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Race details | |
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1st round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season | |
Date | January 24, 1998 |
Official name | Indy 200 at Walt Disney World |
Location | Walt Disney World Speedway |
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km |
Distance | 200 laps 200.000 mi / 321.869 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Tony Stewart (Team Menard) |
Time | Grid set by entrant points |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Kenny Bräck (A. J. Foyt Enterprises) |
Time | 21.831 (on lap 57 of 200) |
Podium | |
First | Tony Stewart (Team Menard) |
Second | Jeff Ward (ISM Racing) |
Third | Davey Hamilton (Nienhouse Motorsports) |
The 1998 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World was the first round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season. The race was held on January 24, 1998 at the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Walt Disney World Speedway in Bay Lake, Florida. As in 1997, rain hampered the event, this time forcing to cancel the qualifying session.