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1998 Indianapolis 500

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Pep Boys Indy Racing League race number 3 of 11
Sunday, May 24, 1998 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:26:41
Average Speed: 145.155 mph
Pole Speed: 223.503 mph

Cautions: 12 for 48 laps
Margin of Victory: 3.191 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
33	4	1	Tony Stewart	Glidden / Menards (John Menard)	D/A/F	22	220,250	engine	1	1
15	32	10	Mike Groff	Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C (Byrd-Cunningham Racing)	G/A/F	183	237,600	running	0	15
23	1	11	Billy Boat	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	D/A/G	111	364,200	drive line	12	10
10	18	12	Buzz Calkins	Intl. Star Registry / Bradley Food Marts (Brad Calkins)	G/A/G	195	248,500	running	4	20
6	3	14	Kenny Brack	Power Team Racing (A.J. Foyt)	D/A/G	198	310,750	running	23	29
14	14	16	Marco Greco	Intl. Sports Ltd. / Phoenix Racing (Marco Greco)	G/A/F	183	167,800	engine	0	16
8	19	17	Andy Michner	Konica / Syan Racing (Chitwood Motorsports)	D/A/G	197	182,050	running	0	24
12	22	18	Jack Hewitt	Parker Machinery (Paul Diatlovich)	G/A/G	195	265,800	running	0	18
28	29	19	Stan Wattles	Metro Racing Systems / NCLD (Metro Racing)	R/A/G	48	138,550	crash	0	2
22	9	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing (Pagan Racing)	D/A/G	125	165,300	running	0	8
27	12	28	Mark Dismore	Kelley Automotive (Tom Kelley)	D/A/G	48	209,300	crash	0	3
31	5	3	Robbie Buhl	Johns Manville / Menards (John Menard)	D/A/F	44	222,300	overheating	0	1
19	30	30	Raul Boesel	Beloit / Fast Rod / Team Losi / TransWorld (Dennis McCormack)	G/A/G	164	221,300	running	0	11
30	33	33	Billy Roe	Royal Purple / Pro Link / Scandia (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	48	137,300	crash	0	1
13	27	35	Jeff Ward	Team Tabasco / Superflo / Prolong / ISM (Bob Hancher)	G/A/G	194	242,050	running	0	17
29	20	35	Jim Guthrie	Delco Remy / Goodyear / ISM Racing (Bob Hancher)	G/A/G	48	133,300	crash	0	1
24	10	4	Scott Goodyear	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	G/A/G	100	253,300	clutch	0	6
21	15	40	Jack Miller	Crest Racing (Crest Racing / SRS)	D/I/F	128	159,800	running	0	9
9	13	44	J.J. Yeley	One Call / Quaker State / Menards (Sinden Racing)	D/A/F	197	198,550	running	0	22
20	28	5	Arie Luyendyk	Sprint PCS / Radio Shack / Qualcomm (Fred Treadway)	G/A/F	151	242,100	clutch	4	10
1	17	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/A/G	200	1,433,000	running	76	52
5	21	52	Robby Unser	Team Cheever (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/A/G	198	209,400	running	0	30
3	23	55	Steve Knapp	Primadonna Resorts / Miller Milling / ISM (Bob Hancher)	G/A/G	200	338,750	running	0	35
4	8	6	Davey Hamilton	Reebok (Phil Nienhouse)	G/A/G	199	301,650	running	3	32
11	26	7	Jimmy Kite	Royal Purple Synthetic / Scandia (Andy Evans)	D/A/G	195	287,300	running	0	19
17	31	77	Stephan Gregoire	Blue Star / Tokheim / Estridge / Miller-Eads (Tom Chastain)	G/A/G	172	225,300	running	0	13
16	7	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Automotive Systems (Tom Kelley)	D/A/G	181	234,800	gearbox	0	14
7	16	81	John Paul, Jr.	Team Pelfrey (Team Pelfrey)	D/A/F	197	216,350	running	39	26
25	25	9	Johnny Unser	Hemelgarn Racing (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/G	98	136,300	engine	0	5
2	11	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet / Coors Light (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/G	200	483,200	running	20	40
18	2	97	Greg Ray	Texas Motor Speedway / TNN / True Value (Thomas Knapp)	D/A/F	167	175,400	gearbox	18	12
32	24	98	Donnie Beechler	Cahill Racing (Larry Cahill)	G/A/F	34	132,300	engine	0	1
26	6	99	Sam Schmidt	Best Western / Gold Crown Racing (LP Racing / PCI)	D/A/G	48	215,300	crash	0	4

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force; R - Riley & Scott
Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti
Tires: F - Firestone; G - Goodyear

Failed to qualify: Brian Tyler (#10), Jaques Lazier (#68), Scott Harrington (#66), Hideshi Matsuda (#54), Joe Gosek (#29), Paul Durant (#23), Danny Ongais (#81), Dan Drinan (#24), Claude Bourbonnais (#27), Tyce Carlson (#20), Eliseo Salazar (#15), Lyn St. James (#90)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3	#44 spun turn 1
	4	21	18
	22	26	5	#1 stopped turn 1
	27	33	7
	34	38	5	#98 engine
	39	44	6
	45	48	4	#3 slow backstretch
	49	63	15	#33,53,19,28,99 accident turn 3
	64	95	32
	96	99	4	#7 stalled on track
	100	121	22
	122	127	6	#40 stalled on track
	128	131	4
	132	135	4	#11 stalled on track
	136	152	17
	153	156	4	#5 stalled on track
	157	175	19
	176	179	4	#77 brushed wall
	180	182	3	#18 spun
	183	190	8
	191	194	4	#16 smoking
	195	200	6
Percent of race run under caution: 30.5% Average green flag run: 13.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Billy Boat	1	12	12
Greg Ray	13	20	8
Tony Stewart	21	21	1
Greg Ray	22	31	10
Kenny Brack	32	46	15
Buzz Calkins	47	50	4
Buddy Lazier	51	61	11
Kenny Brack	62	67	6
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	68	84	17
Arie Luyendyk	85	85	1
Kenny Brack	86	87	2
Buddy Lazier	88	93	6
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	94	97	4
John Paul, Jr.	98	113	16
Davey Hamilton	114	116	3
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	117	122	6
Buddy Lazier	123	123	1
John Paul, Jr.	124	146	23
Arie Luyendyk	147	149	3
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	150	153	4
Buddy Lazier	154	154	1
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	155	176	22
Buddy Lazier	177	177	1
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	178	200	23

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Tony Stewart	96
2	Scott Sharp	92	-4
3	Jeff Ward	90	-6
4	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	78	-18
5	Stephan Gregoire	77	-19
6	Davey Hamilton	71	-25
7	Kenny Brack	62	-34
8	Buzz Calkins	58	-38
9	Buddy Lazier	57	-39
10	John Paul, Jr.	57	-39
11	Billy Boat	56	-40
12	Mike Groff	56	-40
13	Sam Schmidt	52	-44
14	Scott Goodyear	47	-49
15	Mark Dismore	47	-49
16	Raul Boesel	47	-49
17	Jimmy Kite	45	-51
18	Arie Luyendyk	40	-56
19	Tyce Carlson	36	-60
20	Greg Ray	36	-60

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