The following is an overview of the events of 1998 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 1–18 January20th Dakar Rally 31 January-1 February36th 24 Hours of Daytona 15 February40th Daytona 500 24 May56th Monaco Grand Prix 24 May82nd Indianapolis 500 30 May-12 June81st Isle of Man TT 6–7 June66th 24 Hours of Le Mans 13–14 June26th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 4–5 July50th 24 Hours of Spa 26 July21st Suzuka 8 Hours 9 August8th Masters of Formula 3 4 October40th AMP Bathurst 1000 15 November41st FAI 1000 22 November45th Macau Grand Prix 5–6 December11th Race of Champions
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef20MayJamie ChadwickBritishRacing driver29OctoberLance StrollCanadianRacing driver
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef12JanuaryRoger Clark58BritishRally driver1976 Lombard RAC Rally winner.2OctoberOlivier Gendebien74BelgianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, -).
See also List of 1998 motorsport champions
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