Race No. 2
Budweiser 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
March 26-28, 1998
Race Results
| pos | car | driver | lap | time | mph | km/h | lag | status |
| 1 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 201 | 57:12.0 | 159.393 | 256.463 | 0.000 | running |
| 2 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 201 | 57:13.1 | 159.369 | 256.425 | 1.086 | running |
| 3 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 201 | 57:17.4 | 159.271 | 256.267 | 5.388 | running |
| 4 | 99 | Greg Moore | 201 | 57:19.9 | 159.214 | 256.175 | 7.923 | running |
| 5 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 201 | 57:20.2 | 159.209 | 256.167 | 8.150 | running |
| 6 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | 200 | - 1 | running | |||
| 7 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 200 | - 1 | running | |||
| 8 | 27 | Dario Franchiti | 200 | - 1 | running | |||
| 9 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | 199 | - 2 | running | |||
| 10 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 199 | - 2 | running | |||
| 11 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | 198 | - 3 | running | |||
| 12 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 198 | - 3 | running | |||
| 13 | 25 | Max Papis | 197 | - 4 | running | |||
| 14 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 195 | - 6 | running | |||
| 15 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 195 | - 6 | running | |||
| 16 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 188 | - 13 | running | |||
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 185 | - 16 | contact | |||
| 18 | 43 | Hideshi Matsuda | 185 | - 16 | running | |||
| 19 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 163 | - 38 | wheel bearing | |||
| 20 | 17 | Mauricio gugelmin | 147 | - 54 | wheel bearing | |||
| 21 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 146 | - 55 | overheating | |||
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 121 | - 80 | engine | |||
| 23 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 118 | - 83 | contact | |||
| 24 | 36 | Alex Barron | 108 | - 93 | transmission | |||
| 25 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 98 | - 103 | engine | |||
| 26 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | 86 | - 115 | transmission | |||
| 27 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 74 | - 127 | engine | |||
| 28 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 49 | - 152 | clutch | |||
| 29 | 9 | JJ Lehto | 45 | - 156 | electrical | |||
| 30 | 98 | PJ Jones | 16 | - 185 | oil leak |