1998 Molson Indy Vancouver

March 2026 February 2025 Canada Vancouver Vancouver Grand Prix New Layout.png 200px September 6 1998 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver 15 19 CART Concord Pacific PlaceVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Temporary street course 1.781 2.866 86 153.166 246.39 Temperatures reaching up to 25.3 C F; dropping down to 20.1 C F by the end of the eventhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/BC/Vancouver/1998-09-06 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-07-14 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:04.130 UK Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 1:06.939 30 Brazil Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing USA The 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver was the fifteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 6, 1998, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dario Franchitti took his second consecutive win at this race, after passing Michael Andretti for the lead with seven laps left. In doing so, Franchitti became the first driver to win a race from pole for over a year. Building an insurmountable lead in the championship standings, Alex Zanardi's 4th-place finish in this race clinched the 1998 CART title with still four races remaining. This marks the final career podium for Scott Pruett in CART. Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 86 2:00:37.871 1 20+1+1 2 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 86 +3.437 6 16 3 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 86 +4.745 8 14 4 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 86 +5.002 3 12 5 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 86 +13.832 22 10 6 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 86 +14.933 13 8 7 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 86 +16.246 19 6 8 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 86 +17.565 16 5 9 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 86 +19.206 23 4 10 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 86 +19.625 25 3 11 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 86 +19.759 7 2 12 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 86 +20.284 16 1 13 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 85 Brakes 14 14 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 85 +1 Lap 12 15 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 84 +2 Laps 21 16 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 73 Contact 10 17 34 US Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 69 Transmission 28 18 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 67 Contact 5 19 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 62 Contact 27 20 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 55 Contact 4 21 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 54 Contact 26 22 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 51 Contact 2 23 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 47 Electrical 24 24 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 41 Fuel 9 25 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 30 Engine 11 26 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 10 Contact 15 27 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 10 Contact 17 28 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 6 Contact 20 Caution flags Laps Cause11-17 Vasser (12), Carpentier (33) contact, Zanardi (1) spin21-23 Jones (98), Vitolo (34) spin43-45 Castro-Neves (16) stalled on course52-55 Herta (8), Hearn (10) contact57-61 Blundell (18), Moore (99), Jones (98) contact, Fittipaldi (11) spin 64-66 Barron (36) contact69-70 Kanaan (21), Tracy (26) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-21 Dario Franchitti22-41 Hélio Castro-Neves43-50 Al Unser Jr.51-62 Alex Barron63-79 Michael Andretti80-86 Dario Franchitti Driver Laps ledDario Franchitti 28Hélio Castro-Neves 20Michael Andretti 17Alex Barron 12Al Unser Jr. 9 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 218 2 USA Jimmy Vasser 126 3 MEX Adrián Fernández 120 4 CAN Greg Moore 119 5 UK Dario Franchitti 110 Broadcasting Television United States The Molson Indy Torento was carried live flag-to-flag coverage in the United States on ESPN. Bob Varsha, Danny Sullivan and Tommy Kendall called the race from the broadcast booth. Gary Gerould and Jon Beekhuis handled pit road for the television side. ESPN Booth announcers Pit reporters Lap-by-lap Color-commentators Bob Varsha Danny Sullivan Tommy Kendall Jack Arute Gary Gerould Canada The Molson Indy Vancouver was carried live flag-to-flag coverage in Canada on CBC. Brian Williams and Bobby Unser called the race from the broadcast booth. Jack Arute and Greg Creamer handled pit road for the television side. CBC Booth announcers Pit reporters Lap-by-lap Color-commentators Brian Williams Bobby Unser Jack Arute Greg Creamer References Category:Molson Indy Vancouver Molson Indy Vancouver Molson Indy Vancouver Category:1998 in sports in British Columbia Category:September 1998 sports events in Canada Category:1990s in Vancouver