1998 Texaco/Havoline 200

March 2026 February 2025 USA Road America Road America.svg Road America August 16 1998 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 14 19 CART Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin Permanent road course 4.048 6.515 50 202.4 325.75 Temperatures reaching up to 73.4 F C; wind speeds up to 12 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/WI/Elkhart%20Lake/1998-08-16 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-07-14 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 1:39.988 USA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 1:41.874 49 Italy Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Brazil The 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 was the fourteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 16, 1998, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dario Franchitti won the race, his first career win in CART. The race was also notable for a crash in which Alex Barron ended up on top of Bryan Herta. Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 50 1:35:30.767 6 20+1 2 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 50 +7.102 11 16 3 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 50 +43.922 7 14 4 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 50 +46.134 12 12 5 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 50 +47.097 9 10 6 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 50 +52.003 17 8 7 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 50 +52.167 15 6 8 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 50 +1:06.372 3 5 9 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 50 +1:07.084 14 4 10 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 50 +1:07.598 27 3 11 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 50 +1:14.329 19 2 12 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 50 +1:15.697 23 1 13 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 50 +1:19.336 25 14 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 50 +1:38.024 24 15 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 49 Tyre/Contact 1 1 16 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 43 Engine 5 17 34 Brazil Gualter Salles Payton/Coyne Racing 41 Engine 20 18 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 32 Exhaust 18 19 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 29 Brakes 21 20 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 24 Engine 4 21 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 18 Transmission 8 22 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 14 Spun off 28 23 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 10 Contact 2 24 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 10 Contact 26 25 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 7 Engine 13 26 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 2 Header 22 27 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 0 Contact 10 28 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 0 Contact 16 Caution flags Laps Cause10 Ribeiro (3) stalled on course12-14 Herta (8), Barron (36) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-9 Michael Andretti10 Bryan Herta11-16 Greg Moore17-25 Michael Andretti26-27 Dario Franchitti28 JJ Lehto29 Bobby Rahal30-50 Dario Franchitti Driver Laps ledDario Franchitti 23Michael Andretti 18Greg Moore 6Bobby Rahal 1JJ Lehto 1Bryan Herta 1 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 206 2 USA Jimmy Vasser 126 3 MEX Adrián Fernández 120 4 CAN Greg Moore 119 5 USA Michael Andretti 93 References Texaco Havoline 200 Texaco Havoline 200 Texaco Havoline 200 Category:Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America