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1998 Texas Indycars Race 2 in IRL at the Texas Motor Speedway circuit. Full information

1998 Texas Indycars

1998 Texas Indycars is 23rd IRL race. Passed at the Texas Motor Speedway circuit. Billy Boat won the pole position, John Paul, Jr. won this race. Robby Unser and Jeff Ward also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 208 laps (487 km).

Previous race: 1998 Atlanta Indycars
Next race: 1998 Las Vegas Indycars
Race Start: 20th September 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Texas Indycars

1st victory for the Byrd-Cunningham Racing team
1st victory for the John Paul, Jr.
1st podium for the John Paul, Jr.
1st podium for the Robby Unser
4th podium for the Jeff Ward

G-Force GF01 - 1998 Texas Indycars winner

G-Force GF01 #10 - 1998 Texas Indycars winner

1998 Texas Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 John Paul, Jr. G-Force GF01, #10 50 2h 21m 53.557s 0 Byrd-Cunningham Racing
2 Robby Unser G-Force GF01, #52 40 2h 21m 55.134s 0 Team Cheever
3 Jeff Ward G-Force GF01, #35 35 208 laps 0 ISM Racing
4 Roberto Guerrero G-Force GF01, #23 32 208 laps 0 Cobb Racing
5 Kenny Brack Dallara IR7, #14 30 207 laps 0 AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
6 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 28 206 laps 0 Hemelgarn Racing
7 Robbie Buhl Dallara IR7, #3 26 205 laps 0 Team Menard
8 Stan Wattles Riley & Scott MkV, #19 24 205 laps 0 Metro Racing Systems
9 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR7, #6 22 202 laps 0 Nienhouse Motorsports
10 Mark Dismore Dallara IR7, #28 20 202 laps 0 Kelley Racing
11 Buzz Calkins Dallara IR7, #12 19 201 laps 0 Bradley Motorsports
12 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 18 201 laps 0 Crest Racing
13 Brian Tyler Dallara IR7, #81 17 172 laps Engine 0 Team Pelfrey
14 Billy Boat Dallara IR7, #11 19 162 laps 0 AJ Foyt Racing
15 Andy Michner Riley & Scott MkV, #15 15 158 laps Engine 0 Riley & Scott Racing
16 Marco Greco G-Force GF01, #16 14 133 laps Accident 0 Phoenix Racing
17 Raul Boesel G-Force GF01, #30 13 133 laps Accident 0 McCormack Motorsports
18 Steve Knapp G-Force GF01, #18 12 131 laps 0 PDM Racing
19 Donnie Beechler Dallara IR7, #98 11 122 laps Accident 0 Cahill Racing
20 Tony Stewart Dallara IR7, #1 14 80 laps Engine 0 Team Menard
21 Greg Ray Dallara IR7, #97 9 75 laps Engine 0 Thomas Knapp Motorsports
22 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #4 8 71 laps Clutch 0 Panther Racing
23 Scott Sharp Dallara IR7, #8 8 67 laps Accident 0 Kelley Racing
24 Dave Steele G-Force GF01, #43 6 39 laps Accident 0 Panther Racing
25 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR7, #51 5 30 laps Engine 0 Team Cheever
26 Stephan Gregoire Dallara IR7, #77 4 18 laps Accident 0 Chastain Motorsports
27 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #99 3 5 laps Engine 0 LP Racing
28 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 2 5 laps Fuel pump 0 Treadway Racing

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

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Billy Boat Dallara IR7, #11 23.896s AJ Foyt Racing
2 Tony Stewart Dallara IR7, #1 24.014s Team Menard
3 Scott Sharp Dallara IR7, #8 24.048s Kelley Racing
4 Mark Dismore Dallara IR7, #28 24.075s Kelley Racing
5 Jeff Ward G-Force GF01, #35 24.099s ISM Racing
6 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR7, #6 24.142s Nienhouse Motorsports
7 Scott Goodyear G-Force GF01, #4 24.24s Panther Racing
8 Stephan Gregoire Dallara IR7, #77 24.288s Chastain Motorsports
9 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR7, #51 24.295s Team Cheever
10 Kenny Brack Dallara IR7, #14 24.304s AJ Foyt Power Team Racing
11 Dave Steele G-Force GF01, #43 24.319s Panther Racing
12 Greg Ray Dallara IR7, #97 24.333s Thomas Knapp Motorsports
13 Raul Boesel G-Force GF01, #30 24.387s McCormack Motorsports
14 John Paul, Jr. G-Force GF01, #10 24.394s Byrd-Cunningham Racing
15 Marco Greco G-Force GF01, #16 24.398s Phoenix Racing
16 Robbie Buhl Dallara IR7, #3 24.451s Team Menard
17 Robby Unser G-Force GF01, #52 24.454s Team Cheever
18 Roberto Guerrero G-Force GF01, #23 24.491s Cobb Racing
19 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR7, #91 24.499s Hemelgarn Racing
20 Steve Knapp G-Force GF01, #18 24.669s PDM Racing
21 Buzz Calkins Dallara IR7, #12 24.723s Bradley Motorsports
22 Jack Miller Dallara IR7, #40 24.821s Crest Racing
23 Sam Schmidt Dallara IR7, #99 24.857s LP Racing
24 Brian Tyler Dallara IR7, #81 24.9s Team Pelfrey
25 Donnie Beechler Dallara IR7, #98 25.04s Cahill Racing
26 Stan Wattles Riley & Scott MkV, #19 25.387s Metro Racing Systems
27 Andy Michner Riley & Scott MkV, #15 26.119s Riley & Scott Racing
28 Arie Luyendyk G-Force GF01, #5 24.585s Treadway Racing

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