
| 39 | 40 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Running | | 46 | 258 | 0 |
| 40 | 1 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Engine | | 48 | 219 | 40 |
| 41 | 30 | 43 | John Andretti | STP | Handling | | 40 | 196 | 0 |
| 42 | 13 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Engine | | 37 | 179 | 0 |
| 43 | 42 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Ignition | | 34 | 150 | 0 |
