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{{Infobox Race Report
|name               = [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] 1998 Motegi 500 KM
|Circuit            = File:Twin Ring Motegi oval map svg.png
|Race_No            = 1
|Season_No          = 1
|year               = 
|series             = Motegi 500 KM
|date               = 8 February, 1998
|official name      = 1998 PIAA Motegi 500 KM
|location           = Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan
|course             = Permanent racing facility<br>2.493 km (1.549 mi)
|distance           = 200 laps, 498.6  km (309.8 mi)
|weather            = Overcast
|pole driver        = {{JPN}} Hideki Noda
|pole team          = Cerumo
|pole time          = 24.545
|fastest lap driver = {{JPN}} Masahiko Kondo
|fastest lap team   = Team TMS
|fastest lap time   = 24.002 on Lap 66
|first driver       = {{MAS}} Alex Yoong
|first team         = Nakajima Racing
|second driver      = {{JPN}} Masahiko Kageyama
|second team        = Impul
|third driver       = {{JPN}} Takuya Kurosawa
|third team         = Impul
|}}

==Entry list==
{| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%"
!Team
!#
!Driver
!Chassis
!Engine
|-
|rowspan=3|Shionogi Team Nova
!1
|{{JPN}} Masami Kageyama
|Lola T97/51
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!2
|{{IRL}} Ralph Firman
|rowspan=2|Lola T96/51
|-
!3
|{{ESP}} Pedro de la Rosa
|-
|Asahi Kiko Sports
!4
|{{JPN}} Atsushi Kawamoto
|Reynard 96D
|Mugen MF308
|-
|rowspan=3|Team 5ZIGEN
!5
|{{BEL}} Mark Goossens
|rowspan=1|Reynard 97D
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!6
|{{JPN}} Shigekazu Wakisaka
|rowspan=2|Reynard 96D
|-
!7
|{{GER}} Michael Krumm
|-
|rowspan=3|LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
!8
|{{ARG}} Norberto Fontana
|rowspan=3|Reynard 97D
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!9
|{{JPN}} Satoshi Motoyama
|-
!10
|{{AUS}} Wayne Gardner
|-
|rowspan=2|Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo
!11
|{{JPN}} Hideki Noda
|Lola T98/51
|rowspan=2|Mugen MF308
|-
!12
|{{DEN}} Tom Kristensen
|Lola T96/52
|-
|Jaccs Mooncraft M.S.P
!14
|{{JPN}} Ryo Michigami
|Reynard 96D
|Mugen MF308
|-
|rowspan=1|Hoshino Racing
!15
|{{JPN}} Toshio Suzuki
|rowspan=1|Lola T95/50
|rowspan=1|Mugen MF308
|-
|rowspan=3|Team TMS
!16
|{{JPN}} Masahiko Kondo
|rowspan=2|Reynard 97D
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!17
|{{JPN}} Tsuyoshi Takahashi
|-
!18
|{{JPN}} Yuji Tachikawa
|rowspan=1|Reynard 96D
|-
|rowspan=3|Maziora Team Impul
!19
|{{JPN}} Takuya Kurosawa
|Lola T98/51
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!20
|{{JPN}} Masahiko Kageyama
|Lola T96/52
|-
!21
|{{JPN}} Kazuyoshi Hoshino
|Lola T95/50
|-
|rowspan=2|Be Brides Racing
!22
|{{JPN}} Tetsuya Tanaka
|Lola T95/50
|rowspan=2|Mugen MF308
|-
!23
|{{JPN}} Akira Ishikawa
|Lola T96/52
|-
|Stellar International
!35
|{{SRI}} Dilantha Malagamuwa
|Reynard 96D
|Mugen MF308
|-
|rowspan=2|Takagi B-1 Racing
!36
|{{JPN}} Tetsuji Tamanaka
|Lola T96/51
|rowspan=2|Mugen MF308
|-
!37
|{{JPN}} Osamu Nakajima
|Lola T95/50
|-
|rowspan=3|Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
!55
|{{JPN}} Katsutomo Kaneishi
|Lola T98/51
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!56
|{{JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka
|Lola T97/51
|-
!57
|{{JPN}} Aguri Suzuki
|Lola T97/51
|-
|rowspan=2|Team LeyJun
!62
|{{JPN}} Shinsuke Shibahara
|Reynard 96D
|rowspan=2|Mugen MF308
|-
!63
|{{JPN}} Taichiro Oonishi
|Reynard 95D
|-
|rowspan=3|PIAA Nakajima Racing
!64
|{{JPN}} Toranosuke Takagi
|rowspan=3|Reynard 97D
|rowspan=3|Mugen MF308
|-
!65
|{{NED}} Tom Coronel
|-
!66
|{{MAS}} Alex Yoong
|-
|}

===Qualifying===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Team !! Time
|-
! 1
| 11
| {{JPN}} Hideki Noda
| Cerumo
| align="right" |24.545
|-
! 2
| 19
| {{JPN}} Takuya Kurosawa
| Impul
| align="right" | 24.554
|-
! 3
| 65
| {{NED}} Tom Coronel
| Nakajima Racing
| align="right" |24.562  
|-
! 4
| 66
| {{MAS}} Alex Yoong
| Nakajima Racing
| align="right" |24.618
|-
! 5
| 20
| {{JPN}} Masahiko Kageyama
| Impul
| align="right" |24.635  
|-
! 6
| 8
| {{ARG}} Norberto Fontana
| Team LeMans
| align="right" |24.669  
|-
! 7
| 9
| {{JPN}} Satoshi Motoyama
| Team LeMans
| align="right" |24.701 
|-
! 8
| 2
| {{IRE}} Ralph Firman
| Nova
| align="right" |24.712  
|-
! 9
| 21
| {{JPN}} Kazuyoshi Hoshino
| Impul
| align="right" |24.732
|-
! 10
| 12
| {{DEN}} Tom Kristensen
| Cerumo
| align="right" |24.781 
|-
! 11
| 
| 
| 
| align="right" |  
|-
! 12
| 
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| 
| align="right" | 
|-
! 13
| 
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| 
| align="right" |  
|-
! 14
| 
| 
| 
| align="right" | 
|-
! 15
| 
| 
| 
| align="right" |  
|-
! 16
| 
| 
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| align="right" |  
|-
! 17
| 
|
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| align="right" | 
|-
! 18
| 
| 
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| align="right" | 
|-
! 19
| 
| 
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| align="right" | 
|-
! 20
| 
| 
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| align="right" | 
|-
! 21
| 
| 
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| align="right" | 
|-
! 22
| 
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| align="right" | 
|-
! 23
| 
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| align="right" | 
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! 24
| 
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| align="right" | 
|-
|}

===Race===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Team !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pts
|-
! 1
| 66
| {{MAS}} Alex Yoong
| Nakajima Racing
| 200
| 24.837
| 
|
|-
! 2
| 20
| {{JPN}} Masahiko Kageyama
| Impul
| 200
| +3.061
| 
|
|-
! 3
| 19
| {{JPN}} Takuya Kurosawa
| Impul
| 200
| +3.482
| 
| 
|-
! 4
| 21
| {{JPN}} Kazuyoshi Hoshino
| Impul
| 199
| + 1 Lap
| 
| 
|-
! 5
| 56
| {{JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka
| ARTA
| 199
| + 1 Lap
| 
| 
|-
! 6
| 3
| {{ESP}} Pedro De La Rosa
| Nova
| 199
| + 1 Lap
| 
|
|-
! 7
| 10
| {{AUS}} Wayne Gardner
| Team LeMans
| 198
| + 2 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 8
| 1
| {{JPN}} Masami Kageyama
| Nova
| 198
| + 2 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 9
| 16
| {{JPN}} Masahiko Kondo
| Team TMS
| 198
| + 2 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 10
| 35
| {{SRI}} Dilantha Malagamuwa
| Stellar International
| 198
| + 2 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 11
| 11
| {{JPN}} Hideki Noda
| Cerumo	
| 198
| + 2 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 12
| 14
| {{JPN}} Ryo Michigami
| Jaccs Mooncraft M.S.P
| 198
| + 2 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 13
| 17
| {{JPN}} Tsuyoshi Takahashi 
| Team TMS
| 197
| + 3 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 14
| 37
| {{JPN}} Osamu Nakajima
| B-1 Racing
| 197
| + 3 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 15
| 62
| {{JPN}} Shinsuke Shibahara
| LeyJun
| 197
| + 3 Laps
|  
|
|-
! 16
| 22
| {{JPN}} Tetsuya Tanaka
| Be Brides Racing
| 196
| + 4 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 17
| 4
| {{JPN}} Atsushi Kawamoto
| Kiko Sports
| 196
| + 4 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 18
| 23
|  {{JPN}} Akira Ishikawa
| Be Brides Racing
| 196
| + 4 laps
| 
|
|-
! 19
| 6
| {{JPN}} Shigekazu Wakisaka
| 5ZIGEN
| 195
| +5 Laps
| 
|
|-
! 20
| 63
| {{JPN}} Taichiro Oonishi
| LeyJun
| 195
| + 5 Laps
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 55
| {{JPN}} Katsutomo Kaneishi
| ARTA
| 179
| Collision
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 18
| {{JPN}} Yuji Tachikawa
| Team TMS
| 179
| Collision
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 64
| {{JPN}} Toranosuke Takagi
| Nakajima Racing
| 163
| Collision
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 65
| {{NED}} Tom Coronel
| Nakajima Racing
| 146
| Driver Error
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 57
| {{JPN}} Aguri Suzuki
| ARTA
| 146
| Gearbox
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 36
| {{JPN}} Tetsuji Tamanaka
| B-1 Racing
| 128
| Rear Wing
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{JPN}} Toshio Suzuki
| Hoshino Racing
| 119
| Hydraulics
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 2
| {{IRL}} Ralph Firman
| Nova
| 98
| Driver Error
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 7
| {{GER}} Michael Krumm
| 5ZIGEN
| 88
| Driver Error
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 8
| {{ARG}} Norberto Fontana
| Team LeMans
| 59
| Colision
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 5
| {{BEL}} Marc Goosens
| 5ZIGEN
| 59
| Hydraulics
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{JPN}} Satoshi Motoyama
| Team LeMans
| 30
| Driver Error
| 
|
|-
! Ret
| 12
| {{DEN}} Tom Kristensen
| Cerumo	
| 5
| Driver Error
| 
|
|-
|}