1998 Honda Indy

Race 18 of 19

Surfers Paradise
62 laps
Time of race: 2:01:51.170
Average speed of winner: 85.328 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 19 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 107.294
Lap leaders: Franchitti 1-13, Zanardi 14-62

Race notes: Last win for Alex Zanardi.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Alex Zanardi	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	109.002	62	1	49	flagged	21
2	1	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	109.028	62	1	13	flagged	17
3	3	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	108.777	62	0	0	flagged	14
4	12	Scott Pruett	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	107.920	62	0	0	flagged	12
5	15	JJ Lehto	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	107.421	62	0	0	flagged	10
6	10	Adrián Fernández	40	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	108.171	62	0	0	flagged	8
7	14	Tony Kanaan	21	LCI	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	107.566	62	0	0	flagged	6
8	9	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	108.288	62	0	0	flagged	5
9	16	Patrick Carpentier	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	107.249	62	0	0	flagged	4
10	5	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	108.675	62	0	0	flagged	3
11	17	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	107.248	62	0	0	flagged	2
12	21	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	106.617	62	0	0	flagged	1
13	22	André Ribeiro	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	106.505	62	0	0	flagged	0
14	8	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	108.367	62	0	0	flagged	0
15	27	Vincenzo Sospiri	98	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	104.204	62	0	0	flagged	0
16	20	Robby Gordon	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	106.652	62	0	0	flagged	0
17	13	Max Papis	25	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	107.759	61	0	0	electrical	0
18	23	Richie Hearn	10	Budweiser/Ralph's	Swift	Ford	Firestone	Della Penna	106.464	60	0	0	flagged	0
19	26	Alex Barron	36	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	105.599	59	0	0	contact	0
20	6	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	108.646	59	0	0	contact	0
21	18	Hélio Castroneves	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	107.029	54	0	0	contact	0
22	19	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	106.747	53	0	0	flagged	0
23	4	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	108.681	45	0	0	contact	0
24	7	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	108.572	38	0	0	contact	0
25	11	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	108.114	19	0	0	contact	0
26	25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	105.794	11	0	0	contact	0
27	24	Arnd Meier	77	Hasseroder/J.A.G.	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	106.438	4	0	0	oil leak	0
28	28	Dennis Vitolo	34	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	101.918	0	0	0	did not start	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	271	18	0	7	14
2	Dario Franchitti	160	18	6	3	6
3	Jimmy Vasser	149	18	0	2	4
4	Adrián Fernández	142	18	1	2	4
5	Greg Moore	125	18	4	2	5
6	Scott Pruett	120	18	0	0	3
7	Michael Andretti	112	18	1	1	5
8	Robby Gordon	102	14	0	0	0
9	Bryan Herta	97	18	3	1	3
10	Tony Kanaan	92	18	0	0	2
11	Bobby Rahal	80	18	0	0	1
12	Al Unser, Jr.	72	18	0	0	2
13	Gil de Ferran	67	18	0	0	2
14	Paul Tracy	61	18	0	0	0
15	Christian Fittipaldi	50	17	0	0	2
16	Richie Hearn	42	18	0	0	0
17	Mauricio Gugelmin	39	18	0	0	0
18	Hélio Castroneves	33	18	0	0	1
19	Mark Blundell	28	18	0	0	0
20	Patrick Carpentier	27	18	2	0	0
21	JJ Lehto	25	18	0	0	0
22	Max Papis	25	18	0	0	0
23	André Ribeiro	13	17	0	0	0
24	Arnd Meier	4	18	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	4	18	0	0	0