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1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars in CART at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Full information

1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars is 304th CART race. Passed at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Dario Franchitti won the pole position, Alessandro Zanardi won this race. Dario Franchitti and Christian Fittipaldi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 62 laps (279 km).

Previous race: 1998 Houston Champ Cars
Next race: 1998 Fontana Champ Cars
Race Start: 18th October 1998

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

24th victory for the Chip Ganassi Racing Team team
15th victory for the Alessandro Zanardi
27th podium for the Alessandro Zanardi
6th podium for the Dario Franchitti
6th podium for the Christian Fittipaldi

Reynard 98I - 1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars winner

Reynard 98I #1 - 1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars winner

1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	21	2h 1m 51.17s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	17	2h 1m 51.492s	Team Green
3	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	14	2h 1m 52.199s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	12	2h 1m 57.558s	Patrick Racing
5	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	10	2h 2m 1.962s	Hogan Racing
6	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 98I, #40	8	2h 2m 2.323s	Patrick Racing
7	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	6	2h 2m 2.85s	Tasman Motorsports Group
8	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	5	2h 2m 4.962s	Forsythe Racing
9	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	4	2h 2m 6.991s	Forsythe Racing
10	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	3	2h 2m 7.19s	Team Rahal
11	Mark Blundell	Reynard 98I, #18	2	2h 2m 11.04s	PacWest Racing Group
12	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 98I, #17	1	2h 2m 11.34s	PacWest Racing Group
13	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	0	2h 2m 11.899s	Marlboro Team Penske
14	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	0	2h 2m 13.242s	Walker Racing
15	Vincenzo Sospiri	Eagle 987, #98	0	2h 2m 13.978s	All-American Racers
16	Robby Gordon	Reynard 98I, #24	0	2h 2m 14.917s	Arciero-Wells Racing
17	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	0	61 laps Electrics	Arciero-Wells Racing
18	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	0	60 laps	Della Penna Motorsports
19	Alex Barron	Eagle 987, #36	0	59 laps Accident	All-American Racers
20	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	0	59 laps Accident	Newman-Haas Racing
21	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	0	54 laps Accident	Bettenhausen Motorsports
22	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	0	53 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
23	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	0	45 laps Accident	Team Green
24	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	0	38 laps Accident	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
25	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	0	19 laps Accident	Team Rahal
26	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	0	11 laps Accident	Payton-Coyne Racing
27	Arnd Meier, Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #77	0	4 laps Oil leak	Davis Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1998 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars on the Surfers Paradise circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 98I, #27	1m 32.288s	Team Green
2	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 98I, #1	1m 32.31s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 009c, #11	1m 32.501s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Paul Tracy	Reynard 98I, #26	1m 32.583s	Team Green
5	Bryan Herta	Reynard 98I, #8	1m 32.588s	Team Rahal
6	Michael Andretti	Swift 009c, #6	1m 32.613s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 98I, #12	1m 32.676s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 98I, #5	1m 32.851s	Walker Racing
9	Greg Moore	Reynard 98I, #99	1m 32.919s	Forsythe Racing
10	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard 98I, #40	1m 33.019s	Patrick Racing
11	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	1m 33.068s	Team Rahal
12	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	1m 33.236s	Patrick Racing
13	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 98I, #25	1m 33.375s	Arciero-Wells Racing
14	Tony Kanaan	Reynard 98I, #21	1m 33.543s	Tasman Motorsports Group
15	Jj Lehto	Reynard 98I, #9	1m 33.669s	Hogan Racing
16	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 98I, #33	1m 33.819s	Forsythe Racing
17	Mark Blundell	Reynard 98I, #18	1m 33.82s	PacWest Racing Group
18	Helio Castroneves	Reynard 98I, #16	1m 34.012s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
19	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC27, #2	1m 34.26s	Marlboro Team Penske
20	Robby Gordon	Reynard 98I, #24	1m 34.344s	Arciero-Wells Racing
21	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 98I, #17	1m 34.375s	PacWest Racing Group
22	Andre Ribeiro	Penske PC27, #3	1m 34.474s	Marlboro Team Penske
23	Richie Hearn	Swift 009c, #10	1m 34.511s	Della Penna Motorsports
24	Arnd Meier	Lola T97/00, #77	1m 34.534s	Davis Racing
25	Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 97I, #19	1m 35.109s	Payton-Coyne Racing
26	Alex Barron	Eagle 987, #36	1m 35.285s	All-American Racers
27	Vincenzo Sospiri, Dennis Vitolo	Eagle 987, #98	1m 36.561s	All-American Racers