1998 Budweiser 500k
# 1998 Budweiser 500k

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 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 201 | 1:57:12.016 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 201 | +1.086 | 15 | 16 |
| 3 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 201 | +5.388 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 201 | +7.923 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 201 | +8.150 | 16 | 10 |
| 6 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 200 | +1 Lap | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +1 Lap | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 200 | +1 Lap | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 199 | +2 Lap | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 199 | +2 Laps | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 198 | +3 Laps | 26 | 2 |
| 12 | 34 | Gualter Salles | Payton/Coyne Racing | 198 | +3 Laps | 13 | 1 |
| 13 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 197 | +4 Laps | 23 | |
| 14 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 195 | +6 Laps | 14 | |
| 15 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 195 | +6 Laps | 27 | |
| 16 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | Arciero-Wells Racing | 188 | +13 Laps | 30 | |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 185 | Contact | 17 | |
| 18 | 43 | Hideshi Matsuda | Della Penna Motorsports | 185 | +16 Laps | 25 | |
| 19 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 163 | Wheel Bearing | 20 | |
| 20 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 147 | Wheel Bearing | 11 | |
| 21 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 146 | Engine | 12 | |
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 121 | Engine | 24 | |
| 23 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 118 | Contact | 4 | |
| 24 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 108 | Transmission | 28 | |
| 25 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Hass Racing | 98 | Engine | 19 | |
| 26 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | Project Indy | 86 | Transmission | 22 | |
| 27 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 74 | Engine | 21 | |
| 28 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 49 | Clutch | 9 | |
| 29 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 45 | Electrical | 18 | |
| 30 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 16 | Oil Leak | 29 | |
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