1998 Indy 200

Race 1 of 11

Walt Disney
200 laps
Time of race: 2:06:07
Average speed of winner: 95.14 mph
Margin of victory: 8.579 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 77 laps
Fastest lap: Kenny Bräck 164.903
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-7, Guerrero 8-13, Stewart 14-126, Bräck 127, Stewart 128-131, Lazier 132-165, Stewart 166-168, Dismore 169-195, Stewart 196-200

Race notes: Debut for Raul Boesel and Brian Tyler. Finale for Robbie Groff.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard		200	1	132	running	121250	52
2	24	Jeff Ward	35	ISM Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM		200	0	0	running	60550	40
3	19	Davey Hamilton	6	Nienhouse Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse		200	0	0	running	76750	35
4	15	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Chastain Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain		200	0	0	running	54350	32
5	22	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive/LearJet Valvoline	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley		199	1	27	running	35900	30
6	20	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi/Futaba/AMD/Kelley	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley		198	0	0	running	23550	28
7	4	Mike Groff	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd		198	0	0	running	43700	26
8	5	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway		197	0	0	running	42700	24
9	17	Sam Schmidt	99	BG Products/Truck Air Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP		195	0	0	running	42700	22
10	7	John Paul, Jr.	18	Klipsch V-Line Overhead Door Earl's Perf. Products	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM		194	0	0	running	42550	20
11	27	Tyce Carlson	20	KECO	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Immke		192	0	0	running	18600	19
12	26	Eliseo Salazar	15	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott		187	0	0	running	17600	18
13	2	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt		174	1	1	running	38600	17
14	10	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley		168	0	0	running	37500	16
15	8	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn/Delta Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn		165	1	34	accident	36500	15
16	28	Jimmy Kite	7	Royal Purple Synthetic/Synertec/Scandia	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Scandia		149	0	0	half shaft	35500	14
17	21	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther		132	0	0	suspension	12400	13
18	9	Raul Boesel	30	BELOIT/Fast Rod/Team Losi/McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack		128	0	0	running	34400	12
19	13	Brian Tyler	17	Chitwood Thrill Show Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chitwood		121	0	0	accident	33400	11
20	14	Robbie Buhl	3	Johns Manville/Menard/Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard		100	0	0	electrical	32400	10
21	3	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt		72	0	0	accident	32400	9
22	18	Stan Wattles	19	Metro Racing Systems/NCLD	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Metro		64	0	0	accident	32400	8
23	11	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden		59	0	0	handling	37400	7
24	23	Eddie Cheever	51	Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever		48	0	0	engine fire	10400	6
25	16	Greg Ray	97	TKM-Mercury Outboards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp		29	0	0	accident	32400	5
26	6	Roberto Guerrero	21	Pagan Racing Dallara-Oldsmobile	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Pagan		13	1	6	accident	32400	4
27	25	Marco Greco	16	Phoenix Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix		12	0	0	accident	10400	3
28	12	Robbie Groff	27	Blueprint Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint		0	0	0	accident	32400	2

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	52	1	0	1	1	1
2	Jeff Ward	40	1	0	0	1	1
3	Davey Hamilton	35	1	0	0	1	1
4	Stéphan Grégoire	32	1	0	0	1	1
5	Mark Dismore	30	1	0	0	1	1
6	Scott Sharp	28	1	0	0	0	1
7	Mike Groff	26	1	0	0	0	1
8	Arie Luyendyk	24	1	0	0	0	1
9	Sam Schmidt	22	1	0	0	0	1
10	John Paul, Jr.	20	1	0	0	0	1
11	Tyce Carlson	19	1	0	0	0	0
12	Eliseo Salazar	18	1	0	0	0	0
13	Kenny Bräck	17	1	0	0	0	0
14	Buzz Calkins	16	1	0	0	0	0
15	Buddy Lazier	15	1	0	0	0	0
16	Jimmy Kite	14	1	0	0	0	0
17	Scott Goodyear	13	1	0	0	0	0
18	Raul Boesel	12	1	0	0	0	0
19	Brian Tyler	11	1	0	0	0	0
20	Robbie Buhl	10	1	0	0	0	0
21	Billy Boat	9	1	0	0	0	0
22	Stan Wattles	8	1	0	0	0	0
23	Dr. Jack Miller	7	1	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Cheever	6	1	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Ray	5	1	0	0	0	0