The 1998 Indy Racing League consisted of 11 races, held at 10 circuits across the United States of America. Kenny Bräck won the Drivers’ Championship.
1998 Races
Round | Date | Event | Circuit | Track Type | Winner | Car/Engine | Avg. Speed |
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1 | 24 January 1998 | Indy 200 | Walt Disney World Speedway | Oval | Tony Stewart | G-Force/Oldsmobile | 95.14 |
2 | 22 March 1998 | Dura Lube 200 | Phoenix Raceway | Oval | Scott Sharp | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 102.856 |
3 | 24 May 1998 | 82nd Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Oval | Eddie Cheever Jr. | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 145.155 |
4 | 6 June 1998 | True Value 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Oval | Billy Boat | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 145.388 |
5 | 28 June 1998 | New England 200 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | Oval | Tony Stewart | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 113.861 |
6 | 19 July 1998 | Pep Boys 400K | Dover International Speedway | Oval | Scott Sharp | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 99.318 |
7 | 25 July 1998 | Visionaire 500K | Charlotte Motor Speedway | Oval | Kenny Brack | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 158.408 |
8 | 16 August 1998 | Radisson 200 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Oval | Kenny Brack | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 135.515 |
9 | 29 August 1998 | Atlanta 500 Classic | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Oval | Kenny Brack | Dallara/Oldsmobile | 140.026 |
10 | 20 September 1998 | Lone Star 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Oval | John Paul Jr. | G-Force/Oldsmobile | 131.031 |
11 | 11 October 1998 | Las Vegas 500K | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Oval | Arie Luyendyk | G-Force/Oldsmobile | 135.338 |
1998 Driver Standings
Pos. | Driver | WDW | PHX | IND | TEX | NH | DOV | CHA | PIK | ATL | TEX | LAS | Points |
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1 | Kenny Brack | 17 | 16 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 332 |
2 | Davey Hamilton | 35 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 30 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 292 |
3 | Tony Stewart | 52 | 43 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 289 |
4 | Scott Sharp | 28 | 43 | 14 | 30 | 35 | 52 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 272 |
5 | Buddy Lazier | 15 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 27 | 40 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 262 |
6 | Jeff Ward | 40 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 14 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 252 |
7 | Scott Goodyear | 13 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 244 |
8 | Arie Luyendyk | 24 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 52 | 227 |
9 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | 6 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 222 |
10 | Marco Greco | 3 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 219 |
11 | John Paul Jr. | 20 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 216 |
12 | Stephan Gregoire | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 201 |
13 | Billy Boat | 9 | 37 | 10 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 194 |
14 | Sam Schmidt | 22 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 40 | 186 |
15 | Mark Dismore | 30 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 180 |
16 | Robby Unser | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 40 | 14 | 176 |
17 | Robbie Buhl | 10 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 174 |
18 | Brian Tyler | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 140 |
19 | Buzz Calkins | 16 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 134 |
20 | Raul Boesel | 12 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 132 |
21 | Greg Ray | 5 | 19 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 128 |
22 | Steve Knapp | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 118 |
23 | Jack Miller | 7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 100 |
24 | Andy Michner | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 92 |
25 | Stan Wattles | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 88 |
26 | Roberto Guerrero | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 83 |
27 | Tyce Carlson | 19 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
28 | Donnie Beechler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 71 |
29 | Eliseo Salazar | 18 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
30 | Mike Groff | 26 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
31 | Jimmy Kite | 14 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
32 | J.J. Yeley | 0 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
33 | Jim Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41 |
34 | Jack Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
35 | Stevie Reeves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
36 | David Steele | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
37 | Billy Roe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
38 | Paul Durant | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
39 | Scott Harrington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
40 | Johnny Unser | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
41 | Robbie Groff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |