1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix

The 1998 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race that was held on June 18, 1998 on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the eighth race of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season. The race was won by Alex Zanardi for Chip Ganassi Racing. Adrián Fernández finished second, and Gil de Ferran clinched third.^[1]

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	72	1:41:17.673	2	20+1
2	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	72	+6.624	3	16
3	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	72	+7.511	9	14
4	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	72	+8.347	8	12
5	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	72	+9.784	1	10+1
6	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	72	+10.408	7	8
7	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	72	+12.141	15	6
8	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	72	+17.185	6	5
9	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	72	+21.291	17	4
10	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	72	+22.398	11	3
11	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	72	+22.903	12	2
12	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	72	+24.402	14	1
13	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	72	+35.526	18
14	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	72	+36.054	20
15	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	72	+36.883	16
16	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske	71	+1 Lap	25
17	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	71	+1 Lap	10
18	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	71	+1 Lap	19
19	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	71	+1 Lap	22
20	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing	70	+2 Laps	26
21	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	69	Engine	5
22	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	56	Contact	21
23	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	50	Turbo	4
24	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Penske	46	Transmission	13
25	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	40	Transmission	24
26	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	17	Handling	23
27	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	9	Engine	27
28	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	6	Electrical	28

Caution flags

Lap Leaders

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	113
2	Greg Moore	97
3	Jimmy Vasser	80
4	Adrián Fernández	75
5	Gil de Ferran	55

References