The 1998 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for

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. The event, which was the 33rd running of the

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, was held on 13 September 1998 at the

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. The race was won by

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and

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driving a

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Class Structure

While still following long-term plans to abandon class structures within V8 Supercar, a class was instigated for the 1998 Tickford 500 and FAI 1000 Classic endurance races allowing smaller teams to save considerable budget by running a Dunlop control tyre, indicated here by CT. Most teams, particularly the professional teams, preferred to race with freedom of tyre choice, indicated by the class OC.

Top Ten Shootout

The top ten cars from Qualifying contested a Top Ten Shootout to determine the first ten grid positions for the race. Shootout results were as follows:

Official results

Race results were as follows: Note: The race was scheduled to be run over 161 laps, however the slower lap times dictated by the wet weather conditions resulted in the race being shortened after reaching its three-hour-45-minute time limit.Rain, What Rain? Australian Auto Action, 18–24 September 1998, pages 42-46

Statistics

* Provisional pole position (qualifying) - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:11.9148 * Pole position (Top Ten Shootout) - #50 Greg Murphy - 1:22.3834 * Fastest race lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:13.2534 (152 km/h) * Winners' race time - 03:45:09.5507 * Race average speed - 121 km/h

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