1998 Molson Indy Vancouver

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Newman-Haas Racing)
ThirdScott Pruett (Patrick Racing)

The

1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 6, 1998, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dario Franchitti took his second consecutive win at this race, after passing Michael Andretti
for the lead with seven laps left. In doing so, Franchitti became the first driver to win a race from pole for over a year.

Building an insurmountable lead in the championship standings, Alex Zanardi's 4th-place finish in this race clinched the 1998 CART title with still four races remaining.

This marks the final career podium for Scott Pruett in CART.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
Team Green
86 2:00:37.871 1 20+1+1
2 6 United States Michael Andretti
Newman-Haas Racing
86 +3.437 6 16
3 20 United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 86 +4.745 8 14
4 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 86 +5.002 3 12
5 2 United States Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 86 +13.832 22 10
6 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 86 +14.933 13 8
7 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 86 +16.246 19 6
8 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 86 +17.565 16 5
9 25 Italy Max Papis
Arciero-Wells Racing
86 +19.206 23 4
10 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 86 +19.625 25 3
11 26 Canada Paul Tracy
Team Green
86 +19.759 7 2
12 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 86 +20.284 16 1
13 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 85 Brakes 14
14 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Newman-Haas Racing
85 +1 Lap 12
15 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 84 +2 Laps 21
16 10 United States Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 73 Contact 10
17 34 United States Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 69 Transmission 28
18 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 67 Contact 5
19 36
Alex Barron
All American Racing 62 Contact 27
20 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 55 Contact 4
21 98 United States P. J. Jones All American Racing 54 Contact 26
22 8 United States Bryan Herta
Team Rahal
51 Contact 2
23 24 United States Robby Gordon
Arciero-Wells Racing
47 Electrical 24
24 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves
Bettenhausen Racing
41 Fuel 9
25 7 United States Bobby Rahal
Team Rahal
30 Engine 11
26 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 10 Contact 15
27 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 10 Contact 17
28 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 6 Contact 20

Caution flags

Laps Cause
11-17 Vasser (12), Carpentier (33) contact, Zanardi (1) spin
21-23 Jones (98), Vitolo (34) spin
43-45 Castro-Neves (16) stalled on course
52-55 Herta (8), Hearn (10) contact
57-61 Blundell (18), Moore (99), Jones (98) contact, Fittipaldi (11) spin
64-66
Barron (36)
contact
69-70 Kanaan (21), Tracy (26) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader
1-21 Dario Franchitti
22-41 Hélio Castro-Neves
43-50 Al Unser Jr.
51-62
Alex Barron
63-79 Michael Andretti
80-86 Dario Franchitti
 
Driver Laps led
Dario Franchitti 28
Hélio Castro-Neves 20
Michael Andretti 17
Alex Barron
12
Al Unser Jr. 9

Point standings after race

Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alex Zanardi 218
2 United States Jimmy Vasser 126
3 Mexico Adrián Fernández 120
4 Canada Greg Moore 119
5 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 110

References

  1. ^ "1998 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-14.