# 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver

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.

## Classification
### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 86 | 2:00:37.871 | 1 | 20+1+1 |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 86 | +3.437 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 86 | +4.745 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 86 | +5.002 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 86 | +13.832 | 22 | 10 |
| 6 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 86 | +14.933 | 13 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 86 | +16.246 | 19 | 6 |
| 8 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 86 | +17.565 | 16 | 5 |
| 9 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 86 | +19.206 | 23 | 4 |
| 10 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 86 | +19.625 | 25 | 3 |
| 11 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 86 | +19.759 | 7 | 2 |
| 12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 86 | +20.284 | 16 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 85 | Brakes | 14 | |
| 14 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 85 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 15 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 84 | +2 Laps | 21 | |
| 16 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 73 | Contact | 10 | |
| 17 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 69 | Transmission | 28 | |
| 18 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 67 | Contact | 5 | |
| 19 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 62 | Contact | 27 | |
| 20 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 55 | Contact | 4 | |
| 21 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 54 | Contact | 26 | |
| 22 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 51 | Contact | 2 | |
| 23 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 47 | Electrical | 24 | |
| 24 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 41 | Fuel | 9 | |
| 25 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 30 | Engine | 11 | |
| 26 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 10 | Contact | 15 | |
| 27 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 10 | Contact | 17 | |
| 28 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 6 | Contact | 20 | |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 11-17 | Vasser (12), Carpentier (33) contact, Zanardi (1) spin |
| 21-23 | Jones (98), Vitolo (34) spin |
| 43-45 | Castro-Neves (16) stalled on course |
| 52-55 | Herta (8), Hearn (10) contact |
| 57-61 | Blundell (18), Moore (99), Jones (98) contact, Fittipaldi (11) spin |
| 64-66 | Barron (36) contact |
| 69-70 | Kanaan (21), Tracy (26) contact |

## Lap Leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| 1-21 | Dario Franchitti |
| 22-41 | Hélio Castro-Neves |
| 43-50 | Al Unser Jr. |
| 51-62 | Alex Barron |
| 63-79 | Michael Andretti |
| 80-86 | Dario Franchitti |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Dario Franchitti | 28 |
| Hélio Castro-Neves | 20 |
| Michael Andretti | 17 |
| Alex Barron | 12 |
| Al Unser Jr. | 9 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 218 |
| 2 | Jimmy Vasser | 126 |
| 3 | Adrián Fernández | 120 |
| 4 | Greg Moore | 119 |
| 5 | Dario Franchitti | 110 |