1998 Budweiser 500

Race 2 of 19

Motegi
201 laps
Time of race: 1:57:12.016
Average speed of winner: 159.393 mph
Margin of victory: 1.086 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 33 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmy Vasser 214.502
Lap leaders: Vasser pole, Fernández 1-22, Vasser 23-44, Fernández 45-47, Vasser 48-69, Andretti 70-86, Unser, Jr. 87-95, Fernández 96-99, Unser, Jr. 100-116, Fernández 117-159, Tracy 160-163, de Ferran 164-167, Moore 168-171, Fernández 172-201

Race notes: Finale for Hideshi Matsuda. Adrián Fernández took the points lead from Michael Andretti.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Adrián Fernández	40	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick		201	5	102	flagged	21
2	15	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske		201	2	26	flagged	16
3	3	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker		201	1	4	flagged	14
4	5	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe		201	1	4	flagged	12
5	16	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green		201	1	4	flagged	10
6	10	Tony Kanaan	21	LCI	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman		200	0	0	flagged	8
7	1	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi		200	2	44	flagged	7
8	6	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green		200	0	0	flagged	5
9	8	André Ribeiro	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske		199	0	0	flagged	4
10	7	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest		199	0	0	flagged	3
11	26	Hélio Castroneves	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen		198	0	0	flagged	2
12	13	Gualter Salles	34	Payton Coyne Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne		198	0	0	flagged	1
13	23	Max Papis	25	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero		197	0	0	flagged	0
14	14	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas		195	1	17	flagged	0
15	27	Arnd Meier	77	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Davis		195	0	0	flagged	0
16	30	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero		188	0	0	flagged	0
17	17	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal		185	0	0	contact	0
18	25	Hideshi Matsuda	43	BMB Mini-Juke	Swift	Ford	Firestone	Beck		185	0	0	flagged	0
19	20	Patrick Carpentier	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe		163	0	0	wheel bearing	0
20	11	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest		147	0	0	wheel bearing	0
21	12	Scott Pruett	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick		146	0	0	overheating	0
22	24	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne		121	0	0	engine	0
23	4	Alex Zanardi	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi		118	0	0	contact	0
24	28	Alex Barron	36	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR		108	0	0	transmission	0
25	19	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas		98	0	0	engine	0
26	22	Roberto Moreno	15	Hawaiian Tropic	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Project CART		86	0	0	transmission	0
27	21	Richie Hearn	10	Budweiser/Ralph's	Swift	Ford	Firestone	Della Penna		74	0	0	engine	0
28	9	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal		49	0	0	clutch	0
29	18	JJ Lehto	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan		45	0	0	electrical	0
30	29	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR		16	0	0	oil leak	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Adrián Fernández	29	2	0	1	1
2	Greg Moore	29	2	1	0	1
3	Michael Andretti	21	2	0	1	1
4	Gil de Ferran	20	2	0	0	1
5	Al Unser, Jr.	16	2	0	0	1
6	Alex Zanardi	14	2	0	0	1
7	Christian Fittipaldi	12	2	0	0	0
8	Scott Pruett	10	2	0	0	0
9	Paul Tracy	10	2	0	0	0
10	Dario Franchitti	9	2	0	0	0
11	Tony Kanaan	8	2	0	0	0
12	Jimmy Vasser	7	2	0	0	0
13	Bryan Herta	5	2	0	0	0
14	André Ribeiro	4	2	0	0	0
15	Mark Blundell	4	2	0	0	0
16	Mauricio Gugelmin	3	2	0	0	0
17	Patrick Carpentier	2	2	0	0	0
18	Hélio Castroneves	2	2	0	0	0
19	Gualter Salles	1	1	0	0	0
20	Richie Hearn	0	2	0	0	0
21	Max Papis	0	2	0	0	0
22	JJ Lehto	0	2	0	0	0
23	Roberto Moreno	0	2	0	0	0
24	Arnd Meier	0	2	0	0	0
25	Hiro Matsushita	0	2	0	0	0