1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
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Race details | |
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Race 16 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
Date | September 13, 1998 |
Official name | 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco Havoline 300 |
Location | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California |
Course | Permanent road course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km |
Distance | 83 laps 185.754 mi / 298.966 km |
Weather | Dry |
Pole position | |
Driver | Bryan Herta (Team Rahal) |
Time | 1:08.146 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group) |
Time | 1:10.824 (on lap 51 of 83) |
Podium | |
First | Bryan Herta (Team Rahal) |
Second | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Third | Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group) |
The 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco-Havoline 300 was the sixteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 13, 1998, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Bryan Herta led the race from start to finish with the exception of pit stops, and held off Alex Zanardi at the end to take his first ever CART win.[1]
Classification[]
Race[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 83 | 1:55:13.472 | 1 | 20+1+1 |
2 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +0.343 | 5 | 16 |
3 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 83 | +3.779 | 14 | 14 |
4 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 83 | +4.402 | 2 | 12 |
5 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +7.174 | 3 | 10 |
6 | 2 | Al Unser, Jr. | Team Penske | 83 | +7.863 | 7 | 8 |
7 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 83 | +9.129 | 6 | 6 |
8 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 83 | +9.278 | 18 | 5 |
9 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 83 | +9.666 | 13 | 4 |
10 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 83 | +10.193 | 12 | 3 |
11 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 83 | +10.881 | 17 | 2 |
12 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 83 | +11.649 | 16 | 1 |
13 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 83 | +12.024 | 24 | |
14 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 83 | +12.571 | 22 | |
15 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 82 | +1 Lap | 26 | ||
16 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 80 | +3 Laps | 19 | |
17 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 76 | Contact | 20 | |
18 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 76 | Contact | 8 | |
19 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 76 | Contact | 10 | |
20 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 71 | Contact | 23 | |
21 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 70 | Off course | 4 | |
22 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 70 | Contact | 21 | |
23 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | All American Racing | 64 | Brakes | 27 | |
24 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 39 | Engine | 25 | |
25 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 31 | Throttle | 15 | |
26 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 20 | Spun off | 28 | |
27 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 13 | Cooling | 9 | |
28 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 1 | Suspension | 11 |
Caution flags[]
Laps | Cause |
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22-24 | Vitolo (34) spin |
68-76 | Sospiri (98) spin, Moore (99) off course, Barron (36), Castro-Neves (16) contact |
78-81 | Carpentier (33), Pruett (20), de Ferran (5) contact |
Lap Leaders[]
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Point standings after race[]
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Alex Zanardi | 234 |
2 | Jimmy Vasser | 136 |
3 | Adrián Fernández | 126 |
4 | Dario Franchitti | 122 |
5 | Greg Moore | 119 |
References[]
- ^ "Honda Grand Prix of Monterey." Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2012-02-26. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=13664
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