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1998 Texas Indycars Race 1 in IRL at the Texas Motor Speedway circuit. Full information

1998 Texas Indycars

1998 Texas Indycars is 17th IRL race. Passed at the Texas Motor Speedway circuit. Tony Stewart won the pole position, Billy Boat won this race. Greg Ray and Kenny Brack also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 208 laps (487 km).

Previous race: 1998 Indianapolis 500
Next race: 1998 New Hampshire Indycars
Race Start: 6th June 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Texas Indycars

2nd victory for the AJ Foyt Racing team
1st victory for the Billy Boat
4th podium for the Billy Boat
1st podium for the Greg Ray
1st podium for the Kenny Brack

Dallara IR7 - 1998 Texas Indycars winner

Dallara IR7 #11 - 1998 Texas Indycars winner

1998 Texas Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Billy Boat Dallara IR7, #11 54 2h 8m 45.543s 0 AJ Foyt Racing
2 Greg Ray Dallara IR7, #97 40 2h 8m 46.471s 0 Thomas Knapp Motorsports
3 Kenny Brack Dallara IR7, #14 35 208 laps 0 AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
4 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #4 32 208 laps 0 Panther Racing
5 Scott Sharp Dallara IR7, #8 30 208 laps 0 Kelley Racing
6 Robbie Buhl Dallara IR7, #3 29 207 laps 0 Team Menard
7 Davey Hamilton G-Force GF01, #6 26 207 laps 0 Nienhouse Motorsports
8 Marco Greco G-Force GF01, #16 24 205 laps 0 Phoenix Racing
9 Robby Unser G-Force GF01, #52 22 204 laps 0 Team Cheever
10 Stan Wattles Riley & Scott MkV, #19 20 198 laps 0 Metro Racing Systems
11 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 19 194 laps Wheel bearing 0 Hemelgarn Racing
12 Tyce Carlson Dallara IR7, #81 18 191 laps 0 Team Pelfrey
13 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 17 178 laps 0 Treadway Racing
14 Tony Stewart Dallara IR7, #1 19 176 laps Radiator 0 Team Menard
15 Buzz Calkins G-Force GF01, #12 15 172 laps 0 Bradley Motorsports
16 John Paul, Jr. G-Force GF01, #10 14 169 laps 0 Byrd-Cunningham Racing
17 Jeff Ward G-Force GF01, #35 13 165 laps Engine 0 ISM Racing
18 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #99 12 163 laps 0 LP Racing
19 JJ Yeley Dallara IR7, #44 11 162 laps 0 Sinden Racing Services
20 Billy Roe Dallara IR7, #27 10 108 laps 0 Blueprint Racing Enterprises
21 Mark Dismore Dallara IR7, #28 9 70 laps Accident 0 Kelley Racing
22 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 8 38 laps Engine 0 Crest Racing
23 Eliseo Salazar Riley & Scott MkV, #15 7 32 laps 0 PDM Racing
24 Roberto Guerrero Dallara IR7, #21 6 4 laps Accident 0 Pagan Racing
25 Stephan Gregoire G-Force GF01, #77 5 4 laps Accident 0 Chastain Motorsports
26 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR7, #51 4 4 laps Accident 0 Team Cheever
27 Donnie Beechler G-Force GF01, #98 3 4 laps Accident 0 Cahill Racing
28 Raul Boesel G-Force GF01, #30 2 4 laps Accident 0 McCormack Motorsports

Qualifying Results for the 1998 Texas Indycars on the Texas Motor Speedway circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Tony Stewart Dallara IR7, #1 24.059s Team Menard
2 Billy Boat Dallara IR7, #11 24.156s AJ Foyt Racing
3 Robbie Buhl Dallara IR7, #3 24.204s Team Menard
4 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 24.416s Treadway Racing
5 Marco Greco G-Force GF01, #16 24.575s Phoenix Racing
6 Mark Dismore Dallara IR7, #28 24.59s Kelley Racing
7 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #4 24.605s Panther Racing
8 Roberto Guerrero Dallara IR7, #21 24.625s Pagan Racing
9 Scott Sharp Dallara IR7, #8 24.684s Kelley Racing
10 Buzz Calkins G-Force GF01, #12 24.713s Bradley Motorsports
11 Kenny Brack Dallara IR7, #14 24.731s AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
12 John Paul, Jr. G-Force GF01, #10 24.735s Byrd-Cunningham Racing
13 Jeff Ward G-Force GF01, #35 24.823s ISM Racing
14 Greg Ray Dallara IR7, #97 24.853s Thomas Knapp Motorsports
15 Davey Hamilton G-Force GF01, #6 24.886s Nienhouse Motorsports
16 Stephan Gregoire G-Force GF01, #77 24.929s Chastain Motorsports
17 Donnie Beechler G-Force GF01, #98 24.944s Cahill Racing
18 Eliseo Salazar Riley & Scott MkV, #15 24.952s PDM Racing
19 Raul Boesel G-Force GF01, #30 25.087s McCormack Motorsports
20 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR7, #51 25.118s Team Cheever
21 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 25.136s Crest Racing
22 JJ Yeley Dallara IR7, #44 25.138s Sinden Racing Services
23 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 25.181s Hemelgarn Racing
24 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #99 25.211s LP Racing
25 Billy Roe Dallara IR7, #27 25.222s Blueprint Racing Enterprises
26 Stan Wattles Riley & Scott MkV, #19 25.325s Metro Racing Systems
27 Robby Unser G-Force GF01, #52 25.363s Team Cheever
28 Tyce Carlson Dallara IR7, #81 25.473s Team Pelfrey

List of all cars for the 1998 Texas Indycars on the Texas Motor Speedway circuit

G-Force GF01

Aurora

Dallara IR7

Aurora

Dallara IR7

Infiniti

Riley & Scott MkV

Aurora