1998 Texaco/Havoline 200

1998 Road America
Race details
Race 14 of 19 in the 1998 CART season

Road America
Date August 16, 1998
Official name 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200
Location Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Course Permanent road course
4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance 50 laps
202.4 mi / 325.75 km
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 73.4 °F (23.0 °C); wind speeds up to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time 1:39.988
Fastest lap
Driver Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time 1:41.874 (on lap 49 of 50)
Podium
First Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Second Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third Christian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing)

The 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 was the fourteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 16, 1998 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dario Franchitti won the race, his first career win in CART. The race was also notable for a crash in which Alex Barron ended up on top of Bryan Herta.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team Green 50 1:35:30.767 6 20+1
2 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 50 +7.102 11 16
3 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 50 +43.922 7 14
4 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 50 +46.134 12 12
5 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 50 +47.097 9 10
6 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 50 +52.003 17 8
7 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 50 +52.167 15 6
8 7 United States Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 50 +1:06.372 3 5
9 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 50 +1:07.084 14 4
10 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 50 +1:07.598 27 3
11 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 50 +1:14.329 19 2
12 24 United States Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 50 +1:15.697 23 1
13 10 United States Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 50 +1:19.336 25
14 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 50 +1:38.024 24
15 6 United States Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 49 Tyre/Contact 1 1
16 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 43 Engine 5
17 34 Brazil Gualter Salles Payton/Coyne Racing 41 Engine 20
18 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 32 Exhaust 18
19 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 29 Brakes 21
20 20 United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 24 Engine 4
21 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 18 Transmission 8
22 98 United States P. J. Jones All American Racing 14 Spun off 28
23 8 United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal 10 Contact 2
24 36 United States Alex Barron All American Racing 10 Contact 26
25 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 7 Engine 13
26 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 2 Header 22
27 2 United States Al Unser, Jr. Team Penske 0 Contact 10
28 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 0 Contact 16

Caution flags

Laps Cause
10 Ribeiro (3) stalled on course
12-14 Herta (8), Barron (36) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader
1-9 Michael Andretti
10 Bryan Herta
11-16 Greg Moore
17-25 Michael Andretti
26-27 Dario Franchitti
28 JJ Lehto
29 Bobby Rahal
30-50 Dario Franchitti
  
Driver Laps led
Dario Franchitti 23
Michael Andretti 18
Greg Moore 6
Bobby Rahal 1
JJ Lehto 1
Bryan Herta 1

Point standings after race

Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alex Zanardi 206
2 United States Jimmy Vasser 126
3 Mexico Adrián Fernández 120
4 Canada Greg Moore 119
5 United States Michael Andretti 93

References

  1. ↑ "1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
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