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1998 Motegi Champ Cars

1998 Motegi Champ Cars is 288th CART race. Passed at the Motegi circuit. Jimmy Vasser won the pole position, Adrian Fernandez won this race. Al Unser, Jr. and Gil de Ferran also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 201 laps (501 km).

Previous race: 1998 Miami Grand Prix
Next race: 1998 Long Beach Grand Prix
Race Start: 28th March 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Motegi Champ Cars

21st victory for the Patrick Racing team
2nd victory for the Adrian Fernandez
4th podium for the Adrian Fernandez
79th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.
14th podium for the Gil de Ferran

1998 Motegi Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 98I, #40	21	1h 57m 12.016s	Patrick Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	16	1h 57m 13.102s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	14	1h 57m 17.404s	Walker Racing
4	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	12	1h 57m 19.939s	Forsythe Racing
5	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	10	1h 57m 20.166s	Team Green
6	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	8	200 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
7	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	7	200 laps	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	5	200 laps	Team Green
9	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	4	199 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
10	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	3	199 laps	PacWest Racing Group
11	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	2	198 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
12	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #34	1	198 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
13	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	0	197 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
14	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	0	195 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Arnd Meier	Lola T98/00, #77	0	195 laps	Davis Racing
16	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 98I, #24	0	188 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
17	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 98I, #7	0	185 laps	Team Rahal
18	Hideshi Matsuda	Swift 007i, #43	0	185 laps	Della Penna Motorsports
19	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	0	163 laps Wheel bearing	Forsythe Racing
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	0	147 laps Wheel bearing	PacWest Racing Group
21	Scott Pruett	Reynard 98I, #20	0	146 laps Overheating	Patrick Racing
22	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	121 laps Engine	Payton-Coyne Racing
23	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	0	118 laps Accident	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
24	Alex Barron	Reynard 97I, #36	0	108 laps Transmission	All-American Racers
25	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	0	98 laps Engine	Newman-Haas Racing
26	Roberto Moreno	Reynard 97I, #15	0	86 laps Transmission	Project Indy
27	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	0	74 laps Engine	Della Penna Motorsports
28	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	0	49 laps Clutch	Team Rahal
29	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	0	45 laps Electrics	Hogan Racing
30	P.J. Jones	Reynard 98I, #98	0	16 laps Oil leak	All-American Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1998 Motegi Champ Cars on the Motegi circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	25.584s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 98I, #40	25.615s	Patrick Racing
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	25.684s	Walker Racing
4	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	25.72s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	25.754s	Forsythe Racing
6	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	25.82s	Team Green
7	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	25.825s	PacWest Racing Group
8	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	25.875s	Marlboro Team Penske
9	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	25.927s	Team Rahal
10	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	25.929s	Tasman Motorsports Group
11	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	25.95s	PacWest Racing Group
12	Scott Pruett	Reynard 98I, #20	25.976s	Patrick Racing
13	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #34	25.991s	Payton-Coyne Racing
14	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	26.015s	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	26.026s	Marlboro Team Penske
16	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	26.055s	Team Green
17	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 98I, #7	26.067s	Team Rahal
18	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	26.086s	Hogan Racing
19	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	26.156s	Newman-Haas Racing
20	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	26.161s	Forsythe Racing
21	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	26.164s	Della Penna Motorsports
22	Roberto Moreno	Reynard 97I, #15	26.266s	Project Indy
23	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	26.541s	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	26.605s	Payton-Coyne Racing
25	Hideshi Matsuda	Swift 007i, #43	26.662s	Della Penna Motorsports
26	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	26.748s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
27	Arnd Meier	Lola T98/00, #77	26.8s	Davis Racing
28	Alex Barron	Reynard 97I, #36	26.802s	All-American Racers
29	P.J. Jones	Reynard 98I, #98	27.026s	All-American Racers
30	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 98I, #24	27.243s	Arciero-Wells Racing