1998 Budweiser 500 - Results
Track Motegi Oval
City Motegi, Tochigi
Type Oval
Length 1.549 mi

| P | Driver | Nat | L | Time | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Fernandez | 201 | 1:57:12.016 | ||
| 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 201 | 1:57:13.102 +1.086 | +1.086 | |
| 3 | Gil de Ferran | 201 | 1:57:17.404 +5.388 | +4.302 | |
| 4 | Greg Moore | 201 | 1:57:19.939 +7.923 | +2.535 | |
| 5 | Paul Tracy | 201 | 1:57:20.166 +8.150 | +0.227 | |
| 6 | Tony Kanaan | 200 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +1 lap | |
| 7 | Jimmy Vasser | 200 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +0.000 | |
| 8 | Dario Franchitti | 200 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +0.000 | |
| 9 | Andre Ribeiro | 199 | 0:00:00.000 +2 laps | +1 lap | |
| 10 | Mark Blundell | 199 | 0:00:00.000 +2 laps | +0.000 | |
| 11 | Hélio Castroneves | 198 | 0:00:00.000 +3 laps | +1 lap | |
| 12 | Gualter Salles | 198 | 0:00:00.000 +3 laps | +0.000 | |
| 13 | Max Papis | 197 | 0:00:00.000 +4 laps | +1 lap | |
| 14 | Michael Andretti | 195 | 0:00:00.000 +6 laps | +2 laps | |
| 15 | Arnd Meier | 195 | 0:00:00.000 +6 laps | +0.000 | |
| 16 | Hiro Matsushita | 188 | 0:00:00.000 +13 laps | +7 laps | |
| 17 | Bobby Rahal | 185 | 0:00:00.000 +16 laps | +3 laps | |
| 18 | Hideshi Matsuda | 185 | 0:00:00.000 +16 laps | +0.000 | |
| 19 | Patrick Carpentier | 163 | 0:00:00.000 +38 laps | +22 laps | |
| 20 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 147 | 0:00:00.000 +54 laps | +16 laps | |
| 21 | Scott Pruett | 146 | 0:00:00.000 +55 laps | +1 lap | |
| 22 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 121 | 0:00:00.000 +80 laps | +25 laps | |
| 23 | Alessandro Zanardi | 118 | 0:00:00.000 +83 laps | +3 laps | |
| 24 | Alex Barron | 108 | 0:00:00.000 +93 laps | +10 laps | |
| 25 | Christian Fittipaldi | 98 | 0:00:00.000 +103 laps | +10 laps | |
| 26 | Roberto Moreno | 86 | 0:00:00.000 +115 laps | +12 laps | |
| 27 | Richie Hearn | 74 | 0:00:00.000 +127 laps | +12 laps | |
| 28 | Bryan Herta | 49 | 0:00:00.000 +152 laps | +25 laps | |
| 29 | JJ Lehto | 45 | 0:00:00.000 +156 laps | +4 laps | |
| 30 | P.J. Jones | 16 | 0:00:00.000 +185 laps | +29 laps |