The 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco-Havoline 300 was the sixteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 13, 1998, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Bryan Herta led the race from start to finish with the exception of pit stops, and held off Alex Zanardi at the end to take his first ever CART win."Honda Grand Prix of Monterey." Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2012-02-26. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=13664
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 83 1:55:13.472 1 20+1+1 2 1 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +0.343 5 16 3 21 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 83 +3.779 14 14 4 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 83 +4.402 2 12 5 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +7.174 3 10 6 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 83 +7.863 7 8 7 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 83 +9.129 6 6 8 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 83 +9.278 18 5 9 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 83 +9.666 13 4 10 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 83 +10.193 12 3 11 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 83 +10.881 17 2 12 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +11.649 16 1 13 24 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +12.024 24 14 3 André Ribeiro Team Penske 83 +12.571 22 15 77 Arnd Meier Davis Racing 82 +1 Lap 26 16 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 80 +3 Laps 19 17 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 76 Contact 20 18 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 76 Contact 8 19 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 76 Contact 10 20 36 Alex Barron All American Racing 71 Contact 23 21 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 70 Off course 4 22 16 Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 70 Contact 21 23 98 Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 64 Brakes 27 24 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 39 Engine 25 25 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 31 Throttle 15 26 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 20 Spun off 28 27 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 13 Cooling 9 28 9 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 1 Suspension 11
Caution flags Laps Cause22-24 Vitolo (34) spin68-76 Sospiri (98) spin, Moore (99) off course, Barron (36), Castro-Neves (16) contact78-81 Carpentier (33), Pruett (20), de Ferran (5) contact
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-51 Bryan Herta52-53 Dario Franchitti54-83 Bryan Herta Driver Laps ledBryan Herta 81Dario Franchitti 2
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Alex Zanardi 234 2 Jimmy Vasser 136 3 Adrián Fernández 126 4 Dario Franchitti 122 5 Greg Moore 119
References