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1998 Atlanta 500 Classic Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Pep Boys Indy Racing League race number 9 of 11 Saturday, August 29, 1998 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 208 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (320.320 miles) Time of race: 2:17:05 Average speed: 140.026 mph Pole speed: 224.145 mph Cautions: 6 for 50 laps Margin of victory: .944 sec Attendance: 42000 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 14   Kenny Brack Power Team Racing   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/G 208 160950 running 17 50 2 10 6   Davey Hamilton #6 Reebok   (Phil Nienhouse) D/A/G 208 92450 running 19 40 3 11 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/A/G 208 69700 running 0 35 4 4 4   Scott Goodyear Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) G/A/G 208 64900 running 93 34 5 25 1   Tony Stewart Glidden / Menards   (John Menard) G/A/F 208 56700 running 12 30 6 2 35   Jeff Ward Thermo Tech / Prolong / Superflo / ISM Racing   (Bob Hancher) G/A/G 208 47300 running 64 30 7 5 28   Mark Dismore Kelley Automotive   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 208 45300 running 0 26 8 9 5   Arie Luyendyk Sprint PCS / Radio Shack / Qualcomm   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 207 43200 running 0 24 9 14 15   Andy Michner Reebok / MK V   (Bob Riley / Mark Scott) R/A/G 206 43200 running 0 22 10 15 30   Raul Boesel TransWorld Racing / Beloit   (Dennis McCormack) G/A/G 202 20200 running 0 20 11 21 3   Robbie Buhl Johns Manville / Menards   (John Menard) G/A/F 185 41100 clutch 0 19 12 1 11   Billy Boat Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/G 169 74500 crash 0 21 13 7 16   Marco Greco International Sports Limited / Mexmil   (Marco Greco) G/A/F 167 39000 crash 3 17 14 19 18   Steve Knapp Earl's Performance Products / Hyper-Stop   (Paul Diatlovich) G/A/G 167 38650 crash 0 16 15 22 99   Sam Schmidt Best Western / Gold Crown Racing   (LP Racing / PCI) D/A/F 158 36900 engine 0 15 16 13 52   Robby Unser Children's Beverage Group   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) G/A/G 143 35800 crash 0 14 17 18 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Coors Light   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/G 136 34700 engine 0 13 18 3 8   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems   (Tom Kelley) D/A/G 135 34950 gearbox 0 13 19 28 23   Roberto Guerrero CBR   (Price Cobb) G/I/F 133 16700 clutch 0 11 20 8 77   Stephan Gregoire Blue Star Batteries   (Tom Chastain) D/A/G 131 32600 crash 0 10 21 23 81   Brian Tyler Enginetics   (Team Pelfrey) D/A/F 123 31600 engine 0 9 22 24 98   Donnie Beechler Amerapress / Voxcom   (Larry Cahill) G/A/F 110 9000 engine 0 8 23 17 10   John Paul, Jr. Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C   (Byrd-Cunningham Racing) G/A/F 96 30700 crash 0 7 24 16 97   Greg Ray Genoa Racing   (Thomas Knapp) D/A/F 94 8700 crash 0 6 25 26 44   J.J. Yeley Sinden Racing Service   (Sinden Racing) D/I/F 58 8700 engine 0 5 26 20 19   Stan Wattles Metro Racing Systems / NCLD   (Metro Racing) R/A/G 29 8700 engine 0 4 27 27 40   Jack Miller Crest Racing   (Crest Racing / SRS) D/I/F 15 8700 electrical 0 3 28 12 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins) D/A/F 2 8700 brakes 0 2 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

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 53 53     54 59 6   track lights turn 4   60 62 3     63 71 9   #44 engine   72 94 23     95 107 13   #97,10 accident backstretch   108 132 25     133 140 8   #77 accident turn 3   141 163 23     164 168 5   #99 engine   169 169 1     170 184 15   #16,18,11,52 accident backstretch   185 208 24       Percent of race run under caution: 26.9%             Average green flag run: 21.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeff Ward 1 27 27   Scott Goodyear 28 46 19   Marco Greco 47 48 2   Scott Goodyear 49 97 49   Marco Greco 98 98 1   Tony Stewart 99 110 12   Scott Goodyear 111 135 25   Davey Hamilton 136 151 16   Kenny Brack 152 154 3   Jeff Ward 155 165 11   Davey Hamilton 166 168 3   Jeff Ward 169 194 26   Kenny Brack 195 208 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Kenny Brack 282     2   Davey Hamilton 259   -23   3   Tony Stewart 257   -25   4   Scott Sharp 246   -36   5   Scott Goodyear 228   -54   6   Jeff Ward 208   -74   7   Buddy Lazier 199   -83   8   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 187   -95   9   Stephan Gregoire 184   -98   10   Marco Greco 180   -102   11   Arie Luyendyk 173   -109   12   Billy Boat 168   -114   13   Mark Dismore 145   -137   14   Sam Schmidt 143   -139   15   Robbie Buhl 137   -145   16   John Paul, Jr. 134   -148   17   Robby Unser 122   -160   18   Greg Ray 112   -170   19   Raul Boesel 107   -175   20   Buzz Calkins 96   -186   21   Brian Tyler 95   -187