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Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights race number 4 of 14
Saturday, May 23, 1998 at Gateway International Raceway, Madison, IL
79 laps on a 1.270 mile paved track (100.330 miles)

Time of race: 0:55:21
Average speed: 108.756 mph
Pole speed: 157.753 mph

Cautions: 3 for 27 laps
Margin of victory: .626 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1998 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights results / 1998 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Indy Regency)	Lola / Buick	79	running	44	21
2	2	31	Philipp Peter	Sebring / Red Bull / Estebe (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	79	running	35	16
3	10	2	Cristiano da Matta	Medley / LCI (Tasman Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	14
4	6	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood / Banco Sofisa (Eric Bachelart)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	12
5	1	87	Jorge Goeters	Quaker State	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	10
6	5	88	Derek Higgins	Quaker State	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	8
7	16	9	Casey Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil (Mears Racing Team)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	6
8	11	27	Naoki Hattori	Kool / Jaccs (Team Green)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	5
9	15	1	Airton Dare	Banestado / LCI (Tasman Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	4
10	8	3	Sergio Paese	Coimex / STP (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	3
11	13	6	Guy Smith	NTS Dream Writer / Swift (Johansson Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	2
12	7	18	Didier Andre	Motorola / Mack Trucks (PacWest Racing)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	1
13	18	11	Andy Boss	Cross Pens / Border Patrol (Eric Bachelart)	Lola / Buick	79	running	0	0
14	19	30	Bud Kaeding	Heritage Bank (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	78	running	0	0
15	20	14	Geoff Boss	LCI / Exide Electronics (Lucas Place Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	78	running	0	0
16	17	32	Oriol Servia	Catalonia / Elf / Heritage (Bob Dorricott, Jr.)	Lola / Buick	78	running	0	0
17	9	8	Clint Mears	Penske Auto Center / Mobil (Mears Racing Team)	Lola / Buick	78	running	0	0
18	21	17	Paul Morris	PacWest Indy Lights (PacWest Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	78	running	0	0
19	24	41	Mike Borkowski	Textron Automotive (Bobby Rahal)	Lola / Buick	76	running	0	0
20	23	5	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	PetroBras / Arisco / STP (Brian Stewart)	Lola / Buick	74	running	0	0
21	4	78	Mark Hotchkis	Alco Capital Group / Nassi (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	73	running	0	0
22	14	77	Tony Renna	Alco Capital Group / Nassi (Mattco Raceworks)	Lola / Buick	66	crash	0	0
23	12	15	Brian Cunningham	LCI / Exide Electronics (Lucas Place Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	54	crash	0	0
24	22	28	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona / Modelo (Indy Regency)	Lola / Buick	53	crash	0	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	10	7	rain
	11	53	43
	54	66	13	#15,28 accident
	67	67	1
	68	74	7	#77 accident
	75	79	5
Percent of race run under caution: 34.2% Average green flag run: 13.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Philipp Peter	1	35	35
Shigeaki Hattori	36	79	44

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cristiano da Matta	73
2	Shigeaki Hattori	44	-29
3	Philipp Peter	30	-43
4	Didier Andre	28	-45
5	Naoki Hattori	25	-48
6	Casey Mears	23	-50
7	Guy Smith	21	-52
7	Geoff Boss	21	-52
9	Airton Dare	18	-55
10	Felipe Giaffone	17	-56
11	Derek Higgins	14	-59
12	Brian Cunningham	13	-60
13	Oriol Servia	12	-61
13	Sergio Paese	12	-61
13	Jorge Goeters	12	-61
16	Chris Simmons	10	-63
17	Paul Morris	8	-65
17	Andy Boss	8	-65
19	Mattias Andersson	6	-67
20	Rodolfo Lavin	5	-68
21	Mark Hotchkis	4	-69