1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey

March 2026 February 2025 USA Laguna Seca Laguna Seca.svg Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca September 13 1998 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco Havoline 300 16 19 CART Mazda Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California Permanent road course 2.238 3.602 83 185.754 298.966 Dry Bryan Herta Team Rahal 1:08.146 USA Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 1:10.824 51 Brazil Bryan Herta Team Rahal USA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group Brazil 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."Honda Grand Prix of Monterey." Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2012-02-26. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=13664 Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 83 1:55:13.472 1 20+1+1 2 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +0.343 5 16 3 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 83 +3.779 14 14 4 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 83 +4.402 2 12 5 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +7.174 3 10 6 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 83 +7.863 7 8 7 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 83 +9.129 6 6 8 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 83 +9.278 18 5 9 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 83 +9.666 13 4 10 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 83 +10.193 12 3 11 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 83 +10.881 17 2 12 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +11.649 16 1 13 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +12.024 24 14 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 83 +12.571 22 15 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 82 +1 Lap 26 16 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 80 +3 Laps 19 17 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 76 Contact 20 18 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 76 Contact 8 19 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 76 Contact 10 20 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 71 Contact 23 21 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 70 Off course 4 22 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 70 Contact 21 23 98 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 64 Brakes 27 24 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 39 Engine 25 25 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 31 Throttle 15 26 34 US Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 20 Spun off 28 27 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 13 Cooling 9 28 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 1 Suspension 11 Caution flags Laps Cause22-24 Vitolo (34) spin68-76 Sospiri (98) spin, Moore (99) off course, Barron (36), Castro-Neves (16) contact78-81 Carpentier (33), Pruett (20), de Ferran (5) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-51 Bryan Herta52-53 Dario Franchitti54-83 Bryan Herta Driver Laps ledBryan Herta 81Dario Franchitti 2 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 234 2 USA Jimmy Vasser 136 3 MEX Adrián Fernández 126 4 UK Dario Franchitti 122 5 CAN Greg Moore 119 References Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Category:Monterey Grand Prix