1998 Honda Indy 300
The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Alex Zanardi won the race, his 15th and final CART victory, after taking the lead from polesitter Dario Franchitti at the first round of pitstops.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 18 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
 Map of the track | |
| Date | 18 October, 1998 |
| Official name | Honda Indy 300 |
| Location | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia |
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km |
| Distance | 62 laps 173.290 mi / 278.876 km |
| Weather | Dry |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
| Time | 1:32.288 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:33.780 (on lap 54 of 62) |
| Podium | |
| First | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
| Third | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing) |
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Qualifying results
Classification
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 62 | 2:01:51.170 | 2 | 20+1 |
| 2 | 27 |  |
Team Green | 62 | +0.322 | 1 | 16+1 |
| 3 | 11 |  |
Newman-Haas Racing | 62 | +1.029 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 20 |  |
Patrick Racing | 62 | +6.388 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 9 |  |
Hogan Racing | 62 | +10.792 | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | 40 |  |
Patrick Racing | 62 | +11.153 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 21 | |
Tasman Motorsports Group | 62 | +11.680 | 14 | 6 |
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Forsythe Racing | 62 | +13.792 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | 33 | |
Forsythe Racing | 62 | +15.821 | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 8 | |
Team Rahal | 62 | +16.020 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | 18 | |
PacWest Racing Group | 62 | +19.870 | 17 | 2 |
| 12 | 17 | |
PacWest Racing Group | 62 | +20.170 | 21 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | |
Team Penske | 62 | +20.729 | 22 | |
| 14 | 5 | |
Walker Racing | 62 | +22.072 | 8 | |
| 15 | 98 | |
All American Racing | 62 | +22.808 | 27 | |
| 16 | 24 | |
Arciero-Wells Racing | 62 | +23.747 | 20 | |
| 17 | 25 | |
Arciero-Wells Racing | 61 | Electrical | 13 | |
| 18 | 10 | |
Della Penna Motorsports | 60 | +2 Laps | 23 | |
| 19 | 36 | |
All American Racing | 59 | Contact | 26 | |
| 20 | 6 | |
Newman-Haas Racing | 59 | Contact | 6 | |
| 21 | 16 | |
Bettenhausen Racing | 54 | Contact | 18 | |
| 22 | 2 | |
Team Penske | 53 | +9 Laps | 19 | |
| 23 | 26 | |
Team Green | 45 | Contact | 4 | |
| 24 | 12 | |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 38 | Contact | 7 | |
| 25 | 7 | |
Team Rahal | 19 | Contact | 11 | |
| 26 | 19 | |
Payton/Coyne Racing | 11 | Contact | 25 | |
| 27 | 77 |  |
Davis Racing | 4 | Oil leak | 24 | |
| DNQ | 34 | |
Payton/Coyne Racing | Did not Qualify |
Caution flags
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 14-16 | Jourdain Jr. (19) contact |
| 21-24 | Rahal (7) contact |
| 36-37 | Tire wall problem |
| 40-41 | Castro-Neves (16), Vasser (12) contact |
| 43-44 | Hearn (10) spin |
| 56-58 | Castro-Neves (16) contact |
| 61-62 | Barron (36), Andretti (6), Hearn (10) contact |
Lap Leaders
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Point standings after race
| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
271 |
| 2 | |
160 |
| 3 | |
148 |
| 4 | |
142 |
| 5 | |
125 |
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gollark: This margin.
gollark: Macron 3 had a highly elegant solution to this which this margin is unfortunately too small to contain.
gollark: I really do.
gollark: There are no performance implications to this, before you worry.
References
| Previous race: 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston |
CART Indycar World Series 1998 season |
Next race: 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota |
| Previous race: 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival |
Honda Indy 300 | Next race: 1999 Honda Indy 300 |
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