1998 Mosport Festival

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Mosport International Raceway

The 1998 Mosport Festival was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on August 9, 1998. It was the fifth round of the 1998 Professional SportsCar Racing Championship season. The race was held over a two-hour-and-45-minute time period, during which 128 laps of the 3.9-kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 506.544 kilometres.

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Pre-Race Grid

The race was won by the Dyson Racing team with drivers Butch Leitzinger and James Weaver driving a Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford. It was the 13th and final IMSA GT Championship race held at Mosport, with the championship being replaced by the American Le Mans Series in 1999. [1]

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Race Start

Race results

Class winners in bold.

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1WSC16 Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Weaver 		Riley & Scott Mk III G 128
Ford 5.0L V8
2WSC20 Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Elliot Forbes-Robinson
Flag of the United States.svg Dorsey Schroeder 		Riley & Scott Mk III G 128
Ford 5.0L V8
3GT14 Panoz Motorsports Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace 		Panoz GTR-1 M 127
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
4GT15 Panoz Motorsports Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard
Flag of Brazil.svg Raul Boesel 		Panoz GTR-1 M 127
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
5WSC27Doran Enterprises, Inc. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Lienhard 		Ferrari 333 SP Y 126
Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12
6WSC7Doyle-Risi Racing Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Taylor
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele 		Ferrari 333 SP P 123
Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12
7WSC28 Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacek Mucha		 Riley & Scott Mk III G 119
Ford 5.0L V8
8WSC63Downing Atlanta Flag of the United States.svg A.J. Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Downing 		Kudzu DLM-4 G 119
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
9GT310Prototype Technology Group Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Simo 		BMW M3 Y 112
BMW 3.2L I6
10GT31Prototype Technology Group Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ross Bentley
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Cunningham		 BMW M3 Y 111
BMW 3.2L I6
11GT26Prototype Technology Group Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Duez
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ross Bentley 		BMW M3 Y 111
BMW 3.2L I6
12GT299Shumacher Racing Flag of the United States.svg Larry Schumacher
Flag of the United States.svg John O'Steen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Pilgrim 		Porsche 911 GT2 P 110
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13GT204C.J. Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg John Morton
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Graham 		Porsche 911 GT2 G 110
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14GT323 Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cort Wagner
Flag of the United States.svg Darryl Havens		 Porsche 964 Carrera RSR P 102
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
15
DNF		GT200David Friedman Flag of the United States.svg David Friedman
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Longhi		 Porsche 993 Carrera RSR G 53
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNSGT322 Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Darryl Havens
Flag of the United States.svg Cort Wagner		 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR P -
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6

[2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mosport Visteon Panoz Race Report". Motorsport.com. August 9, 1998. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mosport Festival". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mosport Festival". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
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