1998 Rio 400

Race 5 of 19

Rio de Janeiro
133 laps
Time of race: 1:52:14.135
Average speed of winner: 132.531 mph
Margin of victory: 0.427 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 26 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 170.627
Lap leaders: Franchitti pole, Zanardi 1-77, Hearn 78-81, Franchitti 82-88, Zanardi 89-128, Moore 129-133

Race notes: Finale for Hiro Matsushita.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	7	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	170.779	133	1	5	flagged	20
2	2	Alex Zanardi	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	171.341	133	2	117	flagged	17
3	12	Adrián Fernández	40	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	168.734	133	0	0	flagged	14
4	6	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	170.944	133	0	0	flagged	12
5	8	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	170.492	133	0	0	flagged	10
6	13	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	168.510	133	0	0	flagged	8
7	28	Richie Hearn	10	Budweiser/Ralph's	Swift	Ford	Firestone	Della Penna		133	1	4	flagged	6
8	10	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	169.931	133	0	0	flagged	5
9	21	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	166.120	132	0	0	flagged	4
10	22	JJ Lehto	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	165.963	132	0	0	flagged	3
11	18	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	166.946	132	0	0	flagged	2
12	24	Alex Barron	36	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	163.960	131	0	0	flagged	1
13	23	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	164.133	130	0	0	flagged	0
14	19	Arnd Meier	77	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	166.755	130	0	0	flagged	0
15	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	163.036	129	0	0	flagged	0
16	27	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske		118	0	0	engine	0
17	17	Patrick Carpentier	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	167.025	106	0	0	handling	0
18	15	Scott Pruett	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	167.840	98	0	0	transmission	0
19	1	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	172.039	90	1	7	electrical	1
20	14	Gualter Salles	34	Payton Coyne Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	168.054	89	0	0	contact	0
21	5	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	171.166	78	0	0	fuel system	0
22	16	André Ribeiro	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	167.517	76	0	0	transmission	0
23	11	Hélio Castroneves	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	169.480	54	0	0	engine	0
24	25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	163.664	53	0	0	contact	0
25	9	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	169.983	39	0	0	contact	0
26	4	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	171.284	39	0	0	contact	0
27	3	Tony Kanaan	21	LCI	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	171.289	28	0	0	engine	0
28	20	Max Papis	25	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	166.495	17	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Greg Moore	71	5	1	1	3
2	Alex Zanardi	67	5	0	1	4
3	Adrián Fernández	55	5	0	1	2
4	Jimmy Vasser	40	5	0	1	1
5	Bryan Herta	37	5	1	0	1
6	Gil de Ferran	33	5	0	0	1
7	Michael Andretti	32	5	0	1	1
8	Dario Franchitti	26	5	1	0	1
9	Tony Kanaan	22	5	0	0	0
10	Paul Tracy	20	5	0	0	0
11	Al Unser, Jr.	16	5	0	0	1
12	Christian Fittipaldi	14	5	0	0	0
13	Bobby Rahal	13	5	0	0	0
14	Mark Blundell	12	5	0	0	0
15	Scott Pruett	11	5	0	0	0
16	Mauricio Gugelmin	10	5	0	0	0
17	Richie Hearn	9	5	0	0	0
18	Robby Gordon	6	1	0	0	0
19	Hélio Castroneves	6	5	0	0	0
20	André Ribeiro	4	4	0	0	0
21	JJ Lehto	3	5	0	0	0
22	Patrick Carpentier	3	5	1	0	0
23	P.J. Jones	2	5	0	0	0
24	Alex Barron	1	4	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1	5	0	0	0