1998 Atlantic Championship
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.
| 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season | |
|---|---|
| KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship | |
| Season | |
| Races | 12 |
| Start date | April 4th |
| End date | October 4th |
| Awards | |
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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 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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See also
- 1998 CART season
- 1998 Indy Lights season
- 1998 Indy Racing League season
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