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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 16 of 19 in the1998 CART season | |
 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | |
| Date | September 13, 1998 |
| Official name | 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco Havoline 300 |
| Location | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California |
| Course | Permanent road course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km |
| Distance | 83 laps 185.754 mi / 298.966 km |
| Weather | Dry |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Bryan Herta (Team Rahal) |
| Time | 1:08.146 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group) |
| Time | 1:10.824 (on lap 51 of 83) |
| Podium | |
| First | Bryan Herta (Team Rahal) |
| Second |  Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third | Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group) |
The1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco-Havoline 300 was the sixteenth round of the1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 13, 1998, at theMazda Raceway Laguna Seca inMonterey, California.Bryan Herta led the race from start to finish with the exception of pit stops, and held offAlex Zanardi at the end to take his first ever CART win.[1]
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 22-24 | Vitolo (34) spin |
| 68-76 | Sospiri (98) spin,Moore (99) off course,Barron (36),Castro-Neves (16) contact |
| 78-81 | Carpentier (33),Pruett (20),de Ferran (5) contact |
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 234 |
| 2 | Jimmy Vasser | 136 |
| 3 |  Adrián Fernández | 126 |
| 4 |  Dario Franchitti | 122 |
| 5 |  Greg Moore | 119 |
