1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200

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Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Portland
Race details
Race 9 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Portland international raceway.svg
Portland International Raceway
DateJune 21, 1998
Official name 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200
LocationPortland International Raceway
Portland, Oregon, United States
CoursePermanent road course
1.967 mi / 3.17 km
Distance98 laps
192.766 mi / 310.66 km
WeatherDry
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta  (Team Rahal)
Time58.348
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier  (Forsythe Racing)
Time1:00.880 (on lap 89 of 98)
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett  (Patrick Racing)
Third Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta  (Team Rahal)

The 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 was the ninth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 21, 1998, on the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Alex Zanardi was the winner of the race, his second consecutive win and his fourth of the season and extended his points lead to 37 points.

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Classification

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 981:54:06.822520+1
220 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 98+6.839316
38 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 98+7.109114+1
421 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 98+12.9081212
52 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 98+14.1761810
67 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 98+18.39088
717 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 98+25.576156
812 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 98+27.02645
933 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 98+27.577114
1010 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 97+1 Lap233
1125 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 97+1 Lap222
1277 Flag of Germany.svg Arnd Meier Davis Racing 97+1 Lap251
1316 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 97+1 Lap19
1436 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron All American Racing 97+1 Lap27
153 Flag of Brazil.svg André Ribeiro Team Penske 95Transmission17
1698 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones All American Racing 95+3 Laps26
176 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 95+3 Laps10
1834 Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 94+4 Laps28
1919 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 92Oil Leak13
205 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 79Contact9
2127 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 71Contact2
2218 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 27Contact16
2324 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 17Fuel pump21
2440 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 10Contact6
259 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 6Exhaust24
2611 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 0Contact7
2799 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 0Contact14
2826 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 0Contact20

Caution flags

LapsCause
1-3Multi-car collision
10-12 Vasser (12), Fernández (40) contact
14 Gordon (24) spin
73-78 Franchitti (27), Jones (98) contact

Lap Leaders

LapsLeader
1-13 Bryan Herta
14-35 Dario Franchitti
36 André Ribeiro
37-44 Al Unser Jr.
45-46 Bryan Herta
47-67 Alex Zanardi
68-72 Bryan Herta
73-98 Alex Zanardi
 
DriverLaps led
Alex Zanardi 47
Dario Franchitti 22
Bryan Herta 20
Al Unser Jr. 8
André Ribeiro 1

Point standings after race

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi 134
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore 97
3 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 85
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández 75
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran 55