1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200
# 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200

The 1998 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 was the ninth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 21, 1998, on the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Alex Zanardi was the winner of the race, his second consecutive win and his fourth of the season and extended his points lead to 37 points.

## Classification

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 98 | 1:54:06.822 | 5 | 20+1 |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 98 | +6.839 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 98 | +7.109 | 1 | 14+1 |
| 4 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 98 | +12.908 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 98 | +14.176 | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 98 | +18.390 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 98 | +25.576 | 15 | 6 |
| 8 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 98 | +27.026 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 98 | +27.577 | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 97 | +1 Lap | 23 | 3 |
| 11 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 97 | +1 Lap | 22 | 2 |
| 12 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 97 | +1 Lap | 25 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 97 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 14 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 97 | +1 Lap | 27 | |
| 15 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 95 | Transmission | 17 | |
| 16 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 95 | +3 Laps | 26 | |
| 17 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 95 | +3 Laps | 10 | |
| 18 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 94 | +4 Laps | 28 | |
| 19 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 92 | Oil Leak | 13 | |
| 20 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 79 | Contact | 9 | |
| 21 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 71 | Contact | 2 | |
| 22 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 27 | Contact | 16 | |
| 23 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 17 | Fuel pump | 21 | |
| 24 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 10 | Contact | 6 | |
| 25 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 6 | Exhaust | 24 | |
| 26 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 0 | Contact | 7 | |
| 27 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 0 | Contact | 14 | |
| 28 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 0 | Contact | 20 | |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1-3 | Multi-car collision |
| 10-12 | Vasser (12), Fernández (40) contact |
| 14 | Gordon (24) spin |
| 73-78 | Franchitti (27), Jones (98) contact |

## Lap Leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1-13 | Bryan Herta |
| 14-35 | Dario Franchitti |
| 36 | André Ribeiro |
| 37-44 | Al Unser Jr. |
| 45-46 | Bryan Herta |
| 47-67 | Alex Zanardi |
| 68-72 | Bryan Herta |
| 73-98 | Alex Zanardi |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Alex Zanardi | 47 |
| Dario Franchitti | 22 |
| Bryan Herta | 20 |
| Al Unser Jr. | 8 |
| André Ribeiro | 1 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 134 |
| 2 | Greg Moore | 97 |
| 3 | Jimmy Vasser | 85 |
| 4 | Adrián Fernández | 75 |
| 5 | Gil de Ferran | 55 |
