1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix

March 2026 January 2025 USA Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle 1998-2001.svg The Raceway on Belle Isle June 7 1998 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix 8 19 CART Detroit Belle Isle street circuit Temporary street circuit 2.346 3.776 72 168.912 271.872 Dry with temperatures reaching up to 64.4 F C; wind speeds up to 11.6 mph km/hhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/MI/Detroit/1998-06-07 1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-09-03 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 1:13.530 Canada Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 1:16.280 64 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Mexico Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Brazil The 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race that was held on June 7, 1998, on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the eighth race of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season. The race was won by Alex Zanardi for Chip Ganassi Racing. Adrián Fernández finished second, and Gil de Ferran clinched third.http://racing-reference.info/race/1998_ITT_Automotive_Grand_Prix_of_Detroit/R 1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit Racing-Reference USA Today Sports Media Group July 29, 2012 Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 72 1:41:17.673 2 20+1 2 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 72 +6.624 3 16 3 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 72 +7.511 9 14 4 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 72 +8.347 8 12 5 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 72 +9.784 1 10+1 6 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 72 +10.408 7 8 7 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 72 +12.141 15 6 8 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 72 +17.185 6 5 9 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 72 +21.291 17 4 10 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 72 +22.398 11 3 11 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 72 +22.903 12 2 12 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 72 +24.402 14 1 13 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 72 +35.526 18 14 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 72 +36.054 20 15 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 72 +36.883 16 16 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 71 +1 Lap 25 17 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 71 +1 Lap 10 18 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 71 +1 Lap 19 19 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 71 +1 Lap 22 20 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 70 +2 Laps 26 21 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 69 Engine 5 22 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 56 Contact 21 23 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 50 Turbo 4 24 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 46 Transmission 13 25 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 40 Transmission 24 26 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 17 Handling 23 27 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 9 Engine 27 28 34 USA Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 6 Electrical 28 Caution flags Laps Cause43-45 Fittipaldi (11) spin51-54 Hearn (10) engine blow-up Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-22 Greg Moore23-72 Alex Zanardi Driver Laps ledAlex Zanardi 50Greg Moore 22 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 113 2 CAN Greg Moore 97 3 USA Jimmy Vasser 80 4 MEX Adrián Fernández 75 5 BRA Gil de Ferran 55 References ITT AutomotiveDetroit Grand Prix 1998 1998 Miller 200 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 1997 ITT AutomotiveDetroit Grand Prix 1999 ITT AutomotiveDetroit Grand Prix Detroit Grand Prix ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix Category:Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar) ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix