1998 New Hampshire 200

Race 5 of 11

Loudon
200 laps
Time of race: 1:51:30.262
Average speed of winner: 113.861 mph
Margin of victory: 1.788 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 50 laps
Fastest lap: Davey Hamilton 158.252
Lap leaders: Boat pole, Ward 1-18, Sharp 19-27, Ward 28-55, Goodyear 56-77, Hamilton 78-80, Goodyear 81-91, Stewart 92-146, Goodyear 147-157, Buhl 158-162, Stewart 163-200

Race notes: Last win for Tony Stewart. Finale for Jack Hewitt.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	158.899	200	2	93	running	122950	52
2	5	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	159.001	200	3	44	running	91250	40
3	4	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	159.191	200	1	9	running	70850	35
4	22	Davey Hamilton	6	Reebok/Nienhouse Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse	148.076	200	1	3	running	59550	32
5	7	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	158.720	199	0	0	running	52000	30
6	17	Eliseo Salazar	15	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott	152.547	199	0	0	running	23700	28
7	3	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Coors	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	159.538	199	0	0	running	44500	27
8	13	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	156.535	199	0	0	running	44250	24
9	11	Eddie Cheever	51	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips/Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	157.486	198	0	0	running	43500	22
10	12	Robbie Buhl	3	Johns Manville/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	157.032	198	1	5	running	43100	20
11	18	Robby Unser	52	The Children's Beverage Group/Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	150.290	198	0	0	running	41300	19
12	24	Sam Schmidt	99	Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP	144.218	196	0	0	running	40300	18
13	14	Marco Greco	16	Phoenix Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix	155.913	191	0	0	running	39450	17
14	25	Brian Tyler	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	142.593	190	0	0	running	16100	16
15	23	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	147.285	183	0	0	running	37100	15
16	19	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	149.201	168	0	0	running	19000	14
17	26	Stan Wattles	19	Metro Racing Systems/NCLD	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Metro		127	0	0	handling	12900	13
18	8	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	157.937	98	0	0	handling	34900	12
19	9	Raul Boesel	30	TransWorld Diversified Services/BELOIT/McCormack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	157.780	94	0	0	accident T2	33800	11
20	15	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Auto Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	154.109	93	0	0	accident T2	10800	10
21	1	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	162.146	91	0	0	accident T2	55300	12
22	2	Jeff Ward	35	ISM Racing/Prolong/Team Tabasco	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	161.089	56	2	46	engine	32800	10
23	21	J.J. Yeley	44	Sinden Racing Services/Menards	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	148.399	38	0	0	accident T2	10800	7
24	16	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Chastain Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	153.198	22	0	0	engine	32800	6
25	20	Jack Hewitt	18	Parker Machinery	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	148.742	11	0	0	accident	32800	5
26	10	John Paul, Jr.	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	157.616	2	0	0	accident T4	32800	4

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	167	5	1	2	3	3
2	Scott Sharp	150	5	0	1	3	4
3	Davey Hamilton	129	5	0	0	3	4
4	Billy Boat	122	5	2	1	2	2
5	Scott Goodyear	119	5	0	0	2	3
6	Jeff Ward	113	5	1	0	2	2
7	Kenny Bräck	109	5	0	0	1	2
8	Eddie Cheever	104	5	0	1	1	3
9	Buddy Lazier	103	5	0	0	1	2
10	Stéphan Grégoire	88	5	0	0	2	2
11	Buzz Calkins	88	5	0	0	0	2
12	Arie Luyendyk	87	5	0	0	1	2
13	Sam Schmidt	82	5	0	0	0	2
14	Mark Dismore	80	5	0	0	1	2
15	Greg Ray	78	4	0	0	1	1
16	Robbie Buhl	78	5	0	0	0	2
17	John Paul, Jr.	75	5	0	0	0	2
18	Robby Unser	71	3	0	0	1	2
19	Marco Greco	70	5	0	0	0	1
20	Eliseo Salazar	60	5	0	0	0	1
21	Raul Boesel	60	5	0	0	0	1
22	Mike Groff	56	3	0	0	0	1
23	Tyce Carlson	54	3	0	0	0	0
24	J.J. Yeley	45	4	0	0	0	1
25	Jimmy Kite	45	3	0	0	0	0