1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix

August 2026 February 2025 USA Nazareth Nazareth Speedway Trackmap.png Nazareth Speedway April 27 1998 1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota 4 19 CART Nazareth SpeedwayNazareth, Pennsylvania, United States Permanent oval course 0.946 1.522 225 212.85 342.45 Dry Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 18.419 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 19.514 204 Canada Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing USA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Canada The 1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota was the fourth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.SpeedCenter. "Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota - Race Results." April 26, 1998. https://www.speedcenter.com/archive/races98/04nazareth/index.html The race was won by Jimmy Vasser, his first win on an oval for nearly two years.Associated Press / SFGate. "Vasser takes control in Bosch Grand Prix." April 28, 1998. https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Vasser-takes-control-in-Bosch-Grand-Prix-3091946.php Vasser won ahead of teammate and reigning champion Alex Zanardi, making it a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing. Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 225 1:57:20.307 5 20 2 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 225 +1.400 8 16 3 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 225 +3.610 2 14 4 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 225 +6.016 4 12 5 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 225 +8.016 10 10 6 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 225 +9.618 9 8 7 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 225 +10.167 24 6 8 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 224 +1 Lap 7 5 9 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 224 +1 Lap 16 4 10 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 224 +1 Lap 13 3 11 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 224 +1 Lap 6 2 12 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 223 +2 Laps 23 1 13 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 222 +3 Laps 1 1 14 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 221 +4 Laps 20 15 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 220 +5 Laps 18 16 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 218 +7 Laps 15 17 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 206 Contact 14 18 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 122 Contact 3 1 19 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 107 Brakes 25 20 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 107 Contact 21 21 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 80 Contact 17 22 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 68 Fire 12 23 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 62 Contact 19 24 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 28 Transmission 26 25 34 USA Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 10 Contact 22 26 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 0 Contact 11 DNQ 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing Did not Qualify DNQ 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske Did not Qualify Caution flags Laps Cause1-9 Fernández (40) contact14-19 Vitolo (34) contact63-78 Castro-Neves (16) contact 82-91 Franchitti (27) contact 109-122 Jones (98), Blundell (18) contact123-132 Andretti (6) contact 207-219 Gugelmin (17) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-10 Patrick Carpentier11-112 Michael Andretti113-154 Bryan Herta155-164 Jimmy Vasser165-191 Alex Zanardi192-194 Greg Moore195-225 Jimmy Vasser Driver Laps ledMichael Andretti 102Bryan Herta 42Jimmy Vasser 41Alex Zanardi 27Patrick Carpentier 10Greg Moore 3 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 CAN Greg Moore 51 2 ITA Alex Zanardi 50 3 MEX Adrián Fernández 41 4 BRA Gil de Ferran 33 5 USA Jimmy Vasser 31 References Bosch Spark Plug Bosch Spark Plug Bosch Spark Plug Bosch Spark Plug Category:Nazareth Speedway