# 1998 Mosport Festival

The 1998 Mosport Festival was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on August 9, 1998. It was the fifth round of the 1998 Professional SportsCar Racing Championship season. The race was held over a two-hour-and-45-minute time period, during which 128 laps of the 3.9-kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 506.544 kilometres.
The race was won by the Dyson Racing team with drivers Butch Leitzinger and James Weaver driving a Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford. It was the 13th and final IMSA GT Championship race held at Mosport, with the championship being replaced by the American Le Mans Series in 1999.

## Race results

Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | WSC | 16 | Dyson Racing | Butch Leitzinger James Weaver | Riley & Scott Mk III | G | 128 |
| 1 | WSC | 16 | Dyson Racing | Butch Leitzinger James Weaver | Ford 5.0L V8 | G | 128 |
| 2 | WSC | 20 | Dyson Racing | Elliot Forbes-Robinson Dorsey Schroeder | Riley & Scott Mk III | G | 128 |
| 2 | WSC | 20 | Dyson Racing | Elliot Forbes-Robinson Dorsey Schroeder | Ford 5.0L V8 | G | 128 |
| 3 | GT1 | 4 | Panoz Motorsports | David Brabham Andy Wallace | Panoz GTR-1 | M | 127 |
| 3 | GT1 | 4 | Panoz Motorsports | David Brabham Andy Wallace | Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | M | 127 |
| 4 | GT1 | 5 | Panoz Motorsports | Éric Bernard Raul Boesel | Panoz GTR-1 | M | 127 |
| 4 | GT1 | 5 | Panoz Motorsports | Éric Bernard Raul Boesel | Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | M | 127 |
| 5 | WSC | 27 | Doran Enterprises, Inc. | Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard | Ferrari 333 SP | Y | 126 |
| 5 | WSC | 27 | Doran Enterprises, Inc. | Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard | Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12 | Y | 126 |
| 6 | WSC | 7 | Doyle-Risi Racing | Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele | Ferrari 333 SP | P | 123 |
| 6 | WSC | 7 | Doyle-Risi Racing | Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele | Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12 | P | 123 |
| 7 | WSC | 28 | Intersport Racing | Jon Field Jacek Mucha | Riley & Scott Mk III | G | 119 |
| 7 | WSC | 28 | Intersport Racing | Jon Field Jacek Mucha | Ford 5.0L V8 | G | 119 |
| 8 | WSC | 63 | Downing Atlanta | A.J. Smith Jim Downing | Kudzu DLM-4 | G | 119 |
| 8 | WSC | 63 | Downing Atlanta | A.J. Smith Jim Downing | Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor | G | 119 |
| 9 | GT3 | 10 | Prototype Technology Group | Bill Auberlen Mark Simo | BMW M3 | Y | 112 |
| 9 | GT3 | 10 | Prototype Technology Group | Bill Auberlen Mark Simo | BMW 3.2L I6 | Y | 112 |
| 10 | GT3 | 1 | Prototype Technology Group | Ross Bentley Peter Cunningham | BMW M3 | Y | 111 |
| 10 | GT3 | 1 | Prototype Technology Group | Ross Bentley Peter Cunningham | BMW 3.2L I6 | Y | 111 |
| 11 | GT2 | 6 | Prototype Technology Group | Marc Duez Ross Bentley | BMW M3 | Y | 111 |
| 11 | GT2 | 6 | Prototype Technology Group | Marc Duez Ross Bentley | BMW 3.2L I6 | Y | 111 |
| 12 | GT2 | 99 | Shumacher Racing | Larry Schumacher John O'Steen Andy Pilgrim | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 110 |
| 12 | GT2 | 99 | Shumacher Racing | Larry Schumacher John O'Steen Andy Pilgrim | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 110 |
| 13 | GT2 | 04 | C.J. Motorsports | John Morton John Graham | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 110 |
| 13 | GT2 | 04 | C.J. Motorsports | John Morton John Graham | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 110 |
| 14 | GT3 | 23 | Alex Job Racing | Cort Wagner Darryl Havens | Porsche 964 Carrera RSR | P | 102 |
| 14 | GT3 | 23 | Alex Job Racing | Cort Wagner Darryl Havens | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | P | 102 |
| 15 DNF | GT2 | 00 | David Friedman | David Friedman Nick Longhi | Porsche 993 Carrera RSR | G | 53 |
| 15 DNF | GT2 | 00 | David Friedman | David Friedman Nick Longhi | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 53 |
| DNS | GT3 | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Darryl Havens Cort Wagner | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | P | - |
| DNS | GT3 | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Darryl Havens Cort Wagner | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | P | - |