Race No. 19
Marlboro 500
Presented by Toyota
California Speedway — Fontana, California
October 30 - November 1, 1998
The Grid
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 31.249 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 233.748 | 376.181 | n/a |
| 2 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 31.301 | -0.052 | -0.052 | 233.360 | 375.556 | n/a |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 31.372 | -0.123 | -0.071 | 232.832 | 374.706 | 100.31% |
| 4 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 31.377 | -0.128 | -0.005 | 232.795 | 374.647 | 100.33% |
| 5 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 31.394 | -0.145 | -0.017 | 232.669 | 374.444 | 100.38% |
| 6 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 31.429 | -0.180 | -0.035 | 232.410 | 374.027 | 100.49% |
| 7 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 31.441 | -0.192 | -0.012 | 232.321 | 373.884 | 100.53% |
| 8 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 31.514 | -0.265 | -0.073 | 231.783 | 373.018 | 100.76% |
| 9 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 31.523 | -0.274 | -0.009 | 231.717 | 372.912 | 100.79% |
| 10 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 31.619 | -0.370 | -0.096 | 231.013 | 371.779 | 101.10% |
| 11 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 31.646 | -0.397 | -0.027 | 230.816 | 371.462 | 101.19% |
| 12 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 31.648 | -0.399 | -0.002 | 230.801 | 371.439 | 101.19% |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 31.650 | -0.401 | -0.002 | 230.787 | 371.415 | 101.20% |
| 14 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 31.688 | -0.439 | -0.038 | 230.510 | 370.970 | 101.32% |
| 15 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | EA/RV8C/G | 31.699 | -0.450 | -0.011 | 230.430 | 370.841 | 101.36% |
| 16 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 31.754 | -0.505 | -0.055 | 230.031 | 370.199 | 101.53% |
| 17 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 31.766 | -0.517 | -0.012 | 229.944 | 370.059 | 101.57% |
| 18 | 1X | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 31.824 | -0.575 | -0.058 | 229.525 | 369.384 | 101.76% |
| 19 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 31.887 | -0.638 | -0.063 | 229.071 | 368.655 | 101.96% |
| 20 | 9X | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 31.940 | -0.691 | -0.053 | 228.691 | 368.043 | 102.13% |
| 21 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 31.973 | -0.724 | -0.033 | 228.455 | 367.663 | 102.23% |
| 22 | 24 | Robby Gordon | 98I/RV8C/F | 32.013 | -0.764 | -0.040 | 228.170 | 367.204 | 102.36% |
| 23 | 21X | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 32.077 | -0.828 | -0.064 | 227.715 | 366.471 | 102.56% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 32.114 | -0.865 | -0.037 | 227.452 | 366.049 | 102.68% |
| 25 | 19X | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 32.462 | -1.213 | -0.348 | 225.014 | 362.125 | 103.80% |
| 26 | 98X | Vincenzo Sospiri | EA/RV8C/G | 32.530 | -1.281 | -0.068 | 224.543 | 361.368 | 104.01% |
| 27 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | no time | |||||
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 98I/XD/F | no time |