1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix
Race details | |
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Race 8 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
Date | June 7, 1998 |
Official name | 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix |
Location | Detroit, Michigan |
Course | Temporary street circuit 2.346 mi / 3.776 km |
Distance | 72 laps 168.912 mi / 271.872 km |
Weather | Dry with temperatures reaching up to 64.4 °F (18.0 °C); wind speeds up to 11.6 miles per hour (18.7 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Time | 1:13.530 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:16.280 (on lap 64 of 72) |
Podium | |
First | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Adrián Fernández (Patrick Racing) |
Third | Gil de Ferran (Walker Racing) |
The 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race that was held on June 7, 1998, on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the eighth race of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season. The race was won by Alex Zanardi for Chip Ganassi Racing. Adrián Fernández finished second, and Gil de Ferran clinched third.[2]
Classification[]
Race[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 72 | 1:41:17.673 | 2 | 20+1 |
2 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 72 | +6.624 | 3 | 16 |
3 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 72 | +7.511 | 9 | 14 |
4 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 72 | +8.347 | 8 | 12 |
5 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 72 | +9.784 | 1 | 10+1 |
6 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 72 | +10.408 | 7 | 8 |
7 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 72 | +12.141 | 15 | 6 |
8 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 72 | +17.185 | 6 | 5 |
9 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 72 | +21.291 | 17 | 4 |
10 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 72 | +22.398 | 11 | 3 |
11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 72 | +22.903 | 12 | 2 |
12 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 72 | +24.402 | 14 | 1 |
13 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 72 | +35.526 | 18 | |
14 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 72 | +36.054 | 20 | |
15 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 72 | +36.883 | 16 | |
16 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 71 | +1 Lap | 25 | |
17 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 71 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
18 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 71 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
19 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 71 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
20 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 70 | +2 Laps | 26 | |
21 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 69 | Engine | 5 | |
22 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 56 | Contact | 21 | |
23 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 50 | Turbo | 4 | |
24 | 2 | Al Unser, Jr. | Team Penske | 46 | Transmission | 13 | |
25 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 40 | Transmission | 24 | |
26 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 17 | Handling | 23 | |
27 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 9 | Engine | 27 | ||
28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 6 | Electrical | 28 |
Caution flags[]
Laps | Cause |
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43-45 | Fittipaldi (11) spin |
51-54 | Hearn (10) engine blow-up |
Lap Leaders[]
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Point standings after race[]
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Alex Zanardi | 113 |
2 | Greg Moore | 97 |
3 | Jimmy Vasser | 80 |
4 | Adrián Fernández | 75 |
5 | Gil de Ferran | 55 |
References[]
- ^ "1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ "1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
Categories:
- 1998 in CART
- 1998 in sports in Michigan
- Detroit Indy Grand Prix
- 1998 in Detroit
- June 1998 sports events in the United States