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1998 Running of the Indianapolis 500

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1998 Indianapolis 500
Held on May 24, 1998 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	17	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	76	running	52
2	11	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet, Coors Light	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	20	running	40
3	23	55	Steve Knapp	Primadonna Resorts, Miller Milling, ISM	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	200	0	running	35
4	8	6	Davey Hamilton	Reebok	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	199	3	running	32
5	21	52	Robby Unser	Team Cheever	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	198	0	running	30
6	3	14	Kenny Brack	Power Team Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	198	23	running	29
7	16	81	John Paul, Jr.	Klipsch	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	197	39	running	26
8	19	17	Andy Michner	Konica, Syan Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	197	0	running	24
9	13	44	J.J. Yeley	One Call, Quaker State, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	197	0	running	22
10	18	12	Buzz Calkins	International Star Registry, Bradley Food Marts	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	195	4	running	20
11	26	7	Jimmy Kite	Royal Purple Synthetic, Scandia	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	195	0	running	19
12	22	18	Jack Hewitt	Parker Machinery	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	195	0	running	18
13	27	35	Jeff Ward	Tabasco, Superflo, Prolong, ISM	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	194	0	running	17
14	14	16	Marco Greco	International Sports Limited, Phoenix Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	183	0	engine	16
15	32	10	Mike Groff	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, Visionaire, Bryant Heating & Cooling	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	183	0	running	15
16	7	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	181	0	gearbox	14
17	31	77	Stephan Gregoire	Blue Star Batteries, Tokheim, Estridge, Miller-Eads	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	172	0	running	13
18	2	97	Greg Ray	Texas Motor Speedway, TNN, True Value	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	167	18	gearbox	12
19	30	30	Raul Boesel	Beloit, FastRod, Team Losi, TransWorld Diversified Services	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	164	0	running	11
20	28	5	Arie Luyendyk	Sprint PCS, Radio Shack, Qualcomm	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	151	4	gearbox	10
21	15	40	Jack Miller	Crest Racing	Dallara/Nissan/Firestone	128	0	running	9
22	9	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	125	0	running	8
23	1	11	Billy Boat	Conseco	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	111	12	drive line	7
24	10	4	Scott Goodyear	Pennzoil	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	100	0	clutch	6
25	25	9	Johnny Unser	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	98	0	engine	5
26	6	99	Sam Schmidt	Best Western, Gold Crown Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	48	0	accident	4
27	12	28	Mark Dismore	Kelley Automotive	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	48	0	accident	3
28	29	19	Stan Wattles	Metro Racing Systems, National Center for Learning Disabilities	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	48	0	accident	2
29	20	53	Jim Guthrie	Delco Remy, Goodyear, ISM Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	48	0	accident	1
30	33	33	Billy Roe	Royal Purple, Pro Link, Scandia	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear	48	0	accident	1
31	5	3	Robbie Buhl	Johns Manville, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	44	0	engine	1
32	24	98	Donnie Beechler	Cahill Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	34	0	engine	1
33	4	1	Tony Stewart	Glidden, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	22	1	engine	1
DID NOT QUALIFY
		27	Claude Bourbonnais	Blueprint Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		15	Eliseo Salazar	Reebok, MK V	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Goodyear			DNQ
		90	Lyn St. James	Lifetime TV	G Force/Nissan			DNQ
		24	Dan Drinan	D.B. Mann Development	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		23	Paul Durant	CBR Cobb Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		3	Robbie Buhl	Johns Manville, Menards	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		32	Robbie Buhl	Johns Manville, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		23	Jim Guthrie	CBR Cobb Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		10	Joe Gosek	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, VisionAire, Bryant	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		20	Joe Gosek	Keco	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		29	Joe Gosek	Liberty Racing	G-Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		43	Scott Goodyear	Pennzoil	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear			DNQ
		66	Scott Harrington	LP Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		68	Jaques Lazier	CBR Cobb Racing	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		54	Hideshi Matsuda	Beck Motorsports	Dallara/Nissan			DNQ
		81	Danny Ongais	Team Pelfrey	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		40	J.J. Yeley	Crest Racing	Dallara/Nissan/Firestone			DNQ
		91	Johnny Unser	Delta Faucet, Coors Light	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Goodyear			DNQ
		18	John Paul, Jr.	Parker Machinery	G Force/Oldsmobile/Goodyear			DNQ
		19	Eliseo Salazar	Metro Racing Systems	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Goodyear			DNQ
		1	Tony Stewart	Glidden, Menards	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		10	Brian Tyler	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, VisionAire, Bryant	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		20	Tyce Carlson	Keco	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ

RACE DATA
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Time of Race: 3h:26:41
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Billy Boat - 161:072 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 3.191 seconds
Average Speed: 145.155 mph
Cautions: 12 for 48 laps - Laps 1-3 (#44 spun turn 1); Laps 22-26 (#1 stopped turn 1); Laps 34-38 (#98 engine); Laps 45-48 (#3 slow backstretch); Laps 49-63 (#33,53,19,28,99 accident turn 3); Laps 96-99 (#7 stalled on track); Laps 122-127 (#40 stalled on track); Laps 132-135 (#11 stalled on track); Laps 153-156 (#5 stalled on track); Laps 176-179 (#77 brushed wall); Laps 180-182 (#18 spun); Laps 191-194 (#16 smoking)
Lead Changes: 23 among 10 drivers - Billy Boat (1-12); Greg Ray (13-20); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (21); Greg Ray (22-31); Kenny Brack (32-46); Buzz Calkins (47-50); Buddy Lazier (51-61); Kenny Brack (62-67); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (68-84); Arie Luyendyk (85); Kenny Brack (86-87); Buddy Lazier (88-93); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (94-97); John Paul, Jr. (98-113); Davey Hamilton (114-116); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (117-122); Buddy Lazier (123); John Paul, Jr. (124-146); Arie Luyendyk (147-149); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (150-153); Buddy Lazier (154); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (155-176); Buddy Lazier (177); Eddie Cheever, Jr. (178-200)
Fastest Lap: Tony Stewart - 41.908 seconds (lap 19)