1998 Honda Indy 300

December 2021 August 2026 November 2011 Australia Honda Indy 300 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg Map of the track 18 October 1998 Honda Indy 300 18 19 CART Surfers Paradise Street CircuitQueensland, Australia Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 4.498 62 173.290 278.876 Dry Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:32.288 UK Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 1:33.780 54 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Brazil The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Alex Zanardi won the race, his 15th and final CART victory, after taking the lead from polesitter Dario Franchitti1998 CART - Championship for Auto Racing Teams Round 18 – Race Results DriverDB https://www.driverdb.com/championships/champ-car-world-series/1998/results/round-18/race-1 2026-08-17 Driver Database en at the first round of pitstops. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Chassis Time 1 GBR Dario Franchitti Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.288 2 ITA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.310 3 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:32.501 4 CAN Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.583 5 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:32.588 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:32.613 7 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.676 8 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.851 9 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:32.919 10 MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.019 11 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.068 12 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.236 13 ITA Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 1:33.375 14 BRA Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Reynard 98i Honda 1:33.543 15 FIN JJ Lehto Hogan Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.669 16 CAN Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.819 17 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.820 18 BRA Hélio Castroneves Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:34.012 19 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.260 20 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 1:34.344 21 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:34.375 22 BRA André Ribeiro Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.474 23 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:34.511 24 GER Arnd Meier Davis Racing Lola T98/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:34.534 25 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:35.109 26 USA Alex Barron All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 1:35.285 27 ITA Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 1:36.561 DNQ USA Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 97i Ford-Cosworth 1:38.726 Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 62 2:01:51.170 2 20+1 2 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 62 +0.322 1 16+1 3 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 62 +1.029 3 14 4 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 62 +6.388 12 12 5 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 62 +10.792 15 10 6 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 62 +11.153 10 8 7 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 62 +11.680 14 6 8 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 62 +13.792 9 5 9 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 62 +15.821 16 4 10 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 62 +16.020 5 3 11 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 62 +19.870 17 2 12 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 62 +20.170 21 1 13 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 62 +20.729 22 14 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 62 +22.072 8 15 98 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 62 +22.808 27 16 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 62 +23.747 20 17 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 61 Electrical 13 18 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 60 +2 Laps 23 19 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 59 Contact 26 20 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 59 Contact 6 21 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 54 Contact 18 22 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 53 +9 Laps 19 23 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 45 Contact 4 24 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 38 Contact 7 25 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 19 Contact 11 26 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 11 Contact 25 27 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 4 Oil leak 24 DNQ 34 US Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Did not Qualify Caution flags Laps Cause14–16 Jourdain Jr. (19) contact21–24 Rahal (7) contact36–37 Tire wall problem40–41 Castro-Neves (16), Vasser (12) contact43–44 Hearn (10) spin56–58 Castro-Neves (16) contact61–62 Barron (36), Andretti (6), Hearn (10) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1–13 Dario Franchitti14–62 Alex Zanardi Driver Laps ledAlex Zanardi 49Dario Franchitti 13 Point standings after race Race Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2026-08-17 Racing-Reference en-US PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 271 2 UK Dario Franchitti 160 3 USA Jimmy Vasser 148 4 MEX Adrián Fernández 142 5 CAN Greg Moore 125 References 27 59 17.9 S 153 25 42.1 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Honda Indy 300 1998 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival 1999 Honda Indy 300 Honda Indy 300 Honda Indy 300 Category:Gold Coast Indy 300