1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200

United States   1998 Portland
Race details
Race 9 of 19 in the 1998 CART season

Portland International Raceway
Date June 21, 1998
Official name 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200
Location Portland International Raceway
Portland, Oregon, United States
Course Permanent road course
1.967 mi / 3.17 km
Distance 98 laps, 192.766 mi / 310.66 km
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal
Time 58.348
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing
Time 1:00.880 (on lap 89 of 98)
Podium
First Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing
Second United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing
Third United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal

The 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 was the ninth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 21, 1998 on the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Alex Zanardi was the winner of the race, his second consecutive win and his fourth of the season and extended his points lead to 37 points.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 98 1:54:06.822 5 20+1
2 20 United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 98 +6.839 3 16
3 8 United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal 98 +7.109 1 14+1
4 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 98 +12.908 12 12
5 2 United States Al Unser, Jr. Marlboro Team Penske 98 +14.176 18 10
6 7 United States Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 98 +18.390 8 8
7 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 98 +25.576 15 6
8 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 98 +27.026 4 5
9 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 98 +27.577 11 4
10 10 United States Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 97 +1 Lap 23 3
11 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 97 +1 Lap 22 2
12 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 97 +1 Lap 25 1
13 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 97 +1 Lap 19
14 36 United States Alex Barron All American Racing 97 +1 Lap 27
15 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Marlboro Team Penske 95 Transmission 17
16 98 United States P. J. Jones All American Racing 95 +3 Laps 26
17 6 United States Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 95 +3 Laps 10
18 34 United States Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 94 +4 Laps 28
19 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 92 Oil Leak 13
20 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 79 Contact 9
21 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 71 Contact 2
22 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 27 Contact 16
23 24 United States Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 17 Fuel pump 21
24 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 10 Contact 6
25 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 6 Exhaust 24
26 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 0 Contact 7
27 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 0 Contact 14
28 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 0 Contact 20

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-3 Multi-car collision
10-12 Vasser (12), Fernández (40) contact
14 Gordon (24) spin
73-78 Franchitti (27), Jones (98) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader
1-13 Bryan Herta
14-35 Dario Franchitti
36 André Ribeiro
37-44 Al Unser, Jr.
45-46 Bryan Herta
47-67 Alex Zanardi
68-72 Bryan Herta
73-98 Alex Zanardi
 
Driver Laps led
Alex Zanardi 47
Dario Franchitti 22
Bryan Herta 20
Al Unser, Jr. 8
André Ribeiro 1

Point standings after race

Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alex Zanardi 134
2 Canada Greg Moore 97
3 United States Jimmy Vasser 85
4 Mexico Adrián Fernández 75
5 Brazil Gil de Ferran 55
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