1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland

March 2026 February 2025 USA Cleveland Cleveland Street Course at Burke Lakefront Airport.svg Burke Lakefront Airport track layout July 12 1998 1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland 10 19 CART Burke Lakefront AirportCleveland, Ohio, United States Temporary airport course 2.369 3.790 100 236.9 379 Dry with temperatures reaching up to 75.9 F C; wind speeds reaching up to 9.9 mph km/h http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/OH/Cleveland/1998-06-11 Weather information for the 1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-11 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 56.417 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 58.817 97 USA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing USA Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK The 1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland was the tenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 12, 1998, at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. The race, once again was won by defending champion Alex Zanardi, who dominated the race once he passed his teammate and polesitter Jimmy Vasser (who was suffering from gearbox problems) on a restart. The win was Zanardi's third consecutive of the season. Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 100 1:52:22.282 3 20+1 2 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 100 +8.422 7 16 3 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 100 +8.901 2 14 4 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 100 +18.384 14 12 5 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 100 +28.069 17 10 6 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 100 +28.608 11 8 7 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 100 +29.120 1 6+1 8 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 100 +31.265 10 5 9 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 100 +36.234 15 4 10 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 100 +38.334 6 3 11 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 100 +43.590 13 2 12 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 100 +45.600 18 1 13 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 99 Spun off 4 14 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 99 +1 Lap 19 15 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 97 +3 Laps 27 16 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 97 +3 Laps 25 17 2 US Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 96 Shift Linkage 9 18 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 96 +4 Laps 16 19 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 94 Contact 5 20 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 85 Cooling 8 21 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 74 Engine 26 22 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 66 Transmission 24 23 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 49 Electrical 20 24 34 USA Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 34 Transmission 28 25 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 3 Contact 12 26 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 3 Contact 22 27 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 3 Contact 23 28 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 3 Contact 21 Caution flags Laps Cause4-10 Moore (99), Jourdain Jr. (19), Castro-Neves (16), Lehto (9) contact26-29 Gugelmin (17) spin67-71 Debris on track Lap Leaders Laps Leader1-11 Jimmy Vasser12-67 Alex Zanardi68-88 Christian Fittipaldi89-100 Alex Zanardi Driver Laps ledAlex Zanardi 68Christian Fittipaldi 21Jimmy Vasser 11 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 ITA Alex Zanardi 155 2 CAN Greg Moore 97 3 USA Jimmy Vasser 92 4 MEX Adrián Fernández 85 5 USA Michael Andretti 68 References Category:Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland Medic Drug Grand Prix Category:1990s in Cleveland Medic Drug Grand Prix