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1998 Las Vegas Indycars in IRL at the Las Vegas Speedway circuit. Full information

1998 Las Vegas Indycars

1998 Las Vegas Indycars is 24th IRL race. Passed at the Las Vegas Speedway circuit. Billy Boat won the pole position, Arie Luyendyk won this race. Sam Schmidt and Buddy Lazier also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 208 laps (502 km).

Previous race: 1998 Texas Indycars
Next race: 1999 Disney World Indycars
Race Start: 11th October 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Las Vegas Indycars

4th victory for the Treadway Racing team
4th victory for the Arie Luyendyk
5th podium for the Arie Luyendyk
1st podium for the Sam Schmidt
5th podium for the Buddy Lazier

G-Force GF01 - 1998 Las Vegas Indycars winner

G-Force GF01 #5 - 1998 Las Vegas Indycars winner

1998 Las Vegas Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 52 2h 18m 19.202s 0 Treadway Racing
2 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #99 40 2h 18m 20.128s 0 LP Racing
3 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 35 208 laps 0 Hemelgarn Racing
4 John Paul, Jr. G-Force GF01, #10 32 208 laps 0 Byrd-Cunningham Racing
5 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR7, #51 30 207 laps 0 Team Cheever
6 Brian Tyler Dallara IR7, #81 28 207 laps 0 Team Pelfrey
7 Robbie Buhl Dallara IR7, #3 26 206 laps 0 Team Menard
8 Marco Greco G-Force GF01, #16 25 206 laps 0 Phoenix Racing
9 Steve Knapp G-Force GF01, #18 22 204 laps 0 PDM Racing
10 Kenny Brack Dallara IR7, #14 20 202 laps 0 AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
11 Buzz Calkins Dallara IR7, #12 19 202 laps 0 Bradley Motorsports
12 Scott Sharp Dallara IR7, #8 18 198 laps 0 Kelley Racing
13 Stan Wattles Riley & Scott MkV, #19 17 187 laps Accident 0 Metro Racing Systems
14 Tony Stewart Dallara IR7, #1 18 178 laps 0 Team Menard
15 Mark Dismore Dallara IR7, #28 15 176 laps Suspension 0 Kelley Racing
16 Robby Unser G-Force GF01, #52 14 174 laps Engine 0 Team Cheever
17 Stephan Gregoire G-Force GF01, #77 13 160 laps 0 Chastain Motorsports
18 Raul Boesel G-Force GF01, #30 12 144 laps Timing gears 0 McCormack Motorsports
19 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR7, #6 11 124 laps Accident 0 Nienhouse Motorsports
20 Roberto Guerrero G-Force GF01, #23 10 123 laps Accident 0 Cobb Racing
21 Jeff Ward G-Force GF01, #35 9 120 laps Accident 0 ISM Racing
22 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #4 8 117 laps Accident 0 Panther Racing
23 Donnie Beechler Dallara IR7, #98 7 107 laps Accident 0 Cahill Racing
24 Jim Guthrie Riley & Scott MkV, #15 6 90 laps Suspension 0 Riley & Scott Racing
25 Greg Ray Dallara IR7, #97 5 76 laps Handling 0 Thomas Knapp Motorsports
26 Billy Boat Dallara IR7, #11 7 51 laps Accident 0 AJ Foyt Racing
27 Dave Steele G-Force GF01, #43 3 42 laps Suspension 0 Panther Racing
28 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 2 38 laps Handling 0 Crest Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1998 Las Vegas Indycars on the Las Vegas Speedway circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Billy Boat Dallara IR7, #11 25.167s AJ Foyt Racing
2 Tony Stewart Dallara IR7, #1 25.36s Team Menard
3 Marco Greco G-Force GF01, #16 25.432s Phoenix Racing
4 Greg Ray Dallara IR7, #97 25.439s Thomas Knapp Motorsports
5 Robbie Buhl Dallara IR7, #3 25.466s Team Menard
6 Kenny Brack Dallara IR7, #14 25.506s AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
7 John Paul, Jr. G-Force GF01, #10 25.531s Byrd-Cunningham Racing
8 Jeff Ward G-Force GF01, #35 25.543s ISM Racing
9 Mark Dismore Dallara IR7, #28 25.557s Kelley Racing
10 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR7, #51 25.564s Team Cheever
11 Scott Sharp Dallara IR7, #8 25.617s Kelley Racing
12 Buzz Calkins Dallara IR7, #12 25.787s Bradley Motorsports
13 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR7, #6 25.79s Nienhouse Motorsports
14 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 25.843s Treadway Racing
15 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #4 25.88s Panther Racing
16 Donnie Beechler Dallara IR7, #98 25.898s Cahill Racing
17 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 25.925s Hemelgarn Racing
18 Roberto Guerrero G-Force GF01, #23 25.931s Cobb Racing
19 Jim Guthrie Riley & Scott MkV, #15 25.932s Riley & Scott Racing
20 Raul Boesel G-Force GF01, #30 25.946s McCormack Motorsports
21 Steve Knapp G-Force GF01, #18 26.071s PDM Racing
22 Brian Tyler Dallara IR7, #81 26.222s Team Pelfrey
23 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #99 26.303s LP Racing
24 Stephan Gregoire G-Force GF01, #77 26.445s Chastain Motorsports
25 Stan Wattles Riley & Scott MkV, #19 26.54s Metro Racing Systems
26 Dave Steele G-Force GF01, #43 26.77s Panther Racing
27 Robby Unser G-Force GF01, #52 Engine Team Cheever
28 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 Handling Crest Racing

List of all cars for the 1998 Las Vegas Indycars on the Las Vegas Speedway circuit

G-Force GF01

Aurora

Dallara IR7

Aurora

Dallara IR7

Infiniti

Riley & Scott MkV

Aurora