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1998 Portland Champ Cars

1998 Portland Champ Cars is 295th CART race. Passed at the Portland circuit. Bryan Herta won the pole position, Alessandro Zanardi won this race. Scott Pruett and Bryan Herta also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 98 laps (310 km).

Previous race: 1998 Detroit Grand Prix
Next race: 1998 Cleveland Champ Cars
Race Start: 21st June 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Portland Champ Cars

21st victory for the Chip Ganassi Racing Team team
12th victory for the Alessandro Zanardi
20th podium for the Alessandro Zanardi
13th podium for the Scott Pruett
6th podium for the Bryan Herta

Reynard 98I - 1998 Portland Champ Cars winner

Reynard 98I #1 - 1998 Portland Champ Cars winner

1998 Portland Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	21	1h 54m 6.822s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Scott Pruett	Reynard 98I, #20	16	1h 54m 13.661s	Patrick Racing
3	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	15	1h 54m 13.931s	Team Rahal
4	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	12	1h 54m 19.73s	Tasman Motorsports Group
5	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	10	1h 54m 20.998s	Marlboro Team Penske
6	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	8	1h 54m 25.212s	Team Rahal
7	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 98I, #17	6	1h 54m 32.398s	PacWest Racing Group
8	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	5	1h 54m 33.848s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
9	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	4	1h 54m 34.399s	Forsythe Racing
10	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	3	97 laps	Della Penna Motorsports
11	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	2	97 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
12	Arnd Meier	Lola T98/00, #77	1	97 laps	Davis Racing
13	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	0	97 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
14	Alex Barron	Reynard 98I, #36	0	97 laps	All-American Racers
15	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	0	95 laps Transmission	Marlboro Team Penske
16	P.J. Jones	Reynard 98I, #98	0	95 laps	All-American Racers
17	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	0	95 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
18	Dennis Vitolo	Reynard 97I, #34	0	94 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
19	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	92 laps Oil leak	Payton-Coyne Racing
20	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	0	79 laps Accident	Walker Racing
21	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	0	71 laps Accident	Team Green
22	Mark Blundell	Reynard 98I, #18	0	27 laps Accident	PacWest Racing Group
23	Robby Gordon	Reynard 98I, #24	0	17 laps Fuel pump	Arciero-Wells Racing
24	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 97I, #40	0	10 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
25	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	0	6 laps Exhausts	Hogan Racing
26	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	0	Accident	Newman-Haas Racing
27	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	0	Accident	Forsythe Racing
28	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	0	Accident	Team Green

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	58.358s	Team Rahal
2	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	58.447s	Team Green
3	Scott Pruett	Reynard 98I, #20	58.645s	Patrick Racing
4	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	58.657s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	58.883s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 97I, #40	58.901s	Patrick Racing
7	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	58.939s	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	59.118s	Team Rahal
9	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	59.145s	Walker Racing
10	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	59.188s	Newman-Haas Racing
11	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	59.227s	Forsythe Racing
12	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	59.301s	Tasman Motorsports Group
13	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	59.306s	Payton-Coyne Racing
14	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	59.346s	Forsythe Racing
15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 98I, #17	59.401s	PacWest Racing Group
16	Mark Blundell	Reynard 98I, #18	59.435s	PacWest Racing Group
17	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	59.508s	Marlboro Team Penske
18	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	59.513s	Marlboro Team Penske
19	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	59.598s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
20	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	59.63s	Team Green
21	Robby Gordon	Reynard 98I, #24	59.719s	Arciero-Wells Racing
22	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	59.881s	Arciero-Wells Racing
23	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	59.954s	Della Penna Motorsports
24	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	1m 0.267s	Hogan Racing
25	Arnd Meier	Lola T98/00, #77	1m 0.607s	Davis Racing
26	P.J. Jones	Reynard 98I, #98	1m 1.004s	All-American Racers
27	Alex Barron	Reynard 98I, #36	1m 1.416s	All-American Racers
28	Dennis Vitolo	Reynard 97I, #34	1m 2.975s	Payton-Coyne Racing