1998 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota

United States 1998 Michigan
Race details
Race 12 of 19 in the 1998 CART season

Michigan International Speedway
Date July 26, 1998
Official name 1998 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota
Location Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan, United States
Course Permanent racing facility
2.000 mi / 3.219 km
Distance 250 laps
500.000 mi / 804.672 km
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Adrián Fernández (Patrick Racing)
Time 31.370
Fastest lap
Driver Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing)
Time 31.508 (on lap 131 of 250)
Podium
First Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Second Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 1998 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota was the twelfth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 26, 1998, at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. The race saw a record 63 lead changes due to the draft of the new Hanford Device, and was won by Greg Moore after a thrilling battle in the last five laps with Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and Scott Pruett.

The race was marred by a crash on lap 175. Adrián Fernández slammed into the outside wall in the fourth turn. His right front wheel was torn off and hurled over the fence into the stands, killing three spectators (Kenneth Fox, Sheryl Laster, and Michael Tautkus) and injuring six others.[1]

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 250 3:00:48.785 14 20
2 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +0.259 2 16
3 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +0.267 7 14+1
4 20 United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 250 +0.518 6 12
5 10 United States Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 250 +1.356 3 10
6 6 United States Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 250 +1.567 8 8
7 7 United States Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 250 +2.649 12 6
8 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 250 +3.428 21 5
9 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 250 +4.318 15 4
10 8 United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal 250 +26.270 5 3
11 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 249 +1 Lap 20 2
12 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 248 +2 Laps 24 1
13 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 248 +2 Laps 17
14 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 247 +3 Laps 18
15 36 United States Alex Barron All American Racing 242 +8 Laps 28
16 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 240 Engine 10
17 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 240 +10 laps 19
18 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 238 +12 Laps 26
19 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 237 Electrical 22
20 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 223 Contact 13
21 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team Green 213 Engine 16
22 2 United States Al Unser, Jr. Team Penske 194 Oil leak 4
23 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 174 Contact 1 1
24 98 United States P. J. Jones All American Racing 111 Engine 27
25 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 87 Overheating 9
26 34 United States Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 85 Contact 25
27 24 United States Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 76 Contact 23
28 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 75 Oil leak 11

Caution flags

Laps Cause
81-87 Gordon (24) contact
92-100 Vitolo (34) contact
117-123 Jones (98) engine blow-up
176-184 Fernández (40) contact
185-188 Franchitti (27) spin
216-222 Franchitti (27) engine blow-up
227-234 Lehto (9) contact
242-245 de Ferran (5) engine blow-up

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader
1-2 Al Unser, Jr.
3-5 Jimmy Vasser
6-11 Michael Andretti
12-13 Jimmy Vasser
14 Michael Andretti
15-17 Jimmy Vasser
18-30 Michael Andretti
31-34 Gil de Ferran
35-37 Richie Hearn
38-65 Michael Andretti
66-68 Gil de Ferran
69 Adrián Fernández
70 Gil de Ferran
71 Greg Moore
72-75 Richie Hearn
76-83 Michael Andretti
84-89 Greg Moore
90-91 Richie Hearn
92-101 Greg Moore
102 Richie Hearn
103 Greg Moore
104 Richie Hearn
105-118 Greg Moore
119-125 Paul Tracy
126-128 Gil de Ferran
129 Paul Tracy
130-132 Gil de Ferran
133 Paul Tracy
134 Michael Andretti
135-136 Paul Tracy
137-138 Michael Andretti
139-140 Gil de Ferran
141 Michael Andretti
142-145 Gil de Ferran
146 Adrián Fernández
147-150 Gil de Ferran
151-157 Adrián Fernández
158-159 Greg Moore
160-165 Paul Tracy
166-168 Alex Zanardi
169-170 Paul Tracy
171-176 Alex Zanardi
177-178 Michael Andretti
179-190 Alex Zanardi
191 Paul Tracy
192-193 Alex Zanardi
194 Al Unser, Jr.
195-196 Alex Zanardi
197 Paul Tracy
198-199 Alex Zanardi
200 Paul Tracy
201-202 Gil de Ferran
203-224 Alex Zanardi
225 Jimmy Vasser
226-237 Alex Zanardi
238 Jimmy Vasser
239 Alex Zanardi
240-245 Jimmy Vasser
246 Alex Zanardi
247 Jimmy Vasser
248 Greg Moore
249 Jimmy Vasser
250 Greg Moore
  
Driver Laps led
Alex Zanardi 63
Michael Andretti 62
Greg Moore 36
Gil de Ferran 26
Paul Tracy 22
Jimmy Vasser 18
Richie Hearn 11
Adrián Fernández 9
Al Unser, Jr. 3

Point standings after race

Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alex Zanardi 190
2 United States Jimmy Vasser 122
3 Canada Greg Moore 119
4 United States Michael Andretti 92
5 Mexico Adrián Fernández 90

References

  1. ↑ Glick, Shav (July 27, 1998). "Three spectators die at U.S. 500". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012.
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