1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland

The 1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland was the tenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 12, 1998, at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. The race, once again was won by defending champion Alex Zanardi, who dominated the race once he passed his teammate and polesitter Jimmy Vasser (who was suffering from gearbox problems) on a restart. The win was Zanardi's third consecutive of the season.

1998 Cleveland

Race details
Race 10 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Burke Lakefront Airport track layout
Date	July 12, 1998
Official name	1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland
Location	Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Course	Temporary airport course 2.369 mi / 3.790 km
Distance	100 laps 236.9 mi / 379 km
Weather	Dry with temperatures reaching up to 75.9 °F (24.4 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	56.417
Fastest lap
Driver	Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Time	58.817 (on lap 97 of 100)
Podium
First	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Michael Andretti (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	100	1:52:22.282	3	20+1
2	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	100	+8.422	7	16
3	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	100	+8.901	2	14
4	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	100	+18.384	14	12
5	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	100	+28.069	17	10
6	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	100	+28.608	11	8
7	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	100	+29.120	1	6+1
8	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	100	+31.265	10	5
9	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	100	+36.234	15	4
10	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	100	+38.334	6	3
11	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	100	+43.590	13	2
12	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	100	+45.600	18	1
13	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	99	Spun off	4
14	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	99	+1 Lap	19
15	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing	97	+3 Laps	27
16	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	97	+3 Laps	25
17	2	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	96	Shift Linkage	9
18	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	96	+4 Laps	16
19	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	94	Contact	5
20	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	85	Cooling	8
21	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	74	Engine	26
22	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske	66	Transmission	24
23	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	49	Electrical	20
24	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	34	Transmission	28
25	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	3	Contact	12
26	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	3	Contact	22
27	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	3	Contact	23
28	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	3	Contact	21

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
4-10	Moore (99), Jourdain Jr. (19), Castro-Neves (16), Lehto (9) contact
26-29	Gugelmin (17) spin
67-71	Debris on track

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-11 Jimmy Vasser 12-67 Alex Zanardi 68-88 Christian Fittipaldi 89-100 Alex Zanardi

Driver Laps led Alex Zanardi 68 Christian Fittipaldi 21 Jimmy Vasser 11

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	155
2	Greg Moore	97
3	Jimmy Vasser	92
4	Adrián Fernández	85
5	Michael Andretti	68

References

1. "Weather information for the 1998 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.