1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey

The 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco-Havoline 300 was the sixteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 13, 1998, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Bryan Herta led the race from start to finish with the exception of pit stops, and held off Alex Zanardi at the end to take his first ever CART win.

1998 Laguna Seca

Race details
Race 16 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Date	September 13, 1998
Official name	1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco Havoline 300
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
Course	Permanent road course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance	83 laps 185.754 mi / 298.966 km
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Time	1:08.146
Fastest lap
Driver	Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group)
Time	1:10.824 (on lap 51 of 83)
Podium
First	Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Second	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group)

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	83	1:55:13.472	1	20+1+1
2	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	83	+0.343	5	16
3	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	83	+3.779	14	14
4	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	83	+4.402	2	12
5	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	83	+7.174	3	10
6	2	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	83	+7.863	7	8
7	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	83	+9.129	6	6
8	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	83	+9.278	18	5
9	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	83	+9.666	13	4
10	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	83	+10.193	12	3
11	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	83	+10.881	17	2
12	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	83	+11.649	16	1
13	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	83	+12.024	24
14	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske	83	+12.571	22
15	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	82	+1 Lap	26
16	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	80	+3 Laps	19
17	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	76	Contact	20
18	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	76	Contact	8
19	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	76	Contact	10
20	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing	71	Contact	23
21	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	70	Off course	4
22	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	70	Contact	21
23	98	Vincenzo Sospiri	All American Racing	64	Brakes	27
24	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	39	Engine	25
25	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	31	Throttle	15
26	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	20	Spun off	28
27	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	13	Cooling	9
28	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	1	Suspension	11

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
22-24	Vitolo (34) spin
68-76	Sospiri (98) spin, Moore (99) off course, Barron (36), Castro-Neves (16) contact
78-81	Carpentier (33), Pruett (20), de Ferran (5) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-51 Bryan Herta 52-53 Dario Franchitti 54-83 Bryan Herta

Driver Laps led Bryan Herta 81 Dario Franchitti 2

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	234
2	Jimmy Vasser	136
3	Adrián Fernández	126
4	Dario Franchitti	122
5	Greg Moore	119