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.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 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 Davis Racing 9 Engine 27 28 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 6 Electrical 28
Caution flags Laps Cause43-45 Fittipaldi (11) spin51-54 Hearn (10) engine blow-up
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-22 Greg Moore23-72 Alex Zanardi Driver Laps ledAlex Zanardi 50Greg Moore 22
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Alex Zanardi 113 2 Greg Moore 97 3 Jimmy Vasser 80 4 Adrián Fernández 75 5 Gil de Ferran 55
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