1998 Texaco/Havoline 200
# 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200

The 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 was the fourteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 16, 1998, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dario Franchitti won the race, his first career win in CART. The race was also notable for a crash in which Alex Barron ended up on top of Bryan Herta.

## Classification

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 50 | 1:35:30.767 | 6 | 20+1 |
| 2 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 50 | +7.102 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 50 | +43.922 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 50 | +46.134 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 50 | +47.097 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 50 | +52.003 | 17 | 8 |
| 7 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 50 | +52.167 | 15 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 50 | +1:06.372 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 50 | +1:07.084 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 50 | +1:07.598 | 27 | 3 |
| 11 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 50 | +1:14.329 | 19 | 2 |
| 12 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 50 | +1:15.697 | 23 | 1 |
| 13 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 50 | +1:19.336 | 25 | |
| 14 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 50 | +1:38.024 | 24 | |
| 15 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 49 | Tyre/Contact | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 43 | Engine | 5 | |
| 17 | 34 | Gualter Salles | Payton/Coyne Racing | 41 | Engine | 20 | |
| 18 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 32 | Exhaust | 18 | |
| 19 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 29 | Brakes | 21 | |
| 20 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 24 | Engine | 4 | |
| 21 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 18 | Transmission | 8 | |
| 22 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 14 | Spun off | 28 | |
| 23 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 10 | Contact | 2 | |
| 24 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 10 | Contact | 26 | |
| 25 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 7 | Engine | 13 | |
| 26 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 2 | Header | 22 | |
| 27 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 0 | Contact | 10 | |
| 28 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 0 | Contact | 16 | |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 10 | Ribeiro (3) stalled on course |
| 12-14 | Herta (8), Barron (36) contact |

## Lap Leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1-9 | Michael Andretti |
| 10 | Bryan Herta |
| 11-16 | Greg Moore |
| 17-25 | Michael Andretti |
| 26-27 | Dario Franchitti |
| 28 | JJ Lehto |
| 29 | Bobby Rahal |
| 30-50 | Dario Franchitti |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Dario Franchitti | 23 |
| Michael Andretti | 18 |
| Greg Moore | 6 |
| Bobby Rahal | 1 |
| JJ Lehto | 1 |
| Bryan Herta | 1 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 206 |
| 2 | Jimmy Vasser | 126 |
| 3 | Adrián Fernández | 120 |
| 4 | Greg Moore | 119 |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | 93 |
