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
Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		1	Alex Zanardi	1-	Target
				12	Template:USA Jimmy Vasser	1-
Template:USA Marlboro Team Penske [?]	Penske PC-27	Mercedes	Template:Goodyear	2	Template:USA Al Unser, Jr.	1-	Marlboro
				3	Paul Tracy	1-
Template:USA Walker Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda	Template:Goodyear	5	Gil de Ferran	1-	Valvoline
Template:USA Kmart Newman-Haas Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		6	Template:GBR Dario Franchitti 3	1-5	Kmart
					Roberto Moreno	6-
				11	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-
Template:USA Team Rahal [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		7	Template:USA Bobby Rahal 2	1-2, 8-	Miller Lite
					Template:USA Scott Pruett	3
					Christian Fittipaldi	4-7
				8	Kenny Bräck	1-	Shell
Template:USA Hogan Racing [?]	Swift 009.c	Ford		9	Template:USA Davey Hamilton	1-	Hogan Motor Leasing
Template:USA Della Penna Motorsports [?]	Reynard 98i	Ford XB		10	Template:USA Tony Stewart	1-	Budweiser
Template:USA Alumax Bettenhausen Racing [?]	Swift 009.c	Mercedes	Template:Goodyear	16	Ricardo Zonta	1-	Alumax
Template:USA Motorola PacWest Racing Group [?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB		17	Scott Goodyear	1-	Motorola
				18	Eliseo Salazar	1-
Template:USA Herdez Payton/Coyne Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Ford XB		19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1-	Herdez
				34	Template:USA P.J. Jones	1-	SmithKline Beecham
Template:USA Tecate Texaco Patrick Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Ford XB		20	Template:USA Michael Andretti	1-	Texaco/Valvoline
				40	Adrián Fernández	1-	Tecate Beer
Template:USA Tasman Motorsports Group [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		21	Template:USA Robby Gordon	1-	LCI
Template:USA MCI Panasonic Arciero-Wells Racing [?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB		24	Hiro Matsushita	1-	Panasonic
				25	Max Papis	1-	MCI
Template:USA Team KOOL Green [?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB		26	Patrick Carpentier	1-	KOOL
				27	Vincenzo Sospiri 1	1
					JJ Lehto	2-
Template:USA Players Forsythe Racing [?]	Reynard 98i	Honda		33	Template:USA Bryan Herta	1-	Player's
				99	Greg Moore	1-
Template:USA Castrol All American Racing [?]	Eagle 987	Ford XB		98	Tony Kanaan	1-	Castrol
				36	Hélio Castroneves	1-
Template:USA Banco Cacique Davis Racing [?]	Swift 009.c	Ford XB	Template:Goodyear	77	Gualter Salles	1-	Banco Cacique

Notes

• 1 Vincenzo Sospiri was fired after 1 race for his poor performance at the Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami presented by Toyota. His replacement for the rest of the season was JJ Lehto.
• 2 Bobby Rahal was injured in a crash at the Budweiser 500 and thus had to miss the next race. His replacement was Scott Pruett, but then Rahal extended his break until the ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix. His replacement was Christian Fittipaldi.
• 3 Dario Franchitti was injured after his tyre blew out at the Rio 400k and had to sit out for the rest of the season. His replacement was Roberto Moreno.

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
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
2	Budweiser 500	Twin Ring Motegi (O)	Motegi, Japan	March 28	Template:USA Davey Hamilton	Template:USA Davey Hamilton	Patrick Carpentier	Template:USA Team KOOL Green	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Davey Hamilton
3	Template:USA Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach (S)	Long Beach, California	April 5	Template:USA Tony Stewart	Template:USA P.J. Jones	Gil De Ferran	Template:USA Valvoline Walker Racing	/Template:USA Max Papis/Bryan Herta	Tony Kanaan
4	Template:USA Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota	Nazareth Speedway (O)	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	April 27	Juan Pablo Montoya	Greg Moore	Greg Moore	Player's Forsythe Racing	Hiro Matsushita	Greg Moore
5	Rio 400k	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá (O)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	May 10	Paul Tracy	Template:USA Al Unser Jr	Gil De Ferran	Template:USA Valvoline Walker Racing	Template:USA Drivers for Tecate Texaco Patrick Racing	Template:USA Robby Gordon
6	Template:USA Motorola 300	Gateway International Raceway (O)	Madison, Illinois	May 23	Greg Moore	Scott Goodyear	Roberto Moreno	Template:USA Kmart Newman-Haas Racing	Template:USA Marlboro Team Penske	Roberto Moreno
7	Template:USA Miller Lite 200	Milwaukee Mile (O)	West Allis, Wisconsin	May 31	Template:USA Jimmy Vasser	Gil De Ferran	Paul Tracy	Template:USA Marlboro Team Penske	Max Papis	Paul Tracy
8	Template:USA ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park (S)	Detroit, Michigan	June 7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Greg Moore	Gil De Ferran	Template:USA Valvoline Walker Racing	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kenny Bräck
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	Template:USA Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota	California Speedway (O)	Fontana, California	November 1

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

Driver standings

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Driver MIA Template:USA MOT LBH Template:USA NAZ Template:USA RIO GAT Template:USA MIL Template:USA DET Template:USA POR Template:USA CLE Template:USA TOR MIC Template:USA MDO Template:USA ROA Template:USA VAN LAG Template:USA HOU Template:USA SUR Template:AUS FON Template:USA Pts 1 Gil De Ferran 21 6 1* 24 1 15 2 1* 86 2 Template:USA Robby Gordon 2 4 8 3 4* 18 15 3 76 3 Template:USA Jimmy Vasser 1 DNQ 6 17 5 2 14* 24 53 4 Paul Tracy 16 2 21 15 3 26 1 21 50 5 Adrián Fernández 5 22 5 5 DNQ 4 22 8 47 6 Greg Moore 17* 24 20 1* 12 12 7 4 42 7 Patrick Carpentier 7 1 26 4 20 DNQ 26 22 38 8 Juan Pablo Montoya (R) 10 18 2 14 9 9 5 14 37 9 Roberto Moreno 1* 3 11 37 10 Tony Kanaan (R) 6 9 17 9 6 24 11 5 36 11 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 3 8 24 18 18 17 4 20 31 12 Template:GBR Dario Franchitti 23 3 16 2 26 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 30 13 Template:USA Bryan Herta 22 10 15 20 10 6 18 2 30 14 Template:USA Al Unser Jr 4 23 13 26 2 DNQ 21 17 28 15 Hélio Castroneves (R) 20 13 4 12 13 3 24 23 28 16 Gualter Salles 8 5 DNQ 25 21 8 9 13 24 17 Kenny Bräck (R) 15 DNQ 9 23 23 5 6 16 22 18 Eliseo Salazar 11 7 7 19 DNQ 21 23 9 18 19 Christian Fittipaldi 7 22 7 8 17 20 Ricardo Zonta (R) 9 17 23 6 11 14 17 10 17 21 Template:USA Michael Andretti 24 15 3 21 16 16 13 26 14 22 Max Papis 25 12 DNQ 8 8 13 DNQ 19 11 23 JJ Lehto (R) 21 25 13 15 25 25 6 8 24 Alex Zanardi 14 14 22 10 14 20 12 7 10 25 Template:USA Tony Stewart (R) 26 25 12 16 7 22 10 15 10 26 Scott Goodyear 19 11 18 11 19 10 16 25 7 27 Template:USA P.J. Jones 18 16 10 22 25 19 19 12 4 28 Hiro Matsushita 12 19 14 DNQ 24 11 20 DNQ 3 29 Template:USA Davey Hamilton (R) DNQ 20* 11 DNQ 17 23 DNQ DNQ 3 30 Template:USA Bobby Rahal 13 26 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 18 0 31 Template:USA Scott Pruett 19 0 32 Vincenzo Sospiri (R) DNQ 0 Nation's Cup Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup. Pos Country MIA Template:USA MOT LBH Template:USA NAZ Template:USA RIO GAT Template:USA MIL Template:USA DET Template:USA POR Template:USA CLE Template:USA TOR MIC Template:USA MDO Template:USA ROA Template:USA VAN LAG Template:USA HOU Template:USA SUR Template:AUS FON Template:USA Pts 1 Template:USA United States 1 4 3 46 2 Brazil 6 5 1 38 3 Mexico 3 8 5 5 29 4 Canada 7 1 23 1* 3 60 5 Columbia 10 18 2 14 19 6 Scotland 23 3 16 2 26 14 7 Chile 11 7 7 14 10 Italy 14 12 22 8 8 11 8 Sweden 15 DNQ 9 23 23 4 9 Japan 12 19 14 24 1 Pos Country MIA Template:USA MOT LBH Template:USA NAZ Template:USA RIO GAT Template:USA MIL Template:USA DET Template:USA POR Template:USA CLE Template:USA TOR MIC Template:USA MDO Template:USA ROA Template:USA VAN LAG Template:USA HOU Template:USA SUR Template:AUS FON Template:USA Pts Chassis Constructor's Cup Pos Chassis Pts 1 Template:USA Swift 009.c 99 2 Template:GBR Reynard 98I 65 3 Template:USA Penske PC-27 28 4 Template:USA Eagle 987 12 Pos Chassis Pts Engine Manufacturer's Cup Pos Engine Pts 1 Template:USA Ford XB 106 2 Honda 65 3 Mercedes 34 Pos Engine Pts