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-Haas 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

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 Adrian Fernandez 29 2 Greg Moore 29 3 Michael Andretti 21 4 Gil de Ferran 20 5 Al Unser Jr. 16

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