The 1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota was the fourth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.SpeedCenter. "Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota - Race Results." April 26, 1998. https://www.speedcenter.com/archive/races98/04nazareth/index.html The race was won by Jimmy Vasser, his first win on an oval for nearly two years.Associated Press / SFGate. "Vasser takes control in Bosch Grand Prix." April 28, 1998. https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Vasser-takes-control-in-Bosch-Grand-Prix-3091946.php Vasser won ahead of teammate and reigning champion Alex Zanardi, making it a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 225 1:57:20.307 5 20 2 1 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 225 +1.400 8 16 3 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 225 +3.610 2 14 4 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 225 +6.016 4 12 5 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 225 +8.016 10 10 6 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 225 +9.618 9 8 7 24 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 225 +10.167 24 6 8 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 224 +1 Lap 7 5 9 21 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 224 +1 Lap 16 4 10 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 224 +1 Lap 13 3 11 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 224 +1 Lap 6 2 12 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 223 +2 Laps 23 1 13 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 222 +3 Laps 1 1 14 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 221 +4 Laps 20 15 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 220 +5 Laps 18 16 9 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 218 +7 Laps 15 17 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 206 Contact 14 18 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 122 Contact 3 1 19 98 P. J. Jones All American Racing 107 Brakes 25 20 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 107 Contact 21 21 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 80 Contact 17 22 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 68 Fire 12 23 16 Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 62 Contact 19 24 77 Arnd Meier Davis Racing 28 Transmission 26 25 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 10 Contact 22 26 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 0 Contact 11 DNQ 36 Alex Barron All American Racing Did not Qualify DNQ 3 André Ribeiro Team Penske Did not Qualify
Caution flags Laps Cause1-9 Fernández (40) contact14-19 Vitolo (34) contact63-78 Castro-Neves (16) contact 82-91 Franchitti (27) contact 109-122 Jones (98), Blundell (18) contact123-132 Andretti (6) contact 207-219 Gugelmin (17) contact
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-10 Patrick Carpentier11-112 Michael Andretti113-154 Bryan Herta155-164 Jimmy Vasser165-191 Alex Zanardi192-194 Greg Moore195-225 Jimmy Vasser Driver Laps ledMichael Andretti 102Bryan Herta 42Jimmy Vasser 41Alex Zanardi 27Patrick Carpentier 10Greg Moore 3
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Greg Moore 51 2 Alex Zanardi 50 3 Adrián Fernández 41 4 Gil de Ferran 33 5 Jimmy Vasser 31
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