1998 Texaco/Havoline 200

United States 1998 Road America
Race details
Race 14 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Road America
DateAugust 16, 1998
Official name1998 Texaco/Havoline 200
LocationRoad America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
CoursePermanent road course
4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance50 laps
202.4 mi / 325.75 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 73.4 °F (23.0 °C); wind speeds up to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1]
Pole position
DriverMichael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time1:39.988
Fastest lap
DriverAlex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:41.874 (on lap 49 of 50)
Podium
FirstDario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
SecondAlex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdChristian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing)

The 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 was the fourteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 16, 1998, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dario Franchitti won the race, his first career win in CART. The race was also notable for a crash in which Alex Barron ended up on top of Bryan Herta.

  1. ^ "1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-14.

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