1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix

The 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race that was held on June 7, 1998, on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the eighth race of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season. The race was won by Alex Zanardi for Chip Ganassi Racing. Adrián Fernández finished second, and Gil de Ferran clinched third.[2]

1998 Detroit Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
The Raceway on Belle Isle
Date	June 7, 1998
Official name	1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Course	Temporary street circuit 2.346 mi / 3.776 km
Distance	72 laps 168.912 mi / 271.872 km
Weather	Dry with temperatures reaching up to 64.4 °F (18.0 °C); wind speeds up to 11.6 miles per hour (18.7 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Time	1:13.530
Fastest lap
Driver	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:16.280 (on lap 64 of 72)
Podium
First	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Adrián Fernández (Patrick Racing)
Third	Gil de Ferran (Walker Racing)

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	72	1:41:17.673	2	20+1
2	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	72	+6.624	3	16
3	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	72	+7.511	9	14
4	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	72	+8.347	8	12
5	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	72	+9.784	1	10+1
6	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	72	+10.408	7	8
7	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	72	+12.141	15	6
8	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	72	+17.185	6	5
9	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	72	+21.291	17	4
10	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	72	+22.398	11	3
11	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	72	+22.903	12	2
12	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	72	+24.402	14	1
13	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	72	+35.526	18
14	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	72	+36.054	20
15	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	72	+36.883	16
16	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske	71	+1 Lap	25
17	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	71	+1 Lap	10
18	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	71	+1 Lap	19
19	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	71	+1 Lap	22
20	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing	70	+2 Laps	26
21	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	69	Engine	5
22	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	56	Contact	21
23	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	50	Turbo	4
24	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Penske	46	Transmission	13
25	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	40	Transmission	24
26	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	17	Handling	23
27	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	9	Engine	27
28	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	6	Electrical	28

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
43-45	Fittipaldi (11) spin
51-54	Hearn (10) engine blow-up

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-22 Greg Moore 23-72 Alex Zanardi

Driver Laps led Alex Zanardi 50 Greg Moore 22

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	113
2	Greg Moore	97
3	Jimmy Vasser	80
4	Adrián Fernández	75
5	Gil de Ferran	55

References

1. "1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
2. "1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

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