1998 Atlantic Championship
# 1998 Atlantic Championship

The 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 13 rounds. All teams had to use Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Lee Bentham driving for Forsythe Racing.

## Calendar

| Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Lap Distance (km) | Total Distance (km) | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Long Beach | California | April 4, 1998 | 38 | 2.533 | 96.595 | 0'58:34.554 | 98.943 km/h | Memo Gidley | Buddy Rice | Memo Gidley | Andrew Bordin |
| 2 | Nazareth | Pennsylvania | April 25, 1998 | 60 | 1.5223978 | 91.343868 | 0'27:27.352 | 199.616 km/h | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice |
| 3 | Madison | Illinois | May 22, 1998 | 27 | 2.011625 | 54.313875 | 0'28:19.198 | 115.072 km/h | Memo Gidley | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro |
| 4 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | May 30, 1998 | 60 | 1.6607976 | 99.647856 | 0'32:29.552 | 184.008 km/h | Memo Gidley | Memo Gidley | Memo Gidley | Derek Hill |
| 5 | Montréal | Canada | June 6, 1998 | 27 | 4.4207471 | 119.3601717 | 0'44:32.839 | 160.764 km/h | Lee Bentham | Lee Bentham | Alexandre Tagliani | Lee Bentham |
| 6 | Cleveland | Ohio | July 11, 1998 | 22 | 3.3891858 | 74.5620876 | 0'31:54.902 | 140.176 km/h | Kenny Wilden | Memo Gidley | Memo Gidley | Kenny Wilden |
| 7 | Toronto | Canada | July 18, 1998 | 39 | 2.7696053 | 108.0146067 | 0'59:04.390 | 109.709 km/h | Alexandre Tagliani | Lee Bentham | Alexandre Tagliani | Lee Bentham |
| 8 | Trois-Rivières | Canada | August 2, 1998 | 45 | 2.4477453 | 110.1485385 | 0'49:23.054 | 133.826 km/h | Alexandre Tagliani | Alexandre Tagliani | Alexandre Tagliani | Alexandre Tagliani |
| 9 | Lexington | Ohio | August 9, 1998 | 25 | 3.6337994 | 90.844985 | 0'33:03.166 | 164.909 km/h | Lee Bentham | Alexandre Tagliani | Lee Bentham | Anthony Lazzaro |
| 10 | Elkhart Lake | Wisconsin | August 16, 1998 | 15 | 6.4372 | 96.558 | 0'37:07.249 | 156.071 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Anthony Lazzaro | Andrew Bordin |
| 11 | Vancouver | Canada | September 5, 1998 | 38 | 2.8999586 | 110.1984268 | 1'00:59.908 | 108.395 km/h | Andrew Bordin | Jeff Shafer | Matt Sielsky | Rino Mastronardi |
| 12 | Monterey | California | September 12, 1998 | 28 | 3.6016134 | 100.8451752 | 0'44:11.726 | 136.908 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Lee Bentham | Lee Bentham | Alexandre Tagliani |
| 13 | Houston | Texas | October 4, 1998 | 30 | 2.4574011 | 73.722033 | 0'41:26.827 | 106.722 km/h | Anthony Lazzaro | Alexandre Tagliani | Anthony Lazzaro | David Rutledge |

Note:

Race 3 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

## Final points standings

### Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class.

| Place | Name | Country | Team | Chassis | Total Points | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lee Bentham | Canada | Forsythe Racing | Ralt | 163 | - | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Lee Bentham | Canada | Forsythe Racing | Swift | 163 | | | | 16 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 21 | - | 10 | 18 | 14 |
| 2 | Andrew Bordin | Canada | BDJS | Ralt | 139 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | | 6 | 11 | | | | | |
| 2 | Andrew Bordin | Canada | BDJS | Swift | 139 | | | | | | - | | | 11 | - | 20 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Memo Gidley | United States | Lynx Racing | Ralt | 134 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 21 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Memo Gidley | United States | Lynx Racing | Swift | 134 | | | | | | 2 | 10 | 12 | - | 16 | 9 | - | 11 |
| 4 | Anthony Lazzaro | United States | PPI Motorsports | Swift | 133 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 6 | 16 | - | 16 | 7 | 22 | - | 20 | 21 |
| 5 | Alexandre Tagliani | Canada | Forsythe Racing | Ralt | 130 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Alexandre Tagliani | Canada | Forsythe Racing | Swift | 130 | | - | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 2 | - | 12 | 17 |
| 6 | Matt Sielsky | United States | D&L Racing | Ralt | 109 | - | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Matt Sielsky | United States | D&L Racing | Swift | 109 | | | | | | 6 | 12 | 8 | 14 | - | 15 | - | 7 |
| 7 | Buddy Rice | United States | Lynx Racing | Ralt | 108 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Buddy Rice | United States | Lynx Racing | Swift | 108 | | | | | | 14 | - | - | 16 | - | 11 | 11 | - |
| 8 | Kenny Wilden | Canada | Shank Racing | Swift | 92 | 8 | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | 14 | 9 | - | 14 | 3 | 14 | - |
| 9 | David Rutledge | Canada | Binder Racing | Ralt | 70 | - | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | David Rutledge | Canada | Binder Racing | Swift | 70 | | | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Rob MacDonald | Canada | P-1 Racing | Swift | 62 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 8 | - | 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | - |
| 11 | Rino Mastronardi | Italy | Condor Motorsports | Swift | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 12 | - | 16 | 10 | - |
| 12 | David Pook | United States | Hylton Motorsports | Swift | 51 | - | 9 | 10 | - | - | 9 | - | 6 | 10 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 13 | Derek Hill | United States | P-1 Racing | Swift | 47 | 12 | - | - | 6 | - | 7 | 4 | - | 6 | 11 | 1 | - | - |
| 14 | Mike Conte | United States | World Speed Motorsports | Swift | 41 | - | | | | | 3 | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | 7 | - |
| 14 | Mike Conte | United States | World Speed Motorsports | Ralt | 41 | | 8 | 5 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Case Montgomery | United States | Condor Motorsports | Swift | 39 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 16 | Michael David | United States | PDR Enterprises | Ralt | 37 | 10 | 6 | - | - | 9 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 17 | Andrea Delorenzi | Italy | RDS Motorsports | Ralt | 35 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | | | | |
| 17 | Andrea Delorenzi | Italy | RDS Motorsports | Swift | 35 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 8 | 2 | - |
| 18 | Jeff Shafer | United States | PPI Motorsports | Swift | 32 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 12 | 1 | - | - |
| 19 | Masaoki Nagashima | Japan | PPI Motorsports | Swift | 31 | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 5 | - |
| 20 | Eric Lang | United States | D&L Racing | Swift | 29 | 9 | | | | | | | | - | 6 | - | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | Eric Lang | United States | D&L Racing | Ralt | 29 | | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | | | | | |
| 21 | John Rutherford | United States | Shank Racing | Swift | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 7 | - | - |
| 22 | Robert Sollenskog | Sweden | BRS Motorsports | Swift | 21 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 23 | Jean-François Dumoulin | Canada | Team Scalzo | Ralt | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Steve Imhoff | United States | Hammerhead Racing | Ralt | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | Mark Tague | United States | World Speed Motorsports | Ralt | 11 | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Cam Binder | Canada | Binder Racing | Swift | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| 27 | Nicolas Rondet | France | World Speed Motorsports | Swift | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 28 | Ted Sahley | United States | Olsson Engineering | Ralt | 9 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | Steve Cameron | New Zealand | Lynx Racing | Swift | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 30 | Bob Siska | United States | RJS Motorsport | Ralt | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Joe Sposato | United States | Sposato Motor Racing | Ralt | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Luc Lesage | Canada | ? | Ralt | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 33 | Rennie Clayton | United States | RPS Motorsport | Ralt | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| | John Brooks | United States | BBGP Racing | Ralt | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 35 | Steve Forrer | United States | Forrer Racing | Ralt | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 36 | Sergi Szortyka | United States | J&J Racing | Ralt | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Zak Brown | United States | Active Motorsports | Swift | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 38 | Dan Vosloo | United States | Danvo Racing | Ralt | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bob Thomas | United States | Olsson Engineering | Ralt | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Frank Allers | Canada | Johnston Engineering | Reynard | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Scott Wood | United States | RDS Motorsports | Ralt | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |

Note:

Race 3 only one additional point awarded to Anthony Lazzaro, maybe because the race was abandoned.

Race 4 no additional point for the qualifying was awarded, because no session was held due to repair work on the track, starting lineup based on Friday morning practice times.

