1998 - Pep Boys Indy Racing - Atlanta 500 Classic Race Results
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The NTT IndyCar Series is the premier North American open wheel racing series. The Indy Racing League (IRL) series was started by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George in 1996 as a competitor to the CART Series League. In 2008, the IndyCar Series merged with the Champ Car World Series (formerly CART). The series is now sanctioned by INDYCAR.
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1998 - Pep Boys Indy Racing - Atlanta 500 Classic
Race Name - Atlanta 500 ClassicDate - 8/29/1998Race Track - Atlanta Motor SpeedwayNumber of Starting Cars - 28Laps Run - 208 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Billy Boat / 224.145 mphCautions - 6 cautions for 56 laps Average Race Speed - 140.026 mphLead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 13 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Scott Goodyear Race Number - 9Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 6 | Kenny Brack | AJ Foyt Power Team Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 223.117 |
2 | 10 | Davey Hamilton | Reebok/Nienhouse Motorsports | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 220.903 |
3 | 11 | Eddie Cheever | Rachels Gourmet Potato Chips/Team Cheever | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 219.904 |
4 | 4 | Scott Goodyear | Pennzoil Panther GForce | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 223.747 |
5 | 25 | Tony Stewart | Glidden/Menard/Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 213.543 |
6 | 2 | Jeff Ward | Thermo Tech Technologies/Prolong/Superflo/ISM | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 223.973 |
7 | 5 | Mark Dismore | Kelley Automotive | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 223.161 |
8 | 9 | Arie Luyendyk | Sprint PCS/Radio Shack/Qualcomm | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 221.203 |
9 | 14 | Andy Michner | Reebok RS MK V | Riley & Scott | Oldsmobile | 218.621 |
10 | 15 | Raul Boesel | TransWorld Diversified Services/BELOIT/McCormack | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 218.414 |
11 | 21 | Robbie Buhl | Johns Manville/Menard/Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 215.846 |
12 | 1 | Billy Boat | Conseco AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 224.145 |
13 | 7 | Marco Greco | Intl Sports Ltd/Mexmil | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 222.035 |
14 | 19 | Steve Knapp | Earls Performance Products/HyperStop | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 216.944 |
15 | 22 | Sam Schmidt | Best Western Gold Crown Racing Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 215.385 |
16 | 13 | Robby Unser | The Childrens Beverage Group/Team Cheever | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 218.802 |
17 | 18 | Buddy Lazier | Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet/Coors | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 217.386 |
18 | 3 | Scott Sharp | Delphi Automotive Systems | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 223.837 |
19 | 28 | Roberto Guerrero | CBR Cobb Racing | G-Force | Infiniti | |
20 | 8 | Stephan Gregoire | Blue Star Batteries/Chastain Motorsports | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 221.317 |
21 | 23 | Brian Tyler | Team Pelfrey/Enginetics | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 214.501 |
22 | 24 | Donnie Beechler | Cahill Auto Racing/Amerapress/Voxcom | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 213.98 |
23 | 17 | John Paul, Jr. | Jonathan Byrds Visionaire Bryant Heating Cooling | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 217.454 |
24 | 16 | Greg Ray | TKM/Genoa/Firestone | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 217.719 |
25 | 26 | J.J. Yeley | Sinden Racing Services | Dallara | Infiniti | 212.601 |
26 | 20 | Stan Wattles | Metro Racing Systems/NCLD | Riley-Scott | Oldsmobile | 216.098 |
27 | 27 | Dr. Jack Miller | Crest Racing | Dallara | Infiniti | |
28 | 12 | Buzz Calkins | Bradley Food Marts/SavOMat | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 219.608 |