1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota

March 2026 December 2021 November 2011 USA Fontana Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg California Speedway 1 November 1998 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota 19 19 CART California SpeedwayFontana, California Permanent oval course 2.029 3.265 250 507.25 816.25 Temperatures reaching up to 75.9 F C; wind speeds up to 11.1 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Fontana/1998-11-01 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-07-13 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 31.249 USA Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 31.119 78 Canada Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing USA Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Canada Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy The 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota was the nineteenth and final time of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series season. The race was held 1 November 1998, and was the 2nd running of the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway. It was won by Jimmy Vasser who passed Greg Moore at a final lap restart of a long race, which took well over 3 hours and also had many retirements. This marks the final Champ Car race for the 3-Time Champion Bobby Rahal and also marked the final career podium for the two-time champion Alex Zanardi. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Chassis Time 1 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 31.249 2 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 31.301 3 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 31.372 4 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 31.377 5 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 31.394 6 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 31.429 7 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 31.441 8 Scotland Dario Franchitti Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 31.514 9 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 31.523 10 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Reynard 98i Honda 31.619 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 31.646 12 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 31.648 13 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 31.650 14 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 31.688 15 US Alex Barron All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 31.699 16 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 31.754 17 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 31.766 18 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 31.824 19 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 31.887 20 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 31.940 21 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing Lola T98/00 Ford-Cosworth 31.973 22 US Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 32.013 23 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Reynard 98i Honda 32.077 24 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 32.114 25 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 32.462 26 ITA Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racers Eagle Toyota No time 27 MEX Adrian Fernandez Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth No time 28 US Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth No time Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 250 3:17:54.639 2 20+1 2 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 250 +0.360 9 16 3 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +1.117 18 14 4 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 250 +1.137 27 12 5 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 250 +1.164 6 10 6 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 250 +1.463 7 8 7 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 250 +2.486 11 6 8 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 250 +11.685 4 5 9 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 249 +1 Lap 22 4 10 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 249 +1 Lap 16 3 11 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 249 +1 Lap 5 2 12 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 247 +3 Laps 25 1 13 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 246 +4 Laps 15 14 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 245 Contact 12 15 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 239 Contact 17 16 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 239 Contact 24 17 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 232 Engine 10 18 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 210 Contact 3 19 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 171 Wheel Bearing 23 20 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 138 Contact 1 1 21 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 124 Engine 20 22 27 Scotland Dario Franchitti Team Green 112 Engine 8 23 98 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 94 Water leak 26 24 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 85 Engine 21 25 34 US Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 66 Suspension 28 26 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 59 Transmission 14 27 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 33 Oil leak 13 28 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 6 Contact 19 Caution flags Laps Cause8–17 Ribeiro (3) contact89–96 Meier (77) engine blow-up113–121 Franchitti (27) engine blow-up127–130 Lehto (9) engine blow-up140–148 Pruett (20) contact184–193 Hearn (10) spin212–221 Andretti (6) contact236–240 de Ferran (5) engine blow-up241–246 Herta (8), Papis (24) contact247–249 Tracy (26) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1–2 Jimmy Vasser3 Michael Andretti4–24 Jimmy Vasser25–40 Michael Andretti41–42 Greg Moore43–44 Maurício Gugelmin45–51 Richie Hearn52–58 Greg Moore59–70 Michael Andretti71–80 Greg Moore81 Maurício Gugelmin82 Mark Blundell83–84 Maurício Gugelmin85–121 Greg Moore122–130 Maurício Gugelmin131–141 Paul Tracy142–150 Michael Andretti151–181 Jimmy Vasser182–200 Maurício Gugelmin201–206 Michael Andretti207–213 Jimmy Vasser214–220 Maurício Gugelmin221–245 Paul Tracy246–248 Greg Moore249–250 Jimmy Vasser Driver Laps ledJimmy Vasser 63Greg Moore 59Michael Andretti 44Maurício Gugelmin 40Paul Tracy 36Richie Hearn 7Mark Blundell 1 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 285 2 USA Jimmy Vasser 169 3 UK Dario Franchitti 160 4 MEX Adrián Fernández 154 5 CAN Greg Moore 141 References Marlboro 500 Category:MAVTV 500 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota