1998 Atlantic Championship

February 2025 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship 12 April 4th October 4th CAN Lee Bentham 1997 1999 The 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 13 rounds. All teams had to use Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Lee Bentham driving for Forsythe Racing. Calendar Race No Track State Date Laps Lap Distance (km) Total Distance (km) Time Speed Winner Pole position Most leading laps Fastest race lap 1 Long Beach California April 4, 1998 38 2.533 96.595 0'58:34.554 98.943 km/h Memo Gidley Buddy Rice Memo Gidley Andrew Bordin 2 Nazareth Pennsylvania April 25, 1998 60 1.5223978 91.343868 0'27:27.352 199.616 km/h Buddy Rice Buddy Rice Buddy Rice Buddy Rice 3 Madison Illinois May 22, 1998 27 2.011625 54.313875 0'28:19.198 115.072 km/h Memo Gidley Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro 4 Milwaukee Wisconsin May 30, 1998 60 1.6607976 99.647856 0'32:29.552 184.008 km/h Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Derek Hill 5 Montréal June 6, 1998 27 4.4207471 119.3601717 0'44:32.839 160.764 km/h Lee Bentham Lee Bentham Alexandre Tagliani Lee Bentham 6 Cleveland Ohio July 11, 1998 22 3.3891858 74.5620876 0'31:54.902 140.176 km/h Kenny Wilden Memo Gidley Memo Gidley Kenny Wilden 7 Toronto July 18, 1998 39 2.7696053 108.0146067 0'59:04.390 109.709 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Lee Bentham Alexandre Tagliani Lee Bentham 8 Trois-Rivières August 2, 1998 45 2.4477453 110.1485385 0'49:23.054 133.826 km/h Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani 9 Lexington Ohio August 9, 1998 25 3.6337994 90.844985 0'33:03.166 164.909 km/h Lee Bentham Alexandre Tagliani Lee Bentham Anthony Lazzaro 10 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin August 16, 1998 15 6.4372 96.558 0'37:07.249 156.071 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Anthony Lazzaro Andrew Bordin 11 Vancouver September 5, 1998 38 2.8999586 110.1984268 1'00:59.908 108.395 km/h Andrew Bordin Jeff Shafer Matt Sielsky Rino Mastronardi 12 Monterey California September 12, 1998 28 3.6016134 100.8451752 0'44:11.726 136.908 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Lee Bentham Lee Bentham Alexandre Tagliani 13 Houston Texas October 4, 1998 30 2.4574011 73.722033 0'41:26.827 106.722 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Alexandre Tagliani Anthony Lazzaro David Rutledge Note: Race 3 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 50 laps. Final points standings Driver For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class. Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN CAN USA USA CAN USA USA 1 Lee Bentham Forsythe Racing Ralt 163 - 10 11 Forsythe Racing Swift 16 21 11 17 14 21 - 10 18 14 2 Andrew Bordin BDJS Ralt 139 16 16 16 11 11 6 11 BDJS Swift - 11 - 20 9 12 3 Memo Gidley Lynx Racing Ralt 134 21 12 20 21 - Lynx Racing Swift 2 10 12 - 16 9 - 11 4 Anthony Lazzaro PPI Motorsports Swift 133 - - 15 10 6 16 - 16 7 22 - 20 21 5 Alexandre Tagliani Forsythe Racing Ralt 130 6 Forsythe Racing Swift - 6 14 17 12 21 22 1 2 - 12 17 6 Matt Sielsky D&L Racing Ralt 109 - 14 9 12 12 D&L Racing Swift 6 12 8 14 - 15 - 7 7 Buddy Rice Lynx Racing Ralt 108 3 22 12 5 14 Lynx Racing Swift 14 - - 16 - 11 11 - 8 Kenny Wilden Shank Racing Swift 92 8 - - - 10 20 14 9 - 14 3 14 - 9 David Rutledge Binder Racing Ralt 70 - 11 Binder Racing Swift 7 8 4 2 5 3 4 8 - 8 10 10 Rob MacDonald P-1 Racing Swift 62 3 - - 7 8 - 9 2 9 9 12 3 - 11 Rino Mastronardi Condor Motorsports Swift 56 - - - - - - 11 7 12 - 16 10 - 12 David Pook Hylton Motorsports Swift 51 - 9 10 - - 9 - 6 10 7 - - - 13 Derek Hill P-1 Racing Swift 47 12 - - 6 - 7 4 - 6 11 1 - - 14 Mike Conte World Speed Motorsports Swift 41 - 3 - - - 10 6 7 - World Speed Motorsports Ralt 8 5 2 - 15 Case Montgomery Condor Motorsports Swift 39 5 5 8 4 - 10 - 1 - - - - 6 16 Michael David PDR Enterprises Ralt 37 10 6 - - 9 - - 5 2 - 5 - - 17 Andrea Delorenzi RDS Motorsports Ralt 35 14 1 - 1 5 - - - - RDS Motorsports Swift 4 8 2 - 18 Jeff Shafer PPI Motorsports Swift 32 - - - 9 - - - 10 - 12 1 - - 19 Masaoki Nagashima PPI Motorsports Swift 31 - - 3 - 7 8 - - 8 - - 5 - 20 Eric Lang D&L Racing Swift 29 9 - 6 - 4 3 D&L Racing Ralt 2 - - - 5 - - 21 John Rutherford Shank Racing Swift 21 4 3 2 - - - - - 5 - 7 - - 22 Robert Sollenskog BRS Motorsports Swift 21 - - - 3 3 - 7 - 3 5 - - - 23 Jean-François Dumoulin Team Scalzo Ralt 12 - - - - - - 8 4 - - - - - 24 Steve Imhoff Hammerhead Racing Ralt 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Mark Tague World Speed Motorsports Ralt 11 - 7 4 - - - - - - - - - - 26 Cam Binder Binder Racing Swift 11 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 5 27 Nicolas Rondet World Speed Motorsports Swift 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 28 Ted Sahley Olsson Engineering Ralt 9 - 4 1 - - 4 - - - - - - - 29 Steve Cameron Lynx Racing Swift 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 30 Bob Siska RJS Motorsport Ralt 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Joe Sposato Sposato Motor Racing Ralt 6 - - - - 2 - - - 1 - - 1 2 32 Luc Lesage ? Ralt 5 - - - - - - 3 - - - 2 - - 33 Rennie Clayton RPS Motorsport Ralt 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - John Brooks BBGP Racing Ralt 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 35 Steve Forrer Forrer Racing Ralt 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 36 Sergi Szortyka J&J Racing Ralt 2 - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 37 Zak Brown Active Motorsports Swift 2 - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 38 Dan Vosloo Danvo Racing Ralt 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - Bob Thomas Olsson Engineering Ralt 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - Frank Allers Johnston Engineering Reynard 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Scott Wood RDS Motorsports Ralt 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Note: Race 3 only one additional point awarded to Anthony Lazzaro, maybe because the race was abandoned. Race 4 no additional point for the qualifying was awarded, because no session was held due to repair work on the track, starting lineup based on Friday morning practice times. See also 1998 CART season 1998 Indy Lights season 1998 Indy Racing League season External links ChampCarStats.com Atlantic Atlantic Season, 1998 Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Atlantic