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1998 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars in CART at the Rio de Janeiro circuit. Full information

1998 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars

1998 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars is 291st CART race. Passed at the Rio de Janeiro circuit. Dario Franchitti won the pole position, Greg Moore won this race. Alessandro Zanardi and Adrian Fernandez also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 133 laps (399 km).

Previous race: 1998 Nazareth Champ Cars
Next race: 1998 St Louis Champ Cars
Race Start: 10th May 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars

8th victory for the Forsythe Racing team
3rd victory for the Greg Moore
11th podium for the Greg Moore
17th podium for the Alessandro Zanardi
5th podium for the Adrian Fernandez

1998 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	20	1h 52m 14.135s	Forsythe Racing
2	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	17	1h 52m 14.562s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 97I, #40	14	1h 52m 18.974s	Patrick Racing
4	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	12	1h 52m 27.086s	Team Rahal
5	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	10	1h 52m 28.459s	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	8	1h 52m 29.386s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
7	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	6	1h 52m 29.934s	Della Penna Motorsports
8	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 98I, #7	5	1h 52m 42.784s	Team Rahal
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 98I, #17	4	132 laps	PacWest Racing Group
10	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	3	132 laps	Hogan Racing
11	Mark Blundell	Reynard 98I, #18	2	132 laps	PacWest Racing Group
12	Alex Barron	Reynard 97I, #36	1	131 laps	All-American Racers
13	P.J. Jones	Reynard 98I, #98	0	130 laps	All-American Racers
14	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #77	0	130 laps	Davis Racing
15	Robby Gordon	Reynard 98I, #24	0	129 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
16	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	0	118 laps Engine	Marlboro Team Penske
17	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	0	106 laps Handling	Forsythe Racing
18	Scott Pruett	Reynard 98I, #20	0	98 laps Transmission	Patrick Racing
19	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	1	90 laps Electrics	Team Green
20	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #34	0	89 laps Accident	Payton-Coyne Racing
21	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	0	78 laps Fuel system	Newman-Haas Racing
22	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	0	76 laps Transmission	Marlboro Team Penske
23	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	0	54 laps Engine	Bettenhausen Motorsports
24	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	53 laps Accident	Payton-Coyne Racing
25	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	0	39 laps Accident	Team Green
26	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	0	39 laps Accident	Walker Racing
27	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	0	28 laps Engine	Tasman Motorsports Group
28	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	0	17 laps Engine	Arciero-Wells Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1998 Rio do Janeiro Champ Cars on the Rio de Janeiro circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	39.005s	Team Green
2	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	39.164s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	39.176s	Tasman Motorsports Group
4	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	39.177s	Walker Racing
5	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	39.204s	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	39.255s	Team Rahal
7	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	39.293s	Forsythe Racing
8	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	39.359s	Newman-Haas Racing
9	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	39.477s	Team Green
10	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 98I, #7	39.489s	Team Rahal
11	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	39.594s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
12	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 97I, #40	39.769s	Patrick Racing
13	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	39.822s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
14	Gualter Salles	Reynard 97I, #34	39.93s	Payton-Coyne Racing
15	Scott Pruett	Reynard 98I, #20	39.981s	Patrick Racing
16	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	40.058s	Marlboro Team Penske
17	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	40.176s	Forsythe Racing
18	Mark Blundell	Reynard 98I, #18	40.195s	PacWest Racing Group
19	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #77	40.241s	Davis Racing
20	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	40.304s	Arciero-Wells Racing
21	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 98I, #17	40.395s	PacWest Racing Group
22	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	40.433s	Hogan Racing
23	P.J. Jones	Reynard 98I, #98	40.884s	All-American Racers
24	Alex Barron	Reynard 97I, #36	40.927s	All-American Racers
25	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	41.001s	Payton-Coyne Racing
26	Robby Gordon	Reynard 98I, #24	41.159s	Arciero-Wells Racing
27	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	Engine	Marlboro Team Penske
28	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10		Della Penna Motorsports