1998 Budweiser 500k

March 2026 February 2025 Japan 1947 Budweiser 500k Twin Ring Motegi oval map.svg Layout of the track March 28 1998 Budweiser 500k 2 19 CART Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan Permanent racing facility 1.520 2.493 201 311.3 500.988 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing No time trials USA Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing MEX Al Unser Jr. Marlboro Team Penske USA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing BRA The 1998 Budweiser 500K was a CART race that took place at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan on March 28, 1998. It was the 2nd round of the 1998 CART season. Race results Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 201 1:57:12.016 2 21 2 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 201 +1.086 15 16 3 5 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 201 +5.388 3 14 4 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 201 +7.923 5 12 5 26 CAN Paul Tracy Team Green 201 +8.150 16 10 6 21 BRA Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 200 +1 Lap 10 8 7 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +1 Lap 1 6 8 27 GBR Dario Franchitti Team Green 200 +1 Lap 6 5 9 3 BRA André Ribeiro Team Penske 199 +2 Lap 8 4 10 18 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 199 +2 Laps 7 3 11 16 BRA Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 198 +3 Laps 26 2 12 34 BRA Gualter Salles Payton/Coyne Racing 198 +3 Laps 13 1 13 25 ITA Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 197 +4 Laps 23 14 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 195 +6 Laps 14 15 77 DEU Arnd Meier Davis Racing 195 +6 Laps 27 16 24 JPN Hiro Matsushita Arciero-Wells Racing 188 +13 Laps 30 17 7 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 185 Contact 17 18 43 JPN Hideshi Matsuda Della Penna Motorsports 185 +16 Laps 25 19 33 CAN Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 163 Wheel Bearing 20 20 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 147 Wheel Bearing 11 21 20 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 146 Engine 12 22 19 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 121 Engine 24 23 1 ITA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 118 Contact 4 24 36 USA Alex Barron All American Racing 108 Transmission 28 25 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 98 Engine 19 26 15 BRA Roberto Moreno Project Indy 86 Transmission 22 27 10 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 74 Engine 21 28 8 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 49 Clutch 9 29 9 FIN JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 45 Electrical 18 30 98 USA P. J. Jones All American Racing 16 Oil Leak 29 Source:http://www.champcarstats.com/races/199802.htm Budweiser 500K ChampCarStats.com November 23, 2015http://racing-reference.info/race/1998_Budweiser_500K/R 1998 Budweiser 500K Racing-Reference November 23, 2015 Race statistics Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–22 Adrian Fernandez 23-44 Jimmy Vasser 45-47 Adrian Fernandez 48-69 Jimmy Vasser 70-86 Michael Andretti 87-95 Al Unser Jr. 96-99 Adrian Fernandez 100-116 Al Unser Jr. 117-159 Adrian Fernandez 160-163 Paul Tracy 164-167 Gil de Ferran 168-171 Greg Moore 172-201 Adrian Fernandez Cautions: 3 for 37 laps Laps Reason 101-115 Christian Fittipaldi car smoke 120-130 Alex Zanardi accident turn 2 186-196 Bobby Rahal accident turn 2 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 MEX Adrian Fernandez 29 2 CAN Greg Moore 29 3 USA Michael Andretti 21 4 BRA Gil de Ferran 20 5 USA Al Unser Jr. 16 References Budweiser 500k 1998 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 1966 Fuji 200 1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K Budweiser 500k, 1998 Budweiser 500K, 1998 Category:Indy Japan 300