| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Las Vegas 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | |||||||||
| March 01, 1998 | Race 3 of 33 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 146.554 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 1.605 seconds | Time of Race: 2 hours, 43 minutes, 58 seconds | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 24 | |||||||||
| Cautions: | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 7 | #6 | Mark Martin | Ford | Valvoline | 185/10 | 267 | Running | $313,900 |
| 2 | 15 | #99 | Jeff Burton | Ford | Exide Batteries | 175/5 | 267 | Running | $202,850 |
| 3 | 10 | #2 | Rusty Wallace | Ford | Miller Lite | 170/5 | 267 | Running | $156,500 |
| 4 | 16 | #26 | Johnny Benson | Pontiac | General Mills/Cheerios | 165/5 | 267 | Running | $121,200 |
| 5 | 32 | #12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Ford | Mobil 1 | 155/0 | 267 | Running | $101,500 |
| 6 | 23 | #16 | Ted Musgrave | Ford | PRIMESTAR | 150/0 | 267 | Running | $96,450 |
| 7 | 29 | #23 | Jimmy Spencer | Ford | Winston | 151/5 | 267 | Running | $112,650 |
| 8 | 26 | #3 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | 147/5 | 267 | Running | $84,500 |
| 9 | 4 | #94 | Bill Elliott | Ford | McDonald's | 138/0 | 267 | Running | $77,900 |
| 10 | 17 | #97 | Chad Little | Ford | John Deere | 134/0 | 267 | Running | $72,950 |
| 11 | 6 | #75 | Rick Mast | Pontiac | Remington Arms | 135/5 | 266 | Running | $67,200 |
| 12 | 19 | #10 | Ricky Rudd | Ford | Tide | 127/0 | 266 | Running | $77,200 |
| 13 | 2 | #7 | Geoffrey Bodine | Chevrolet | Philips | 129/5 | 266 | Running | $70,000 |
| 14 | 36 | #21 | Michael Waltrip | Chevrolet | CITGO | 121/0 | 266 | Running | $69,100 |
| 15 | 28 | #5 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | 123/5 | 266 | Running | $73,300 |
| 16 | 12 | #90 | Dick Trickle | Chevrolet | Heilig-Meyers/Simmons | 115/0 | 266 | Running | $66,300 |
| 17 | 5 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 112/0 | 266 | Running | $76,200 |
| 18 | 3 | #22 | Ward Burton | Pontiac | MBNA | 114/5 | 266 | Running | $64,100 |
| 19 | 11 | #18 | Bobby Labonte | Pontiac | Interstate Batteries | 106/0 | 266 | Running | $67,000 |
| 20 | 41 | #4 | Bobby Hamilton | Chevrolet | Kodak MAX Film | 103/0 | 265 | Running | $63,750 |
| 21 | 37 | #33 | Ken Schrader | Pontiac | Skoal Bandit | 100/0 | 265 | Running | $60,500 |
| 22 | 14 | #44 | Kyle Petty | Pontiac | Hot Wheels | 97/0 | 265 | Running | $59,400 |
| 23 | 20 | #77 | Robert Pressley | Ford | Jasper Engine's/Federal-Mogul | 94/0 | 265 | Running | $48,500 |
| 24 | 21 | #40 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | Coors Light | 91/0 | 265 | Running | $50,300 |
| 25 | 22 | #98 | Greg Sacks | Ford | Thorn Apple Valley | 88/0 | 265 | Running | $56,200 |
| 26 | 24 | #11 | Brett Bodine | Ford | Paychex | 85/0 | 265 | Running | $55,100 |
| 27 | 39 | #50 | Ricky Craven | Ford | Budweiser | 82/0 | 265 | Running | $54,000 |
| 28 | 35 | #91 | Kevin Lepage * | Ford | Pionite | 79/0 | 264 | Running | $44,000 |
| 29 | 34 | #31 | Mike Skinner | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 76/0 | 264 | Running | $45,800 |
| 30 | 18 | #36 | Ernie Irvan | Pontiac | Skittles | 73/0 | 264 | Running | $52,100 |
| 31 | 9 | #30 | Derrike Cope | Ford | Gumout | 70/0 | 264 | Running | $49,400 |
| 32 | 43 | #9 | Lake Speed | Ford | Cartoon Network | 67/0 | 264 | Running | $42,700 |
| 33 | 31 | #29 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | Team Monte Carlo | 64/0 | 264 | Running | $42,000 |
| 34 | 33 | #96 | David Green | Ford | Caterpillar | 61/0 | 264 | Running | $41,800 |
| 35 | 27 | #17 | Darrell Waltrip | Ford | Speedblock/Builders Square | 58/0 | 264 | Running | $48,600 |
| 36 | 38 | #28 | Kenny Irwin * | Ford | Texaco/Havoline | 55/0 | 263 | Running | $56,400 |
| 37 | 8 | #42 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | BellSouth | 57/5 | 263 | Running | $48,200 |
| 38 | 25 | #46 | Wally Dallenbach | Ford | First Union | 49/0 | 262 | Running | $51,305 |
| 39 | 40 | #41 | Steve Grissom | Pontiac | Kodiak | 46/0 | 258 | Running | $47,800 |
| 40 | 1 | #88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | Quality Care/ Ford Credit | 48/5 | 219 | Engine | $62,600 |
| 41 | 30 | #43 | John Andretti | Pontiac | STP | 40/0 | 196 | Handling | $55,400 |
| 42 | 13 | #81 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | Square D | 37/0 | 179 | Engine | $40,200 |
| 43 | 42 | #8 | Hut Stricklin | Ford | Circuit City | 34/0 | 150 | Ignition | $40,000 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||