1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota
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Race details | |
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Race 19 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
Date | 1 November, 1998 |
Official name | 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota |
Location | California Speedway Fontana, California |
Course | Permanent oval course 2.029 mi / 3.265 km |
Distance | 250 laps 507.25 mi / 816.25 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 75.9 °F (24.4 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Scott Pruett (Patrick Racing) |
Time | 31.249 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Time | 31.119 (on lap 78 of 250) |
Podium | |
First | Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Third | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota was the nineteenth and final round of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series season. The race was held 1 November 1998, and was the 2nd running of the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway. It was won by Jimmy Vasser who passed Greg Moore at a final lap restart of a long race, which took well over 3 hours and also had many retirements. This marks the final Champ Car race for the 3-Time Champion Bobby Rahal.
Qualifying results[]
Classification[]
Race[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | 3:17:54.639 | 2 | 20+1 |
2 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 250 | +0.360 | 9 | 16 |
3 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +1.117 | 18 | 14 |
4 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 250 | +1.137 | 27 | 12 |
5 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 250 | +1.164 | 6 | 10 |
6 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 250 | +1.463 | 7 | 8 |
7 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 250 | +2.486 | 11 | 6 |
8 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 250 | +11.685 | 4 | 5 |
9 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 22 | 4 |
10 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 16 | 3 |
11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 249 | +1 Lap | 5 | 2 |
12 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 247 | +3 Laps | 25 | 1 |
13 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 246 | +4 Laps | 15 | |
14 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 245 | Contact | 12 | |
15 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 239 | Contact | 17 | |
16 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 239 | Contact | 24 | |
17 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 232 | Engine | 10 | |
18 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 210 | Contact | 3 | |
19 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 171 | Wheel Bearing | 23 | |
20 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 138 | Contact | 1 | 1 |
21 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 124 | Engine | 20 | |
22 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 112 | Engine | 8 | |
23 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | All American Racing | 94 | Water leak | 26 | |
24 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 85 | Engine | 21 | ||
25 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 66 | Suspension | 28 | |
26 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 59 | Transmission | 14 | |
27 | 2 | Al Unser, Jr. | Team Penske | 33 | Oil leak | 13 | |
28 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 6 | Contact | 19 |
Caution flags[]
Laps | Cause |
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8–17 | Ribeiro (3) contact |
89–96 | Meier (77) engine blow-up |
113–121 | Franchitti (27) engine blow-up |
127–130 | Lehto (9) engine blow-up |
140–148 | Pruett (20) contact |
184–193 | Hearn (10) spin |
212–221 | Andretti (6) contact |
236–240 | de Ferran (5) engine blow-up |
241–246 | Herta (8), Papis (24) contact |
247–249 | Tracy (26) contact |
Lap Leaders[]
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Point standings after race[]
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Alex Zanardi | 285 |
2 | Jimmy Vasser | 169 |
3 | Dario Franchitti | 160 |
4 | Adrián Fernández | 154 |
5 | Greg Moore | 141 |
References[]
- ^ "1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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