1998 Non-Canon CART World Championship

The 1998 Non-Canon CART World Championship is the first season of GertrandBachot's CART championship.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 CART Championship Series season.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers	Rounds	Primary Sponsors
Chip Ganassi Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		1	Alex Zanardi	1-	Target
				12	Jimmy Vasser	1-
Marlboro Team Penske [?]	Penske PC-27	Mercedes	Template:Goodyear	2	Al Unser, Jr.	1-	Marlboro
				3	Paul Tracy	1-
Walker Racing[?]	Reynard 98i	Honda	Template:Goodyear	5	Gil de Ferran	1-	Valvoline
Kmart Newman-Haas Racing[?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		6	Dario Franchitti	1-	Kmart
				11	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-
Team Rahal[?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		7	Bobby Rahal	1-	Miller Lite
				8	Kenny Bräck	1-	Shell
Hogan Racing[?]	Swift 009.c	Ford		9	Davey Hamilton	1-	Hogan Motor Leasing
Della Penna Motorsports[?]	Reynard 98i	Ford XB		10	Tony Stewart	1-	Budweiser
Alumax Bettenhausen Racing[?]	Swift 009.c	Mercedes	Template:Goodyear	16	Ricardo Zonta	1-	Alumax
Motorola PacWest Racing Group[?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB		17	Scott Goodyear	1-	Motorola
				18	Eliseo Salazar	1-
Herdez Payton/Coyne Racing[?]	Reynard 98i	Ford XB		19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1-	Herdez
				34	P.J. Jones	1-	SmithKline Beecham
Tecate Texaco Patrick Racing[?]	Reynard 98i	Ford XB		20	Michael Andretti	1-	Texaco/Valvoline
				40	Ádrián Fernández	1-	Tecate Beer
Tasman Motorsports Group[?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		21	Robby Gordon	1-	LCI
MCI Panasonic Arciero-Wells Racing[?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB		24	Hiro Matsushita	1-	Panasonic
				25	Max Papis	1-	MCI
Team KOOL Green[?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB		26	Patrick Carpentier	1-	KOOL
				27	Vincenzo Sospiri	1
					JJ Lehto	2-
Players Forsythe Racing[?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		33	Bryan Herta	All	Player's
				99	Greg Moore	All
Castrol All American Racing[?]	Eagle 987	Ford XB		98	Tony Kanaan	1-	Castrol
				36	Helio Castroneves	1-
Banco Cacique Davis Racing [?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB	Template:Goodyear	77	Gualter Salles	1-	Banco Cacique

Season Summary

Race results

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race	Driver of the Race	Report
1	Template:USA Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota	Homestead-Miami Speedway (O)	Homestead, Florida	March 15	Juan Pablo Montoya	Greg Moore	Template:USA Jimmy Vasser	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	/ Vincenzo Sospiri/Paul Tracy	Tony Kanaan	Report
2	Budweiser 500	Twin Ring Motegi (O)	Motegi, Japan	March 28
3	Template:USA Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach (S)	Long Beach, California	April 5
4	Template:USA Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota	Nazareth Speedway (O)	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	April 27
5	Rio 400k	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá (O)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	May 10
6	Template:USA Motorola 300	Gateway International Raceway (O)	Madison, Illinois	May 23
7	Template:USA Miller Lite 200	Milwaukee Mile (O)	West Allis, Wisconsin	May 31
8	Template:USA ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park (S)	Detroit, Michigan	June 7
9	Template:USA Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco/Havoline	Portland International Raceway (R)	Portland, Oregon	June 21
10	Template:USA Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Star Bank	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (S)	Cleveland, Ohio	July 12
11	Molson Indy	Exhibition Place (S)	Toronto, Ontario	July 19
12	Template:USA U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota	Michigan International Speedway (O)	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 26
13	Template:USA Miller Lite 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (R)	Lexington, Ohio	August 9
14	Template:USA The Chicago Tribune Presents Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America (R)	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 16
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver (S)	Vancouver, British Columbia	September 6
16	Template:USA Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Texaco/Havoline 300	Laguna Seca Raceway (R)	Monterey, California	September 13
17	Template:USA Texaco Grand Prix of Houston	Streets of Houston (S)	Houston, Texas	October 4
18	Template:AUS Honda Indy Carnival Australia	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (S)	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 18
19	USA}} Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota	California Speedway (O)	Fontana, California	November 1

(R) Dedicated road course, (O) Oval/Speedway, (S) Temporary street circuit