The 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 was the ninth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 21, 1998, on the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Alex Zanardi was the winner of the race.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 98 1:54:06.822 5 20+1 2 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 98 +6.839 3 16 3 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 98 +7.109 1 14+1 4 21 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 98 +12.908 12 12 5 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 98 +14.176 18 10 6 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 98 +18.390 8 8 7 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 98 +25.576 15 6 8 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 98 +27.026 4 5 9 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 98 +27.577 11 4 10 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 97 +1 Lap 23 3 11 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 97 +1 Lap 22 2 12 77 Arnd Meier Davis Racing 97 +1 Lap 25 1 13 16 Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 97 +1 Lap 19 14 36 Alex Barron All American Racing 97 +1 Lap 27 15 3 André Ribeiro Team Penske 95 Transmission 17 16 98 P. J. Jones All American Racing 95 +3 Laps 26 17 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 95 +3 Laps 10 18 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 94 +4 Laps 28 19 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 92 Oil Leak 13 20 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 79 Contact 9 21 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 71 Contact 2 22 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 27 Contact 16 23 24 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 17 Fuel pump 21 24 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 10 Contact 6 25 9 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 6 Exhaust 24 26 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 0 Contact 7 27 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 0 Contact 14 28 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 0 Contact 20
Caution flags Laps Cause1-3 Multi-car collision 10-12 Vasser (12), Fernández (40) contact14 Gordon (24) spin73-78 Franchitti (27), Jones (98) contact
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-13 Bryan Herta14-35 Dario Franchitti36 André Ribeiro37-44 Al Unser Jr.45-46 Bryan Herta47-67 Alex Zanardi68-72 Bryan Herta73-98 Alex Zanardi Driver Laps ledAlex Zanardi 47Dario Franchitti 22Bryan Herta 20Al Unser Jr. 8André Ribeiro 1
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Alex Zanardi 134 2 Greg Moore 97 3 Jimmy Vasser 85 4 Adrián Fernández 75 5 Gil de Ferran 55
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