The 1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland was the tenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 12, 1998, at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. The race, once again was won by defending champion Alex Zanardi, who dominated the race once he passed his teammate and polesitter Jimmy Vasser (who was suffering from gearbox problems) on a restart. The win was Zanardi's third consecutive of the season.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 100 1:52:22.282 3 20+1 2 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 100 +8.422 7 16 3 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 100 +8.901 2 14 4 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 100 +18.384 14 12 5 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 100 +28.069 17 10 6 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 100 +28.608 11 8 7 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 100 +29.120 1 6+1 8 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 100 +31.265 10 5 9 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 100 +36.234 15 4 10 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 100 +38.334 6 3 11 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 100 +43.590 13 2 12 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 100 +45.600 18 1 13 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 99 Spun off 4 14 21 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 99 +1 Lap 19 15 36 Alex Barron All American Racing 97 +3 Laps 27 16 77 Arnd Meier Davis Racing 97 +3 Laps 25 17 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 96 Shift Linkage 9 18 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 96 +4 Laps 16 19 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 94 Contact 5 20 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 85 Cooling 8 21 98 P. J. Jones All American Racing 74 Engine 26 22 3 André Ribeiro Team Penske 66 Transmission 24 23 24 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 49 Electrical 20 24 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 34 Transmission 28 25 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 3 Contact 12 26 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 3 Contact 22 27 16 Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 3 Contact 23 28 9 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 3 Contact 21
Caution flags Laps Cause4-10 Moore (99), Jourdain Jr. (19), Castro-Neves (16), Lehto (9) contact26-29 Gugelmin (17) spin67-71 Debris on track
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-11 Jimmy Vasser12-67 Alex Zanardi68-88 Christian Fittipaldi89-100 Alex Zanardi Driver Laps ledAlex Zanardi 68Christian Fittipaldi 21Jimmy Vasser 11
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Alex Zanardi 155 2 Greg Moore 97 3 Jimmy Vasser 92 4 Adrián Fernández 85 5 Michael Andretti 68
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