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Pep Boys Indy Racing League race number 4 of 11
Saturday, June 6, 1998 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
208 laps on a 1.455 mile paved track (302.640 miles)

Time of race: 2:08:46
Average speed: 145.388 mph
Pole speed: 224.448 mph
Cautions: 6 for 45 laps
Margin of victory: .928 sec
Attendance: 115000
Lead changes: 21

Glossary    1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League results   /   1998 standings

PosSt#DriverC/E/TLapsMoneyStatusLedPts
1 211   Billy Boat Conseco   (A.J. Foyt)D/A/G208130250running10854
21497   Greg Ray AT&T Wireless Services   (Thomas Knapp)D/A/F208100500running140
31114   Kenny Brack Power Team Racing   (A.J. Foyt)D/A/G20873300running035
4 74   Scott Goodyear Pennzoil   (Panther Racing)G/A/G20858800running1132
5 98   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems   (Tom Kelley)D/A/G20857600running030
6 33   Robbie Buhl Johns Manville / Menards   (John Menard)D/A/F20726100running029
7156   Davey Hamilton Reebok   (Phil Nienhouse)G/A/G20746900running026
8 516   Marco Greco International Sports Limited   (Marco Greco)G/A/F20524450running024
92752   Robby Unser ADT Automotive   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)D/A/G20423700running022
102619   Stan Wattles Metro Racing Systems / NCLD   (Metro Racing)R/A/G19822500running020
112391   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Coors   (Ron Hemelgarn)D/A/G19443400wheel bearing019
122881   Tyce Carlson Team Pelfrey   (Team Pelfrey)D/A/F19120200running018
13 45   Arie Luyendyk Sprint PCS / Radio Shack / Qualcomm   (Fred Treadway)G/A/F17841000running2917
14 11   Tony Stewart Glidden / Menards   (John Menard)D/A/F17694300radiator5719
151012   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins)G/A/G17238600running015
161210   John Paul, Jr. Jonathan Byrd's / Visionaire / Bryant H & C   (Byrd-Cunningham Racing)G/A/F16937400running014
171335   Jeff Ward ISM Racing   (Bob Hancher)G/A/G16536200engine213
182499   Sam Schmidt Best Western / Gold Crown Racing   (LP Racing / PCI)D/A/F16336200running012
192245   J.J. Yeley Quaker State / Menards   (Sinden Racing)D/I/F16218250running011
202527   Billy Roe Klipsch / Overhead Door   (Blueprint Racing)D/A/F10811900running010
21 628   Mark Dismore Kelley Automotive   (Tom Kelley)D/A/G7032700crash09
222140   Jack Miller Crest Racing   (Crest Racing / SRS)D/I/F3810100engine08
231815   Eliseo Salazar Reebok / MK V   (Bob Riley / Mark Scott)R/A/G329700engine07
24 821   Roberto Guerrero Pagan Racing   (Pagan Racing)D/A/G49700crash06
251677   Stephan Gregoire Blue Star Batteries   (Tom Chastain)G/A/G431700crash05
262051   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Rachel's Gourmet Potato Chips   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)D/A/G431700crash04
271798   Donnie Beechler Cahill Racing   (Larry Cahill)G/A/F49700crash03
281930   Raul Boesel TransWorld Diversified Services / Beloit   (Dennis McCormack)G/A/G431700crash02
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, withdrew, or driver changes:
PosNameNbrSponsorOwnerCar
WDJoe GosekLiberty Racing
WDJimmy Kite7Royal Purple Synthetic / ScandiaAndy Evans
WDPaul Durant23CBRPrice Cobb

Caution flag breakdown:
ConditionFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
ReasonFree
Pass
133   #27 spun turn 4 
452  
61712   #98,51,77,21,44 accident turn 2 
183316  
344411   #15 engine turn 1 
457127  
728110   #28 accident 
8214362  
1441485   debris 
14917628  
1771804   #1 water leak 
18120828  
  Percent of race run under caution: 21.6%             Average green flag run: 27.2 laps

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Tony Stewart177
  Arie Luyendyk82114
  Billy Boat223413
  Arie Luyendyk354915
  Tony Stewart507223
  Billy Boat73731
  Tony Stewart74741
  Billy Boat75817
  Scott Goodyear82865
  Billy Boat8712034
  Tony Stewart1211222
  Jeff Ward1231242
  Tony Stewart12514016
  Billy Boat1411477
  Tony Stewart1481547
  Billy Boat1551573
  Tony Stewart1581581
  Billy Boat1591679
  Scott Goodyear1681736
  Billy Boat17420027
  Greg Ray2012011
  Billy Boat2022087

Points Standings after this race:
RankDriverPointsDiff
1   Scott Sharp 115    
1   Tony Stewart 115   0  
3   Billy Boat 110   -5  
4   Jeff Ward 103   -12  
5   Davey Hamilton 97   -18  
5   Kenny Brack 97   -18  
7   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 82   -33  
7   Stephan Gregoire 82   -33  
9   Scott Goodyear 79   -36  
10   Greg Ray 76   -39  
10   Buddy Lazier 76   -39  
12   Buzz Calkins 73   -42  
13   John Paul, Jr. 71   -44  
14   Sam Schmidt 64   -51  
15   Robbie Buhl 58   -57  
16   Arie Luyendyk 57   -58  
17   Mike Groff 56   -59  
17   Mark Dismore 56   -59  
19   Tyce Carlson 54   -61  
20   Marco Greco 53   -62  
21   Robby Unser 52   -63