Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 24, 1998
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 17 | Eddie Cheever | 51 | Rachel's Potato Chips | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 200 | 3:26:40.524 145.155 | 52 |
| 2 | 11 | Buddy Lazier | 91 | Delta Faucet/Coors | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 200 | 3:26:43.715 145.118 | 40 |
| 3 | 23 | Steve Knapp | 55 | Primadonna Resorts | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 200 | 3:26:47.273 145.076 | 35 |
| 4 | 8 | Davey Hamilton | 6 | Reebok | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 199 | Flagged | 32 |
| 5 | 21 | Robby Unser | 52 | Team Cheever | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 198 | Flagged | 30 |
| 6 | 3 | Kenny Bräck | 14 | AJ Foyt Power Team Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 198 | Flagged | 29 |
| 7 | 16 | John Paul, Jr. | 81 | Team Pelfrey | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 197 | Flagged | 26 |
| 8 | 19 | Andy Michner | 17 | Konica | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 197 | Flagged | 24 |
| 9 | 13 | J.J. Yeley | 44 | One Call Comm/Quaker State | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 197 | Flagged | 22 |
| 10 | 18 | Buzz Calkins | 12 | International Star Regestry | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 195 | Flagged | 20 |
| 11 | 26 | Jimmy Kite | 7 | Royal Purple Synthetic | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 195 | Flagged | 19 |
| 12 | 22 | Jack Hewitt | 18 | Parker Machinery | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 195 | Flagged | 18 |
| 13 | 27 | Jeff Ward | 35 | Team Tabasco | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 194 | Flagged | 17 |
| 14 | 14 | Marco Greco | 16 | International Sports Ltd | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 183 | Engine | 16 |
| 15 | 32 | Mike Groff | 10 | Byrd's VisionAire Bryant | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 183 | Flagged | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Scott Sharp | 8 | Delphi Automotive Service | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 181 | Gearbox | 14 |
| 17 | 31 | Stéphan Grégoire | 77 | Blue Star/Tokheim | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 172 | Flagged | 13 |
| 18 | 2 | Greg Ray | 97 | Texas Motor Speedway/TNN | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 167 | Gearbox | 14 |
| 19 | 30 | Raúl Boesel | 30 | Beloit/Fast Rod/Team Losi | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 164 | Flagged | 11 |
| 20 | 28 | Arie Luyendyk | 5 | Sprint PCS/Radio Shack | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 151 | Gearbox | 10 |
| 21 | 15 | Dr. Jack Miller | 40 | Crest Racing | Dallara | Nissan | 128 | Flagged | 9 |
| 22 | 9 | Roberto Guerrero | 21 | Pagan Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 125 | Flagged | 8 |
| 23 | 1 | Billy Boat | 11 | Conseco AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 111 | Broken drive line | 10 |
| 24 | 10 | Scott Goodyear | 4 | Pennzoil Panther | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 100 | Clutch | 6 |
| 25 | 25 | Johnny Unser | 9 | Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 98 | Engine | 5 |
| 26 | 6 | Sam Schmidt | 99 | Best Western Gold Crown | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 48 | Wrecked turn 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 12 | Mark Dismore | 28 | LearJet Valvoline | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 48 | Wrecked turn 3 | 3 |
| 28 | 29 | Stan Wattles | 19 | Metro Racing Systems | Riley & Scott | Oldsmobile | 48 | Wrecked turn 3 | 2 |
| 29 | 20 | Jim Guthrie | 53 | Delco Remy/Goodyear | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 48 | Wrecked turn 3 | 1 |
| 30 | 33 | Billy Roe | 33 | Royal Purple/ProLink | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 48 | Wrecked turn 3 | 1 |
| 31 | 5 | Robbie Buhl | 3 | Johns Manville/Menard | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 44 | Engine | 1 |
| 32 | 24 | Donnie Beechler | 98 | Cahill Auto Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 34 | Engine | 1 |
| 33 | 4 | Tony Stewart | 1 | Glidden/Menard | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 22 | Engine | 1 |
| -- | -- | Claude Bourbonnais | 27 | Blueprint Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Dan Drinan | 24 | D.B. Mann Development | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Paul Durant | 23 | CBR Cobb Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Robbie Buhl | 3 | Johns Manville/Menard | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Robbie Buhl | 32 | Johns Manville/Menard | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Tyce Carlson | 20 | Keco | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Jim Guthrie | 23 | CBR Cobb Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joe Gosek | 10 | Byrd's VisionAire Bryant | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joe Gosek | 20 | Keco | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joe Gosek | 29 | Liberty Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Scott Goodyear | 43 | Pennzoil Panther | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jack Hewitt | 40 | Crest Racing | Dallara | Nissan | -- | Took rookie orientation | |
| -- | -- | Scott Harrington | 66 | LP Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jaques Lazier | 68 | CBR Cobb Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Hideshi Matsuda | 54 | Beck Motorsports | Dallara | Nissan | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Danny Ongais | 81 | Team Pelfrey | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | J.J. Yeley | 40 | Crest Racing | Dallara | Nissan | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Unser | 91 | Delta Faucet/Coors | Dallara | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | John Paul, Jr. | 18 | Parker Machinery | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Eliseo Salazar | 15 | Reebok R&S MK V | Riley & Scott | Oldsmobile | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Eliseo Salazar | 19 | Metro Racing Systems | Riley & Scott | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Lyn St. James | 90 | Lifetime TV For Women | G-Force | Nissan | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Tony Stewart | 1 | Glidden/Menard | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Brian Tyler | 10 | Byrd's/VisionAire/Bryant | G-Force | Oldsmobile | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Eddie Cheever | 76 | 68-84, 94-97, 117-122, 150-153, 155-176, 178-200 |
| John Paul, Jr. | 39 | 98-113, 124-146 |
| Kenny Bräck | 23 | 32-46, 62-67, 86-87 |
| Buddy Lazier | 20 | 51-61, 88-93, 123, 154, 177 |
| Greg Ray | 18 | 13-20, 22-31 |
| Billy Boat | 12 | 1-12 |
| Buzz Calkins | 4 | 47-50 |
| Arie Luyendyk | 4 | 85, 147-149 |
| Davey Hamilton | 3 | 114-116 |
| Tony Stewart | 1 | 21 |