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The 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League was one of relative stability compared to the previous two seasons. For the first time the season consisted of a single and complete spring, summer, and fall like all other motorsports. 15 drivers completed the entire 11 race schedule, twice as many as the previous season.
At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earned 1 point (unless qualifying is not held). [83] The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualified for the fast 12 session received points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place. [84] Drivers who led at least one race lap were awarded 1 point. [85]
From 2000 to 2008, ABC and ESPN were the exclusive television partners of the Indy Racing League. [51] In 2009, Versus (later NBCSN) and ABC began a 10-year deal with IndyCar, NBCSN broadcast 13 IndyCar races per season, whereas the remaining races, including the Indianapolis 500, would remain on ABC. [52]
With his first-ever IndyCar top-10 in 9th, Sting Ray Robb gave AJ Foyt Racing's No. 41 Chevy entry a little more breathing room, jumping into 21 st in the Leaders Circle race, now eight points ...
Team Menard, who had been running an Indy 500 one-off program with stock-block engines for a decade, planned to compete in the Indy Racing League with a two-car program. Since 1985, their only Indy Car race outside Indianapolis was the 1990 Autoworks 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, with Jim Crawford. The team bought two brand-new Lola T95 ...
At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earned 1 point (unless qualifying is not held). [138] The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualified for the fast 12 session received points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place. [139] Drivers who led at least one race lap were awarded 1 point ...
The 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series saw the addition of five races and loss of one to bring the total to 13. Chip Ganassi Racing returned to the Indy 500 with four cars and were joined on the grid by Penske Racing and Team Kool Green .
The lengthy season was a result of the league abandoning the concept of ending each season with the Indianapolis 500. The 1996–97 season would ultimately consist of the two races that followed the Indy 500 in the calendar year of 1996, and all events contested in the calendar year of 1997. It also saw the introduction of a new chassis and ...