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.

Mosport International Raceway
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]

Race Start

Race results edit

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 WSC 16 Dyson Racing   Butch Leitzinger
  James Weaver
Riley & Scott Mk III G 128
Ford 5.0L V8
2 WSC 20 Dyson Racing   Elliot Forbes-Robinson
  Dorsey Schroeder
Riley & Scott Mk III G 128
Ford 5.0L V8
3 GT1 4 Panoz Motorsports   David Brabham
  Andy Wallace
Panoz GTR-1 M 127
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
4 GT1 5 Panoz Motorsports   Éric Bernard
  Raul Boesel
Panoz GTR-1 M 127
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
5 WSC 27 Doran Enterprises, Inc.   Didier Theys
  Fredy Lienhard
Ferrari 333 SP Y 126
Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12
6 WSC 7 Doyle-Risi Racing   Wayne Taylor
  Eric van de Poele
Ferrari 333 SP P 123
Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12
7 WSC 28 Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Jacek Mucha
Riley & Scott Mk III G 119
Ford 5.0L V8
8 WSC 63 Downing Atlanta   A.J. Smith
  Jim Downing
Kudzu DLM-4 G 119
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
9 GT3 10 Prototype Technology Group   Bill Auberlen
  Mark Simo
BMW M3 Y 112
BMW 3.2L I6
10 GT3 1 Prototype Technology Group   Ross Bentley
  Peter Cunningham
BMW M3 Y 111
BMW 3.2L I6
11 GT2 6 Prototype Technology Group   Marc Duez
  Ross Bentley
BMW M3 Y 111
BMW 3.2L I6
12 GT2 99 Shumacher Racing   Larry Schumacher
  John O'Steen
  Andy Pilgrim
Porsche 911 GT2 P 110
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 04 C.J. Motorsports   John Morton
  John Graham
Porsche 911 GT2 G 110
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT3 23 Alex Job Racing   Cort Wagner
  Darryl Havens
Porsche 964 Carrera RSR P 102
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
15
DNF
GT2 00 David Friedman   David Friedman
  Nick Longhi
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR G 53
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT3 22 Alex Job Racing   Darryl Havens
  Cort Wagner
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR P -
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6

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References edit

  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 2013-05-29.
  3. ^ "Mosport Festival". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2013-05-29.