1998 Las Vegas 400

August 2023 NASWINSTON Las Vegas 400 1998 03 01 1998 3 33 1998_Las_Vegas_400_logo.jpg 1998 Las Vegas 400 logo Las Vegas Motor Speedway 1.5 2.41 267 400.5 644.54 Temperatures reaching up to 60.1 F C; wind speeds up to 8.9 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NV/Las%20Vegas/1998-03-01 1998 Las Vegas weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-06-14 146.554 mi/h Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing 168.224 mi/h Mark Martin Roush Racing 82 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing ABC Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Bill Weber, Jack Arute and Jerry Punch MRN Allen Bestwick and Barney Hall Joe Moore (1 & 2) and Fred Armstrong (3 & 4) The 1998 Las Vegas 400 was the inaugural running of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mark Martin, driver of the Valvoline Ford, won the race, and also led the most laps with 82. Dale Jarrett of the Quality Care Service/Ford Credit Ford won the pole position, but finished 40th due to an engine problem.http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1998_Las_Vegas_400/W 1998 Las Vegas 400 Racing Reference 2012-11-30 A total of 120,000 people attended the race, with the profits from all three NASCAR races totaling $40 million for the local economy.Butterworth Scott http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1998/Mar-03-Tue-1998/sports/7058655.html NASCAR expected to return Las Vegas Review-Journal 1998-03-03 2012-11-30 Race The command to start the engines was given by boxing announcer Michael Buffer. Jimmy Howell was the Chief Starter per MRN's Allen Bestwick. As of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, none of the top 16 finishers are currently racing full-time; Jeff Gordon, the lone current full-time driver, finished 17th.Jensen Tom http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/shake-and-bake/jeff-gordon-las-vegas-motor-speedway-sprint-cup-series-inaugural-race-mark-martin-030515 A NASCAR Throwback Thursday stat that will blow your mind Foxsports.com 2015-03-05 2015-03-05 This race has been self-acclaimed by Mark Martin as being his "biggest victory in the Winston Cup Series." Martin's 5 foot 5 inch stature made him shorter than the Vegas showgirls that posed with him after the race. He would collect six more career wins after this race; making him a strong contender for the championship with an all-new NASCAR team.http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/martima01/1998/W Mark Martin 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results Racing Reference 2015-03-05 The Ford Taurus would win more than 100 races after this event before it was retired and replaced with a new Ford model, the Fusion. Jeff Burton had to fight back from a pit road penalty in order to finish the race with a decent position. Race results Source: Results Pos Grid Car Driver Team Make Laps Led Status 1 7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 267 82 Running 2 15 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 267 37 Running 3 10 2 Rusty Wallace Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 267 40 Running 4 16 26 Johnny Benson Jr. Roush Racing Ford 267 9 Running 5 32 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske-Kranefuss Racing Ford 267 0 Running 6 23 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 267 0 Running 7 29 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 267 28 Running 8 26 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 1 Running 9 4 94 Bill Elliott Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 267 0 Running 10 17 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 267 0 Running 11 6 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 266 0 Flagged 12 19 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 266 0 Flagged 13 2 7 Geoff Bodine Bodine-Mattei Motorsports Ford 266 14 Flagged 14 36 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 0 Flagged 15 28 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 266 2 Flagged 16 12 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 266 0 Flagged 17 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 266 0 Flagged 18 3 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 266 5 Flagged 19 11 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 266 0 Flagged 20 41 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 265 0 Flagged 21 37 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 265 0 Flagged 22 14 44 Kyle Petty PE2 Motorsports Pontiac 265 0 Flagged 23 20 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 265 0 Flagged 24 21 40 Sterling Marlin SABCO Racing Chevrolet 265 0 Flagged 25 22 98 Greg Sacks Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 265 0 Flagged 26 24 11 Brett Bodine Scandia Bodine Motorsports Ford 265 0 Flagged 27 39 50 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 265 0 Flagged 28 35 91 Kevin Lepage (R) LJ Racing Chevrolet 264 0 Flagged 29 34 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 264 0 Flagged 30 18 36 Ernie Irvan MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 264 0 Flagged 31 9 30 Derrike Cope Bahari Racing Pontiac 264 0 Flagged 32 43 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 264 0 Flagged 33 31 29 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 264 0 Flagged 34 33 96 David Green American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 264 0 Flagged 35 27 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 264 0 Flagged 36 38 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. (R) Robert Yates Racing Ford 263 0 Flagged 37 8 42 Joe Nemechek SABCO Racing Chevrolet 263 0 Flagged 38 25 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr. SABCO Racing Chevrolet 262 0 Flagged 39 40 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 258 0 Flagged 40 1 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 219 40 Engine 41 30 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 196 0 Piston 42 13 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 179 0 Engine 43 42 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Chevrolet 150 0 ElectricalFailed to Qualify 19 Tony Raines Roehig Motorsports Ford 78 Gary Bradberry TRIAD Motorsports Ford 13 Jerry Nadeau (R) Elliott-Marino Racing Ford 35 Todd Bodine ISM Racing Pontiac 1 Steve Park (R) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 37 Larry Gunselman Gunselman Motorsports Ford 38 Butch Gilliland Hilton Racing Ford Media Television The race was aired live on ABC in the United States. Bob Jenkins and 1973 Cup Series champion Benny Parsons called the race from the broadcast booth. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber and Jack Arute handled pit road for the television side. ABC Booth announcers Pit reporters Lap-by-lap Color-commentators Bob Jenkins Benny Parsons Jerry Punch Bill Weber Jack Arute Standings after the race Pos Driver Points 1 Rusty Wallace 505 2 Dale Earnhardt 449 3 Jeremy Mayfield 446 4 Jimmy Spencer 429 5 Bill Elliott 427 6 Jeff Gordon 412 7 Mark Martin 409 8 Terry Labonte 394 9 Chad Little 380 10 Bobby Hamilton 373 References Las Vegas 400 Las Vegas 400 Category:NASCAR races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Category:March 1998 sports events in the United States