1998 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Race 3 of 11

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:26:40.524
Average speed of winner: 145.155 mph
Margin of victory: 3.191 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 61 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 214.746
Lap leaders: Boat 1-12, Ray 13-20, Stewart 21, Ray 22-31, Bräck 32-46, Calkins 47-50, Lazier 51-61, Bräck 62-67, Cheever 68-84, Luyendyk 85, Bräck 86-87, Lazier 88-93, Cheever 94-97, Paul, Jr. 98-113, Hamilton 114-116, Cheever 117-122, Lazier 123, Paul, Jr. 124-146, Luyendyk 147-149, Cheever 150-153, Lazier 154, Cheever 155-176, Lazier 177, Cheever 178-200

Race notes: Debut for Donnie Beechler, Jack Hewitt, Steve Knapp, Andy Michner, and Robby Unser. Finale for Mike Groff.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (Finish), Part 16 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Eddie Cheever	51	Rachel's Potato Chips	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	217.334	200	6	76	running	1433000	52
2	11	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	218.288	200	5	20	running	483200	40
3	23	Steve Knapp	55	Primadonna Resorts/Miller Milling/ISM Aurora	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	216.445	200	0	0	running	338750	35
4	8	Davey Hamilton	6	Reebok Nienhouse Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse	219.748	199	1	3	running	301650	32
5	21	Robby Unser	52	Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	216.534	198	0	0	running	209400	30
6	3	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	220.982	198	3	23	running	310750	29
7	16	John Paul, Jr.	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	217.351	197	2	39	running	216350	26
8	19	Andy Michner	17	Konica/Syan Racing/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood	216.922	197	0	0	running	182050	24
9	13	J.J. Yeley	44	One Call Communications Quaker State Menards SRS	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Sinden	218.044	197	0	0	running	198550	22
10	18	Buzz Calkins	12	International Star Registry/Bradley Food Marts	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	217.197	195	1	4	running	248500	20
11	26	Jimmy Kite	7	Royal Purple Synthetic/Synertec/Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	219.290	195	0	0	running	287300	19
12	22	Jack Hewitt	18	Parker Machinery	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	216.450	195	0	0	running	265800	18
13	27	Jeff Ward	35	Team Tabasco/SuperFlo/Prolong/ISM Racing Aurora	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	219.086	194	0	0	running	242050	17
14	14	Marco Greco	16	Phoenix Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix	217.953	183	0	0	engine	167800	16
15	32	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	216.704	183	0	0	running	237600	15
16	7	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	219.910	181	0	0	gearbox	234800	14
17	31	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Blue Star/Tokheim/Estridge/Miller-Eads	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	217.036	172	0	0	running	225300	13
18	2	Greg Ray	97	Texas Motor Speedway/TNN/True Value/Dixie Chopper	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	221.125	167	2	18	gearbox	175400	14
19	30	Raul Boesel	30	BELOIT/Fast Rod/Team Losi/Trans World Diversified	G-Force	Infiniti	Goodyear	McCormack	217.303	164	0	0	running	221300	11
20	28	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	218.935	151	2	4	gearbox	242100	10
21	15	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	217.800	128	0	0	running	159800	9
22	9	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pagan Racing Dallara-Oldsmobile	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan	218.900	125	0	0	running	165300	8
23	1	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	223.503	111	1	12	drive line	364200	10
24	10	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	218.357	100	0	0	clutch	253300	6
25	25	Johnny Unser	9	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	216.316	98	0	0	engine	136300	5
26	6	Sam Schmidt	99	Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP	219.982	48	0	0	accident T3	215300	4
27	12	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	218.096	48	0	0	accident T3	209300	3
28	29	Stan Wattles	19	Metro Racing Systems/NCLD	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Metro	217.477	48	0	0	accident T3	138550	2
29	20	Jim Guthrie	53	Delco Remy/Goodyear/ISM Racing Aurora	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	216.604	48	0	0	accident T3	133300	1
30	33	Billy Roe	33	Royal Purple/ProLink/Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia	217.835	48	0	0	accident T3	137300	1
31	5	Robbie Buhl	3	Johns Manville/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	220.236	44	0	0	engine	222300	1
32	24	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Auto Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	216.357	34	0	0	engine	132300	1
33	4	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	220.386	22	1	1	engine	220250	1
127		Eliseo Salazar	0	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott		0	0	0	did not start	10000	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	96	3	0	1	2	2
2	Jeff Ward	90	3	1	0	2	2
3	Scott Sharp	85	3	0	1	1	2
4	Eddie Cheever	78	3	0	1	1	2
5	Stéphan Grégoire	77	3	0	0	2	2
6	Davey Hamilton	71	3	0	0	2	2
7	Kenny Bräck	62	3	0	0	0	1
8	Buzz Calkins	58	3	0	0	0	2
9	Buddy Lazier	57	3	0	0	1	1
10	John Paul, Jr.	57	3	0	0	0	2
11	Billy Boat	56	3	1	0	1	1
12	Mike Groff	56	3	0	0	0	1
13	Sam Schmidt	52	3	0	0	0	2
14	Mark Dismore	47	3	0	0	1	1
15	Scott Goodyear	47	3	0	0	0	1
16	Raul Boesel	47	3	0	0	0	1
17	Jimmy Kite	45	3	0	0	0	0
18	Arie Luyendyk	40	3	0	0	0	1
19	Greg Ray	38	3	0	0	0	0
20	Tyce Carlson	36	2	0	0	0	0
21	Steve Knapp	35	1	0	0	1	1
22	Robby Unser	30	1	0	0	1	1
23	Robbie Buhl	29	3	0	0	0	0
24	Marco Greco	29	3	0	0	0	0
25	J.J. Yeley	27	2	0	0	0	1