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1998 Season

Date	Event	Location	Winner (Pos.)	Time	Avg.mph	Pole	Qual.mph
Jan. 24	Indy 200 at WDW	Orlando	Tony Stewart (1)	2:06:07	95.140	T. Stewart	—*
Mar. 22	Dura-Lube 200	Phoenix	Scott Sharp (8)	2:02:18	98.110	J. Ward	172.753†
May 24	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Eddie Cheever Jr. (17)	3:26:40	145.155	B. Boat	223.503
June 6	True Value 500	Fort Worth	Billy Boat (2)	2:08:45	145.388	T. Stewart	224.448†
June 28	New England 200	Loudon	Tony Stewart (6)	1:51:30	113.861	B. Boat	162.146†
July 19	Pep Boys 400K	Dover	Scott Sharp (4)	2:29:49	99.318	T. Stewart	185.204†
July 25	Visionaire 500	Concord	Kenny Brack (3)	1:58:10	158.408	T. Stewart	220.498†
Aug. 16	Radisson 200	Fountain	Kenny Brack (5)	1:29:52	133.515	B. Boat	178.571†
Aug. 29	Atlanta 500 Classic	Atlanta	Kenny Brack (6)	2:17:15	140.026	B. Boat	224.145†
Sept. 20	Lone Star 500	Fort Worth	John Paul Jr. (14)	2:21:53	131.931	B. Boat	225.979†
Oct. 11	Las Vegas 500K	Las Vegas	Arie Luyendyk (14)	2:18:19	135.338	B. Boat	214.567†

†Track record for the new formula IRL cars.

Winning cars: DALLARA/OLDS AURORA (8)— Brack 3, Sharp 2, Boat 1, Cheever Jr. 1, Stewart 1; G-FORCE/OLDS AURORA (3)— Luyendyk 1, Paul Jr. 1, Stewart 1.

Note: In 1997 IRL drivers started using new cars; chassis by Dallara of Italy and G-Force of England and engines by Oldsmobile and Nissan.

*Qualifying day was cancelled due to rain. The first 20 positions were determined by 1996-97 entrant points, while final eight positions were done by practice speeds.

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