Race No. 19
Marlboro 500
Presented by Toyota
California Speedway — Fontana, California
October 30 - November 1, 1998
Driver Performance Chart
| rank | driver | points | starts | run at fin | top fin | times led | laps led | laps completed | miles completed |
| 2549 | 4420.936 | ||||||||
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 285 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 499 | 2465 | 4291.337 |
| 2 | Jimmy Vasser | 169 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 296 | 2363 | 4025.905 |
| 3 | Dario Franchitti | 160 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 243 | 1823 | 3281.252 |
| 4 | Adrian Fernandez | 154 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 138 | 2127 | 3840.254 |
| 5 | Greg Moore | 140 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 251 | 2174 | 3630.127 |
| 6 | Scott Pruett | 121 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2154 | 3769.684 |
| 7 | Michael Andretti | 112 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 468 | 2063 | 3779.062 |
| 8 | Bryan Herta | 97 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 171 | 2058 | 3533.577 |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 92 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1993 | 3540.050 |
| 10 | Bobby Rahal | 82 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2387 | 4100.795 |
| 11 | Al Unser Jr. | 72 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 1965 | 3243.120 |
| 12 | Gil de Ferran | 67 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 126 | 2169 | 3805.510 |
| 13 | Paul Tracy | 61 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 88 | 1914 | 3407.125 |
| 14 | Christian Fittipaldi | 56 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1769 | 3183.684 |
| 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 49 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 2245 | 3902.876 |
| 16 | Richie Hearn | 47 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 2036 | 3628.472 |
| 17 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 36 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 1998 | 3435.884 |
| 18 | Mark Blundell | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2192 | 3838.566 |
| 19 | Patrick Carpentier | 27 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 1775 | 3058.815 |
| 20 | J J Lehto (R) | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1740 | 2892.612 |
| 21 | Max Papis | 25 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2125 | 3757.807 |
| 22 | Andre Ribeiro | 13 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1527 | 2664.924 |
| 23 | Robby Gordon | 13 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1856 | 3114.978 |
| 24 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 5 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1856 | 3114.978 |
| 25 | Arnd Meier | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1691 | 3076.307 |
| 26 | PJ Jones | 3 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1456 | 2325.707 |
| 27 | Alex Barron (R) | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1850 | 3437.384 |
| 28 | Gualter Salles | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 532 | 992.189 |
| 29 | Vincenzo Sospiri (R) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 610.444 |
| 30 | Hiro Matsushita | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 536 | 867.662 |
| 31 | Roberto Moreno | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 407.580 |
| 32 | Mimmo Schiattarella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 158.974 |
| 33 | Dennis Vitolo | 0 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 537 | 980.193 |
| 34 | Hideshi Matsuda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 286.565 |