1998 Honda Indy 300

  1998 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 18 of 19 in the 1998 CART season

Map of the track
Date 18 October, 1998
Official name Honda Indy 300
Location Streets of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Course Temporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.470 km
Distance 62 laps, 173.290 mi / 277.264 km
Weather
Pole
Driver Dario Franchitti Team Green
Time 1:31.722
Fastest Lap
Driver Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing
Time 1:33.780 (on lap 54 of 62)
Podium
First Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing
Second Dario Franchitti Team Green
Third Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing

The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Australia.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Chassis Time
1 Dario Franchitti Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.288
2 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.310
3 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:32.501
4 Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.583
5 Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:32.588
6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:32.613
7 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.676
8 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.851
9 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:32.919
10 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.019
11 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.068
12 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.236
13 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 1:33.375
14 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Reynard 98i Honda 1:33.543
15 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.669
16 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.819
17 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.820
18 Hélio Castroneves Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:34.012
19 Al Unser, Jr. Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.260
20 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 1:34.344
21 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:34.375
22 André Ribeiro Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.474
23 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:34.511
24 Arnd Meier Davis Racing Lola T98/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:34.534
25 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:35.109
26 Alex Barron All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 1:35.285
27 Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 1:36.561
DNQ Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 97i Ford-Cosworth 1:38.726

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 62 2:01:51.170 2 20
2 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 62 +0.3 secs 1 18
3 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 62 +1.0 secs 3 14
4 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 62 +6.4 secs 12 12
5 9 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 62 +10.8 secs 15 10
6 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 62 +11.2 secs 10 8
7 21 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports 62 +11.7 secs 14 6
8 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 62 +13.8 secs 9 5
9 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 62 +15.8 secs 16 4
10 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 62 +16.0 secs 5 3
11 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 62 +19.9 secs 17 2
12 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 62 +20.2 secs 21 1
13 3 André Ribeiro Team Penske 62 +20.7 secs 22
14 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 62 +22.1 secs 8
15 98 Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racers 62 +22.8 secs 27
16 24 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 62 +23.8 secs 20
17 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 61 Electrical 13
18 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 60 Flagged 23
19 36 Alex Barron All American Racers 59 Contact 26
20 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 59 Contact 6
21 16 Hélio Castroneves Bettenhausen Racing 54 Contact 18
22 2 Al Unser, Jr. Team Penske 53 Flagged 19
23 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 45 Contact 4
24 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 38 Contact 7
25 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 19 Contact 11
26 19 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 11 Contact 25
27 77 Arnd Meier Davis Racing 4 Oil leak 24

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