The race was the scene of an infamous Lap 48 collision between winner Franchitti and his Team KOOL Green teammate, Paul Tracy. While running second, Tracy attempted to pass Franchitti on the inside going into the left-handed Turn 6; however, Franchitti was already making the turn, leading to the teammates touching, and Tracy spinning, brushing the inside wall enough to bend his left front suspension, ending his race.[2] This led to a terse conversation over the radio between Tracy and team owner Barry Green.[3] When Tracy returned to pit road, he and Green nearly came to blows in plain view of television cameras and the crowd on the start-finish straight.[3] Ironically, within days of their near fistfight, Tracy and Green agreed to a four-year contract extension.[4]
^. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
^1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston Part 8 (Collision occurs at 4:02 mark)
^ ab1998 Thrills And Spills (Part 2 - Featuring CART and USAC) (Audio of conversation at 2:49 mark)
^"Tracy, Green shake hands, come out smiling". Houston Chronicle. 7 October 1998. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message The 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston was the seventeenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season held on October 4 1998 at a street adjacent to the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston Texas The race was a rain interrupted race with the start being delayed 30 minutes due to heavy rain 1 Another heavy rainshower after 70 laps out of the scheduled 100 forced the race to be stopped with the win handed to Dario Franchitti who was leading at the time 1998 HoustonRace detailsRace 17 of 19 in the 1998 CART seasonOriginal track layout of the Houston Grand Prix DateOctober 4 1998Official name1998 Texaco Grand Prix of HoustonLocationGeorge R Brown Convention CenterHouston Texas United StatesCourseTemporary street course1 527 mi 2 457 kmDistance70 laps106 89 mi 171 99 kmWeatherHeavy rainPole positionDriverGreg Moore Forsythe Racing Time59 508Fastest lapDriverAlex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Time1 02 797 on lap 59 of 70 PodiumFirstDario Franchitti Team KOOL Green SecondAlex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing ThirdTony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group The race was the scene of an infamous Lap 48 collision between winner Franchitti and his Team KOOL Green teammate Paul Tracy While running second Tracy attempted to pass Franchitti on the inside going into the left handed Turn 6 however Franchitti was already making the turn leading to the teammates touching and Tracy spinning brushing the inside wall enough to bend his left front suspension ending his race 2 This led to a terse conversation over the radio between Tracy and team owner Barry Green 3 When Tracy returned to pit road he and Green nearly came to blows in plain view of television cameras and the crowd on the start finish straight 3 Ironically within days of their near fistfight Tracy and Green agreed to a four year contract extension 4 Contents 1 Classification 1 1 Race 2 Caution flags 3 Lap Leaders 4 Point standings after race 5 ReferencesClassification editRace edit Pos No Driver Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 27 nbsp Dario Franchitti Team Green 70 1 36 30 979 2 20 1 2 1 nbsp Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 70 0 646 8 16 3 21 nbsp Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 70 5 792 11 14 4 12 nbsp Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 70 8 342 3 12 5 25 nbsp Max Papis Arciero Wells Racing 70 11 170 14 10 6 40 nbsp Adrian Fernandez Patrick Racing 70 13 425 12 8 7 2 nbsp Al Unser Jr Team Penske 70 17 725 16 6 8 8 nbsp Bryan Herta Team Rahal 70 26 906 6 5 9 10 nbsp Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 70 27 812 18 4 10 9 nbsp JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 70 35 089 21 3 11 20 nbsp Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 69 1 Lap 19 2 12 36 nbsp Alex Barron All American Racing 69 1 Lap 20 1 13 24 nbsp Robby Gordon Arciero Wells Racing 69 1 Lap 24 14 18 nbsp Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 68 2 Laps 22 15 98 nbsp Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 68 2 Laps 28 16 77 nbsp Arnd Meier Davis Racing 68 2 Laps 26 17 3 nbsp Andre Ribeiro Team Penske 66 4 Laps 10 18 17 nbsp Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 52 Electrical 16 19 34 nbsp Dennis Vitolo Payton Coyne Racing 49 Electrical 27 20 26 nbsp Paul Tracy Team Green 48 Contact 4 21 5 nbsp Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 38 Spun off 7 22 33 nbsp Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 36 Contact 25 23 7 nbsp Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 35 Suspension 9 24 16 nbsp Helio Castro Neves Bettenhausen Racing 35 Suspension 17 25 19 nbsp Michel Jourdain Jr Payton Coyne Racing 13 Contact 23 26 99 nbsp Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 3 Contact 1 1 27 11 nbsp Christian Fittipaldi Newman Haas Racing 3 Contact 5 28 6 nbsp Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing 2 Steering 13Caution flags editLaps Cause 1 3 Multiple cars spinning due to rain 5 9 Moore 99 Fittipaldi 11 contact 14 16 Jourdain Jr 19 Gordon 24 contact road block Later red flagged 39 43 Carpentier 33 contact 46 Vitolo 34 contact 68 70 Heavy rainLap Leaders editLaps Leader 1 70 Dario Franchitti Driver Laps led Dario Franchitti 70Point standings after race editPos Driver Points 1 nbsp Alex Zanardi 250 2 nbsp Jimmy Vasser 148 3 nbsp Dario Franchitti 143 4 nbsp Adrian Fernandez 134 5 nbsp Greg Moore 120References edit CHAMPCAR CART Max Papis Claim Toyota s First Top Five Archived from the original on 2018 08 10 Retrieved 2018 08 09 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston Part 8 Collision occurs at 4 02 mark a b 1998 Thrills And Spills Part 2 Featuring CART and USAC Audio of conversation at 2 49 mark Tracy Green shake hands come out smiling Houston Chronicle 7 October 1998 Retrieved 25 October 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston amp oldid 1159964306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
