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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.[1]
Race details | |
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Race 16 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
Date | September 13, 1998 |
Official name | 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco Havoline 300 |
Location | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California |
Course | Permanent road course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km |
Distance | 83 laps 185.754 mi / 298.966 km |
Weather | Dry |
Pole position | |
Driver | Bryan Herta (Team Rahal) |
Time | 1:08.146 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group) |
Time | 1:10.824 (on lap 51 of 83) |
Podium | |
First | Bryan Herta (Team Rahal) |
Second | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Third | Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group) |
Classification edit
Race edit
Caution flags edit
Laps | Cause |
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22-24 | Vitolo (34) spin |
68-76 | Sospiri (98) spin, Moore (99) off course, Barron (36), Castro-Neves (16) contact |
78-81 | Carpentier (33), Pruett (20), de Ferran (5) contact |
Lap Leaders edit
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Point standings after race edit
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Alex Zanardi | 234 |
2 | Jimmy Vasser | 136 |
3 | Adrián Fernández | 126 |
4 | Dario Franchitti | 122 |
5 | Greg Moore | 119 |
References edit
- ^ "Honda Grand Prix of Monterey." Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2012-02-26. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=13664