1998 Molson Indy Vancouver

Canada 1998 Vancouver
Race details
Race 15 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
DateSeptember 6, 1998
Official name1998 Molson Indy Vancouver
LocationConcord Pacific Place
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CourseTemporary street course
1.781 mi / 2.866 km
Distance86 laps
153.166 mi / 246.39 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 25.3 °C (77.5 °F); dropping down to 20.1 °C (68.2 °F) by the end of the event[1]
Pole position
DriverDario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Time1:04.130
Fastest lap
DriverHélio Castro-Neves (Bettenhausen Racing)
Time1:06.939 (on lap 30 of 86)
Podium
FirstDario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
SecondMichael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
ThirdScott Pruett (Patrick Racing)

The 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver was the fifteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 6, 1998, at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dario Franchitti took his second consecutive win at this race, after passing Michael Andretti for the lead with seven laps left. In doing so, Franchitti became the first driver to win a race from pole for over a year.

Building an insurmountable lead in the championship standings, Alex Zanardi's 4th-place finish in this race clinched the 1998 CART title with still four races remaining.

This marks the final career podium for Scott Pruett in CART.

  1. ^ "1998 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-14.