1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix

The 1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 27, 1998, on the Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The race was won by Jimmy Vasser, his first win on an oval for nearly two years. Vasser won ahead of teammate and reigning champion Alex Zanardi, making it a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing.

1998 Nazareth

Race details
Race 4 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Nazareth Speedway
Date	April 27, 1998
Official name	1998 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix
Location	Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States
Course	Permanent oval course 0.946 mi / 1.522 km
Distance	225 laps 212.85 mi / 342.45 km
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing)
Time	18.419
Fastest lap
Driver	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Time	19.514 (on lap 204 of 225)
Podium
First	Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	225	1:57:20.307	5	20
2	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	225	+1.400	8	16
3	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	225	+3.610	2	14
4	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	225	+6.016	4	12
5	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	225	+8.016	10	10
6	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	225	+9.618	9	8
7	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	225	+10.167	24	6
8	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	224	+1 Lap	7	5
9	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	224	+1 Lap	16	4
10	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	224	+1 Lap	13	3
11	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	224	+1 Lap	6	2
12	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	223	+2 Laps	23	1
13	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	222	+3 Laps	1	1
14	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	221	+4 Laps	20
15	2	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	220	+5 Laps	18
16	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	218	+7 Laps	15
17	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	206	Contact	14
18	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	122	Contact	3	1
19	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	107	Brakes	25
20	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	107	Contact	21
21	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	80	Contact	17
22	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	68	Fire	12
23	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	62	Contact	19
24	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	28	Transmission	26
25	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	10	Contact	22
26	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	0	Contact	11
DNQ	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing		Did not Qualify
DNQ	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske		Did not Qualify

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-9	Fernández (40) contact
14-19	Vitolo (34) contact
63-78	Castro-Neves (16) contact
82-91	Franchitti (27) contact
109-122	Jones (98), Blundell (18) contact
123-132	Andretti (6) contact
207-219	Gugelmin (17) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-10 Patrick Carpentier 11-112 Michael Andretti 113-154 Bryan Herta 155-164 Jimmy Vasser 165-191 Alex Zanardi 192-194 Greg Moore 195-225 Jimmy Vasser

Driver Laps led Michael Andretti 102 Bryan Herta 42 Jimmy Vasser 41 Alex Zanardi 27 Patrick Carpentier 10 Greg Moore 3

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Greg Moore	51
2	Alex Zanardi	50
3	Adrián Fernández	41
4	Gil de Ferran	33
5	Jimmy Vasser	31