1998 Indy Racing League

01 Jan 1998 Indy Racing League

Posted at 20:28h in IndyCar Series Seasons by GP Archivist

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
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
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

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