1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

Race 17 of 19

Houston
70 laps
Time of race: 1:36:30.979
Average speed of winner: 66.051 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 20 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 87.539
Lap leaders: Moore pole, Franchitti 1-70

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	92.281	70	1	70	flagged	21
2	8	Alex Zanardi	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	91.641	70	0	0	flagged	16
3	11	Tony Kanaan	21	LCI	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	91.193	70	0	0	flagged	14
4	3	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	92.050	70	0	0	flagged	12
5	14	Max Papis	25	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	91.090	70	0	0	flagged	10
6	12	Adrián Fernández	40	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	91.125	70	0	0	flagged	8
7	16	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	90.782	70	0	0	flagged	6
8	6	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	91.908	70	0	0	flagged	5
9	18	Richie Hearn	10	Budweiser/Ralph's	Swift	Ford	Firestone	Della Penna	90.653	70	0	0	flagged	4
10	21	JJ Lehto	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	90.260	70	0	0	flagged	3
11	19	Scott Pruett	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	90.534	69	0	0	flagged	2
12	20	Alex Barron	36	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	90.502	69	0	0	flagged	1
13	24	Robby Gordon	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	90.091	69	0	0	flagged	93
14	22	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	90.257	68	0	0	flagged	0
15	28	Vincenzo Sospiri	98	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	86.562	68	0	0	flagged	0
16	26	Arnd Meier	77	Hasseroder/J.A.G.	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	89.476	68	0	0	flagged	0
17	10	André Ribeiro	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	91.216	66	0	0	flagged	0
18	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	90.938	52	0	0	electrical	0
19	27	Dennis Vitolo	34	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	86.666	49	0	0	electrical	0
20	4	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	92.026	48	0	0	contact	0
21	7	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	91.859	38	0	0	suspension	0
22	25	Patrick Carpentier	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	89.973	36	0	0	contact	0
23	9	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	91.329	35	0	0	suspension	0
24	17	Hélio Castroneves	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	90.743	35	0	0	suspension	0
25	23	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	90.134	13	0	0	engine	0
26	1	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	92.377	3	0	0	contact	1
27	5	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	91.983	3	0	0	contact	0
28	13	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	91.108	2	0	0	suspension	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	250	17	0	6	13
2	Jimmy Vasser	149	17	0	2	4
3	Dario Franchitti	143	17	5	3	5
4	Adrián Fernández	134	17	1	2	4
5	Greg Moore	120	17	4	2	5
6	Michael Andretti	112	17	1	1	5
7	Scott Pruett	108	17	0	0	3
8	Robby Gordon	102	13	0	0	0
9	Bryan Herta	94	17	3	1	3
10	Tony Kanaan	86	17	0	0	2
11	Bobby Rahal	80	17	0	0	1
12	Al Unser, Jr.	72	17	0	0	2
13	Gil de Ferran	67	17	0	0	2
14	Paul Tracy	61	17	0	0	0
15	Richie Hearn	42	17	0	0	0
16	Mauricio Gugelmin	38	17	0	0	0
17	Christian Fittipaldi	36	16	0	0	1
18	Hélio Castroneves	33	17	0	0	1
19	Mark Blundell	26	17	0	0	0
20	Max Papis	25	17	0	0	0
21	Patrick Carpentier	23	17	2	0	0
22	JJ Lehto	15	17	0	0	0
23	André Ribeiro	13	16	0	0	0
24	Arnd Meier	4	17	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	4	17	0	0	0