1998 Honda Indy 300
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Race 18 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
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Date | 18 October, 1998 |
Official name | Honda Indy 300 |
Location | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia |
Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km |
Distance | 62 laps 173.290 mi / 278.876 km |
Weather | Dry |
Pole position | |
Driver | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
Time | 1:32.288 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:33.780 (on lap 54 of 62) |
Podium | |
First | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
Third | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing) |
The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Alex Zanardi won the race, his final CART victory, after taking the lead from polesitter Dario Franchitti at the first round of pitstops.
Contents
Qualifying results
Classification
Race
Caution flags
Laps | Cause |
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13-15 | Jourdain Jr. (19) contact |
20-23 | Rahal (7) contact |
35-36 | Tire wall problem |
39-40 | Castro-Neves (16), Vasser (12) contact |
42-43 | Hearn (10) spin |
55-57 | Castro-Neves (16) contact |
60-62 | Barron (36), Andretti (6), Hearn (10) contact |
Lap Leaders
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Point standings after race
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
271 |
2 | ![]() |
160 |
3 | ![]() |
148 |
4 | ![]() |
142 |
5 | ![]() |
125 |
References
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