1998 in motorsport

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.

Date	Event	Ref
1–18 January	20th Dakar Rally	[1]
31 January-1 February	36th 24 Hours of Daytona	[2]
15 February	40th Daytona 500	[3]
24 May	56th Monaco Grand Prix	[4]
24 May	82nd Indianapolis 500	[5]
30 May-12 June	81st Isle of Man TT	[6]
6–7 June	66th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[7]
13–14 June	26th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	[8]
4–5 July	50th 24 Hours of Spa	[9]
26 July	21st Suzuka 8 Hours	[10]
9 August	8th Masters of Formula 3	[11]
4 October	40th AMP Bathurst 1000	[12]
15 November	41st FAI 1000	[13]
22 November	45th Macau Grand Prix	[14]
5–6 December	11th Race of Champions	[15]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
29	October	Lance Stroll	Canadian	Racing driver		[16]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
12	January	Roger Clark	58	British	Rally driver	1976 Lombard RAC Rally winner.	[17]
2	October	Olivier Gendebien	74	Belgian	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1958, 1960-1962).	[18]

See also

• List of 1998 motorsport champions

References

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2. "1998 24 Hours of Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "1998 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. "1998 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. "1998 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. "TT 1998". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. "Le Mans Register - 1998". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1998". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
9. "Spa 24 Hours 1998 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. "Suzuka 8 Hours 1998 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
11. "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
12. "1998 Bathurst 1000". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
13. "1998 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
14. "1998 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
15. "1998 Canary Islands". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
16. "Lance Stroll | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
17. "Roger Clark". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
18. "Olivier Gendebien". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.