1998 Pep Boys 400K

United States   1998 Dover
Race details
6th Round of the 1998 Indy Racing League.
Date July 19, 1998
Official name Pep Boys 400K
Location Dover International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.000 / 1.609 km
Distance 248 laps, 248.000 mi / 399.032 km
Pole
Driver United States Tony Stewart United States Team Menard
Time 19.438
Fastest Lap
Driver United States Greg Ray United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Time 19.622
Podium
First United States Scott Sharp United States Kelley Racing
Second United States Buddy Lazier United States Hemelgarn Racing
Third Brazil Marco Greco United States Phoenix Racing

The 1998 Pep Boys 400K was the sixth round of the 1998 Indy Racing League. The race was held on July 19, 1998 at the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. It was the second Indy car race held at this track, and the first since the 1969 Delaware 200.


Report

Key Meaning
R Rookie
W Past winner

Qualifying

Two laps qualifying. The worst lap from any of the drivers are unknown.

Pos No. Name Lap Best (in mph)
1 1 United States Tony Stewart 19.438 185.204
2 6 United States Davey Hamilton 19.728 182.482
3 28 United States Mark Dismore 19.744 182.334
4 8 United States Scott Sharp 19.794 181.873
5 18 United States Steve Knapp R 19.832 181.525
6 4 Canada Scott Goodyear 19.885 181.041
7 11 United States Greg Ray 19.888 181.014
8 35 United States Jeff Ward 19.896 180.941
9 30 Brazil Raul Boesel 19.898 180.923
10 5 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk 19.910 180.814
11 77 France Stéphan Grégoire 19.977 180.207
12 14 Sweden Kenny Bräck 20.029 179.739
13 10 United States John Paul, Jr. 20.039 179.650
14 91 United States Buddy Lazier 20.051 179.538
15 40 United States Jack Miller 20.184 178.359
16 52 United States Robby Unser R 20.210 178.130
17 51 United States Eddie Cheever 20.227 177.980
18 99 United States Sam Schmidt 20.269 177.611
19 81 United States Brian Tyler R 20.428 176.229
20 23 United States Jim Guthrie 20.584 174.893
21 16 Brazil Marco Greco Didn't qualify No speed
22 15 United States Scott HarringtonR Didn't qualify No speed

Failed to qualify or withdrew

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 8 United States Scott Sharp Kelley Racing 248 2:29:49.262 4 145 52
2 91 United States Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing 248 + 0.689 sec 14 7 40
3 16 Brazil Marco Greco Phoenix Racing 246 + 2 laps 21 0 35
4 6 United States Davey Hamilton Nienhouse Motorsports 246 + 2 laps 2 4 34
5 77 France Stéphan Grégoire     Chastain Motorsports 244 + 4 laps 11 0 30
6 4 Canada Scott Goodyear Panther Racing 242 + 6 laps 6 0 28
7 23 United States Jim Guthrie CBR Cobb Racing 229 + 19 laps 20 0 26
8 1 United States Tony Stewart Team Menard 220 + 28 laps 1 85 27
9 5 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Treadway Racing 203 Accident 10 0 22
10 14 Sweden Kenny Bräck A. J. Foyt Enterprises 197 + 51 laps 12 0 20
11 52 United States Robby Unser R Team Cheever 183 Accident 16 0 19
12 81 United States Brian Tyler R Team Pelfrey 162 + 86 laps 19 0 18
13 18 United States Steve Knapp R PDM Racing 146 Accident 5 0 17
14 30 Brazil Raul Boesel McCormack Motorsports 123 Engine 9 7 16
15 11 United States Greg Ray A. J. Foyt Enterprises 104 Accident 7 0 15
16 51 United States Eddie Cheever Team Cheever 104 Accident 17 0 14
17 99 United States Sam Schmidt LP Racing 85 Accident 18 0 13
18 28 United States Mark Dismore Kelley Racing 43 Engine 3 0 13
19 35 United States Jeff Ward ISM Racing 21 Accident 8 0 11
20 40 United States Jack Miller Crest Racing/SRS 20 Accident 15 0 10
21 10 United States John Paul, Jr. Byrd-Cunningham Racing 6 Engine 13 0 9
22 15 United States Scott Harrington R Riley & Scott Cars 1 Handling 22 0 8

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 United States Scott Sharp 202
2 United States Tony Stewart 194
3 United States Davey Hamilton 163
4 Canada Scott Goodyear 147
5 United States Buddy Lazier 143
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the standings.

References

External links

Previous race:
1998 New England 200
IndyCar Series
1998 season
Next race:
1998 VisionAire 500K
Previous race:
None
Pep Boys 400K Next race:
1999 MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200
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