Regarding the illegal carb on the #98

Yarborough said that it was an “oversight”, and it would provide no more than three or four more horsepower, hardly enough to provide the edge by which Andretti won. “We didn’t think it was an oversight,” said NASCAR spokesman Kevin Triplett. “And we think it was probably worth a little more than three or four more horsepower.” (Autoweek from NASCAR fans 7-18-97)