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Rally New Zealand 1998 counts for:
1998 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
1998 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
1998 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup for Manufacturers
1998 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
1998 FIA Teams' Cup
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| 301st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 14 |
| Official name: | Rally New Zealand |
| Edition: | 28th |
| Date: | from Friday 24-Jul-1998 to Monday 27-Jul-1998 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Morrie Chandler |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 81 | |
| Starters: | 79 | |
| Finishers: | 49 | (62.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 25 | |
| Shortest: | 2.10 | km | (SS1 Manukau Super 1) |
| Longest: | 47.43 | km | (SS20 Te Koraha 2) |
| Slowest: | 75.07 | km/h | (SS8 Manukau Super 2) |
| Fastest: | 135.90 | km/h | (SS5 Fyfe 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 388.39 | km | (27.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 360.58 | km | (25.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,077.73 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,438.31 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 22nd win and 56th podium for Carlos Sainz. |
| Second place was 40th podium for Didier Auriol. |
| Third place was 21st podium for Tommi Makinen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 42nd win and 1-2 win were 124th to 125th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 52nd podium for Mitsubishi. |
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