1998 Atlanta 500 Classic

Race 9 of 11

Atlanta
208 laps
Time of race: 2:17:15.289
Average speed of winner: 140.026 mph
Margin of victory: 0.944 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 56 laps
Fastest lap: Billy Boat 224.163
Lap leaders: Boat pole, Ward 1-27, Goodyear 28-46, Greco 47-48, Goodyear 49-97, Greco 98, Stewart 99-110, Goodyear 111-135, Hamilton 136-151, Bräck 152-154, Ward 155-165, Hamilton 166-168, Ward 169-194, Bräck 195-208

Race notes: Kenny Bräck took the points lead from Scott Sharp.

Video links: Last two thirds

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Kenny Bräck	14	AJ Foyt Power Team Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	223.117	208	2	17	running	160950	50
2	10	Davey Hamilton	6	Reebok/Nienhouse Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Nienhouse	220.903	208	2	19	running	92450	40
3	11	Eddie Cheever	51	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips/Team Cheever	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	219.904	208	0	0	running	69700	35
4	4	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther G-Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Panther	223.747	208	3	93	running	64900	34
5	25	Tony Stewart	1	Glidden/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	213.543	208	1	12	running	56700	30
6	2	Jeff Ward	35	Thermo Tech Technologies/Prolong/Superflo/ISM	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	ISM	223.973	208	3	64	running	47300	30
7	5	Mark Dismore	28	Kelley Automotive	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	223.161	208	0	0	running	45300	26
8	9	Arie Luyendyk	5	Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	221.203	207	0	0	running	43200	24
9	14	Andy Michner	15	Reebok R&S MK V	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Riley and Scott	218.621	206	0	0	running	43200	22
10	15	Raul Boesel	30	TransWorld Diversified Services/BELOIT/McCormack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	McCormack	218.414	202	0	0	running	20200	20
11	21	Robbie Buhl	3	Johns Manville/Menard/Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	215.846	185	0	0	clutch	41100	19
12	1	Billy Boat	11	Conseco AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Foyt	224.145	169	0	0	accident	74500	21
13	7	Marco Greco	16	Intl Sports Ltd/Mexmil	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Phoenix	222.035	167	2	3	accident	39000	17
14	19	Steve Knapp	18	Earl's Performance Products/Hyper-Stop	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	PDM	216.944	167	0	0	accident	38650	16
15	22	Sam Schmidt	99	Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	LP	215.385	158	0	0	engine	36900	15
16	13	Robby Unser	52	The Children's Beverage Group/Team Cheever	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Cheever	218.802	143	0	0	accident	35800	14
17	18	Buddy Lazier	91	Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Coors	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	217.386	136	0	0	engine	34700	13
18	3	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Kelley	223.837	135	0	0	gearbox	34950	13
19	28	Roberto Guerrero	23	CBR Cobb Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Cobb		133	0	0	clutch	16750	11
20	8	Stéphan Grégoire	77	Blue Star Batteries/Chastain Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Chastain	221.317	131	0	0	accident	32600	10
21	23	Brian Tyler	81	Team Pelfrey/Enginetics	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	214.501	123	0	0	engine	31600	9
22	24	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Auto Racing/Amerapress/Voxcom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	213.980	110	0	0	engine	9000	8
23	17	John Paul, Jr.	10	Jonathan Byrd's Visionaire Bryant Heating & Cooling	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	217.454	96	0	0	accident	30700	7
24	16	Greg Ray	97	TKM/Genoa/Firestone	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Knapp	217.719	94	0	0	accident	8700	6
25	26	J.J. Yeley	44	Sinden Racing Services	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden	212.601	58	0	0	engine	8700	5
26	20	Stan Wattles	19	Metro Racing Systems/NCLD	Riley-Scott	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Metro	216.098	29	0	0	engine	8700	4
27	27	Dr. Jack Miller	40	Crest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Sinden		15	0	0	handling	8700	3
28	12	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Goodyear	Bradley	219.608	2	0	0	brakes	8700	2

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kenny Bräck	282	9	0	3	4	6
2	Davey Hamilton	259	9	0	0	6	8
3	Tony Stewart	257	9	3	2	5	6
4	Scott Sharp	246	9	0	2	4	5
5	Scott Goodyear	228	9	0	0	4	6
6	Jeff Ward	208	9	1	0	3	4
7	Buddy Lazier	199	9	0	0	2	4
8	Eddie Cheever	187	9	0	1	2	5
9	Stéphan Grégoire	184	9	0	0	4	5
10	Marco Greco	180	9	0	0	2	4
11	Arie Luyendyk	173	9	0	0	2	5
12	Billy Boat	168	7	4	1	2	3
13	Mark Dismore	145	9	0	0	1	3
14	Sam Schmidt	143	9	0	0	0	2
15	John Paul, Jr.	134	9	0	0	0	3
16	Robbie Buhl	122	7	0	0	1	3
17	Robby Unser	122	6	0	0	1	2
18	Greg Ray	114	7	0	0	1	1
19	Raul Boesel	107	9	0	0	0	2
20	Buzz Calkins	96	7	0	0	0	2
21	Brian Tyler	95	7	0	0	0	0
22	Steve Knapp	84	4	0	0	1	1
23	Dr. Jack Miller	80	8	0	0	0	1
24	Andy Michner	77	4	0	0	0	2
25	Tyce Carlson	73	4	0	0	0	0