1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
# 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 5, 1998, on the streets of Long Beach, California. Alex Zanardi won the race, even though he was a lap down at one point.

This is the last Grand Prix of Long Beach to have Al Unser Jr and Bobby Rahal.

## Classification

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 105 | 1:51:29.113 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 105 | +2.917 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 105 | +4.336 | 1 | 14+1 |
| 4 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 105 | +5.885 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 105 | +15.905 | 13 | 10 |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 105 | +19.357 | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 105 | +21.158 | 23 | 6 |
| 8 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 105 | +24.602 | 20 | 5 |
| 9 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 105 | +37.374 | 15 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 105 | +51.452 | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 104 | +1 Lap | 25 | 2 |
| 12 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 104 | +1 Lap | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | 34 | Gualter Salles | Payton/Coyne Racing | 104 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 14 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 103 | +2 Laps | 27 | |
| 15 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 102 | +3 Laps | 21 | |
| 16 | 15 | Domenico Schiattarella | Project Indy | 101 | Contact | 28 | |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 101 | +4 Laps | 2 | |
| 18 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 99 | +6 Laps | 16 | |
| 19 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | Arciero-Wells Racing | 98 | +7 Laps | 29 | |
| 20 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 94 | Transmission | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 55 | Tire | 6 | |
| 22 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 55 | Oil leak | 17 | |
| 23 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 53 | Transmission | 19 | |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 37 | Contact | 24 | |
| 25 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 19 | Contact | 9 | |
| 26 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 19 | Contact | 12 | |
| 27 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 14 | Contact | 17 | |
| 28 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 8 | Contact | 26 | |
| 29 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 0 | Contact | 10 | |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1–3 | Unser Jr. (2), Castroneves (16) contact |
| 15–18 | Jourdain Jr. (19) contact |
| 20–23 | Tracy (26), Fittipaldi (11) contact |
| 26–28 | Jones (98), Rahal (7), Andretti (6) contact |
| 30–33 | Matsushita (24), Salles (34) contact |
| 39–42 | Papis (25), Barron (36) contact |
| 55–61 | Andretti (6) contact |

## Lap leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1–20 | Bryan Herta |
| 21–25 | JJ Lehto |
| 26–39 | Hélio Castroneves |
| 40–80 | Gil de Ferran |
| 81–82 | Hélio Castroneves |
| 83–92 | Gil de Ferran |
| 93 | Bryan Herta |
| 94–95 | Dario Franchitti |
| 96 | Adrián Fernández |
| 97–98 | Greg Moore |
| 99–103 | Bryan Herta |
| 104–105 | Alex Zanardi |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Gil de Ferran | 51 |
| Bryan Herta | 26 |
| Hélio Castroneves | 16 |
| JJ Lehto | 5 |
| Alex Zanardi | 2 |
| Dario Franchitti | 2 |
| Greg Moore | 2 |
| Adrián Fernández | 1 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Adrián Fernández | 41 |
| 2 | Greg Moore | 37 |
| 3 | Alex Zanardi | 34 |
| 4 | Dario Franchitti | 25 |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | 21 |
| Preceded by1997 Grand Prix of Long Beach | Grand Prix of Long Beach | Succeeded by1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |
