1998 Molson Indy Vancouver

The 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver was the fifteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 6, 1998, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dario Franchitti took his second consecutive win at this race, after passing Michael Andretti for the lead with seven laps left. In doing so, Franchitti became the first driver to win a race from pole for over a year.

1998 Vancouver

Race details
Race 15 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Date	September 6, 1998
Official name	1998 Molson Indy Vancouver
Location	Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Course	Temporary street course 1.781 mi / 2.866 km
Distance	86 laps 153.166 mi / 246.39 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 25.3 °C (77.5 °F); dropping down to 20.1 °C (68.2 °F) by the end of the event
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Time	1:04.130
Fastest lap
Driver	Hélio Castro-Neves (Bettenhausen Racing)
Time	1:06.939 (on lap 30 of 86)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Second	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Third	Scott Pruett (Patrick Racing)

Building an insurmountable lead in the championship standings, Alex Zanardi's 4th-place finish in this race clinched the 1998 CART title with still four races remaining.

This marks the final career podium for Scott Pruett in CART.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	86	2:00:37.871	1	20+1+1
2	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	86	+3.437	6	16
3	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	86	+4.745	8	14
4	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	86	+5.002	3	12
5	2	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	86	+13.832	22	10
6	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	86	+14.933	13	8
7	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske	86	+16.246	19	6
8	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	86	+17.565	16	5
9	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	86	+19.206	23	4
10	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	86	+19.625	25	3
11	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	86	+19.759	7	2
12	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	86	+20.284	16	1
13	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	85	Brakes	14
14	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	85	+1 Lap	12
15	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	84	+2 Laps	21
16	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	73	Contact	10
17	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	69	Transmission	28
18	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	67	Contact	5
19	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing	62	Contact	27
20	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	55	Contact	4
21	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	54	Contact	26
22	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	51	Contact	2
23	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	47	Electrical	24
24	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	41	Fuel	9
25	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	30	Engine	11
26	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	10	Contact	15
27	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	10	Contact	17
28	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	6	Contact	20

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
11-17	Vasser (12), Carpentier (33) contact, Zanardi (1) spin
21-23	Jones (98), Vitolo (34) spin
43-45	Castro-Neves (16) stalled on course
52-55	Herta (8), Hearn (10) contact
57-61	Blundell (18), Moore (99), Jones (98) contact, Fittipaldi (11) spin
64-66	Barron (36) contact
69-70	Kanaan (21), Tracy (26) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-21 Dario Franchitti 22-41 Hélio Castro-Neves 43-50 Al Unser Jr. 51-62 Alex Barron 63-79 Michael Andretti 80-86 Dario Franchitti

Driver Laps led Dario Franchitti 28 Hélio Castro-Neves 20 Michael Andretti 17 Alex Barron 12 Al Unser Jr. 9

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	218
2	Jimmy Vasser	126
3	Adrián Fernández	120
4	Greg Moore	119
5	Dario Franchitti	110