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1998 Indy Lights season

The 1998 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship consisted of 14 races. Future 2002 CART champion and Formula One driver Cristiano da Matta captured four wins on his way to the championship.

The scoring system was 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first 12 (twelve) finishers, with 1 (one) extra point given to the driver who took pole-position, and another extra point given to the driver who led most laps in the race.

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams competed in the series:

Team	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Brian Stewart Racing	4	BRA Sérgio Paese	14
3	1–11
BEL Wim Eyckmans	12–14
5	SWE Mattias Andersson	1–3
BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	4–14
Conquest Racing	11	USA Andy Boss	All
21	BRA Felipe Giaffone	All
Dorricott Racing	30	USA Bud Kaeding	4–5, 10, 14
31	AUT Philipp Peter	All
32	ESP Oriol Servià	All
Genoa Racing	61	CAN Eric Jensen	2
USA Cory Witherill	7, 12–14
Indy Regency Racing	16	JPN Shigeaki Hattori	All
28	MEX Rodolfo Lavín	1–7, 9–10, 12–13
Irish Motorsports / Bordin Racing	56	USA Tim Moser	2
Johansson Motorsports	6	GBR Guy Smith	All
7	BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	1–2
Lucas Place Motorsports	14	USA Geoff Boss	All
15	USA Brian Cunningham	All
Mattco Raceworks	77	USA Tony Renna	1–11, 13–14
USA Mark Hotchkis	12
78	3–6
USA Chris Simmons	1–2, 7–14
79	USA Mark Hotchkis	14
Mears Racing Team	8	USA Clint Mears	1, 3–6, 8, 10, 13–14
9	USA Casey Mears	1–6, 8, 10, 13–14
PacWest Lights	17	AUS Paul Morris	1–12
USA Paul Jasper	14
18	FRA Didier André	All
Quaker State Team Go	87	MEX Jorge Goeters	1–11, 14
MEX Mario Domínguez	12–13
88	IRE Derek Higgins	All
Tasman Motorsports	1	BRA Airton Daré	All
2	BRA Cristiano da Matta	All
Team KOOL Green	26	USA Mark Hotchkis	11
27	JPN Naoki Hattori	All
Team Rahal	41	USA Mike Borkowski	All

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Track
March 15	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida
April 5	Long Beach Street Circuit	Long Beach, California
April 27	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania
May 23	Gateway International Raceway	Madison, Illinois
May 31	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
June 7	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan
June 21	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
July 12	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
July 19	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
July 25	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan
August 2	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
September 6	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia
September 13	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California
October 31	California Speedway	Fontana, California

Race results

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner	Driver	Team	1
USA Homestead-Miami Speedway	BRA Sérgio Paese	JAP Shigeaki Hattori	JAP Shigeaki Hattori	JAP Shigeaki Hattori	Indy Regency Racing
USA Long Beach Street Circuit	FRA Didier André	nowrap	BRA Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	BRA Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports
USA Nazareth Speedway	nowrap	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports
USA Gateway International Raceway	MEX Jorge Goeters	JAP Shigeaki Hattori	JAP Shigeaki Hattori	JAP Shigeaki Hattori	Indy Regency Racing
USA Milwaukee Mile	BRA Sérgio Paese	IRL Derek Higgins	IRL Derek Higgins	IRL Derek Higgins	nowrap	Herdez Competition Team
USA The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	BRA Airton Daré	BRA Airton Daré	BRA Airton Daré	BRA Airton Daré	Tasman Motorsports
USA Portland International Raceway	GBR Guy Smith	FRA Didier André	GBR Guy Smith	GBR Guy Smith	Johansson Motorsports
nowrap	USA Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	BRA Sérgio Paese	BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	Brian Stewart Racing
CAN Exhibition Place	GBR Guy Smith	BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	GBR Guy Smith	GBR Guy Smith	Johansson Motorsports
USA Michigan International Speedway	USA Tony Renna	BRA Sérgio Paese	USA Tony Renna	USA Tony Renna	Mattco Raceworks
CAN Circuit Trois-Rivières	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports
CAN Streets of Vancouver	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports
USA Laguna Seca Raceway	FRA Didier André	USA Chris Simmons	FRA Didier André	FRA Didier André	PacWest Lights
USA California Speedway	USA Tony Renna	BRA Airton Daré	USA Tony Renna	USA Mark Hotchkis	Mattco Raceworks

Race summaries

Homestead race

March 15, 1998
Homestead-Miami Speedway, Miami, Florida
Pole position: Sérgio Paese, 0:30.098, 179.653 mi/h

Top Five Finishers	Fin.
Pos	St.
Pos	Car
No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps
Led	Points	1	2	3	4	5
2	16	JPN Shigeaki Hattori	Indy Regency Racing	67	52:35.077	64	21
4	2	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports	67	+0.468	0	16
7	6	GBR Guy Smith	Johansson Motorsports	67	+1.420	0	14
6	32	ESP Oriol Servià	Dorricott Racing	67	+5.534	0	12
9	78	USA Chris Simmons	Mattco Raceworks	67	+6.853	0	10
Race average speed: 114.825 mi/h
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 21 laps

Long Beach race

April 5, 1998
Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach, California
Pole position: Didier André, 0:57.108, 99.223 mi/h

Top Five Finishers	Fin.
Pos	St.
Pos	Car
No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps
Led	Points	1	2	3	4	5
2	2	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports	47	49:20.748	47	21
4	14	USA Geoff Boss	Lucas Place Motorsports	47	+0.459	0	16
6	27	JPN Naoki Hattori	Team KOOL Green	47	+1.083	0	14
5	31	AUT Philipp Peter	Dorricott Racing	47	+3.378	0	12
1	18	FRA Didier André	PacWest Lights	47	+7.317	0	11
Race average speed: 89.951 mi/h
Lead changes: none
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps

Nazareth race

April 27, 1998
Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Pole position: Cristiano da Matta, 0:22.408, 151.981 mi/h

Top Five Finishers	Fin.
Pos	St.
Pos	Car
No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps
Led	Points	1	2	3	4	5
1	2	BRA Cristiano da Matta	Tasman Motorsports	100	55:56.268	100	22
9	18	FRA Didier André	PacWest Lights	100	+14.174	0	16
8	9	USA Casey Mears	Mears Racing Team	100	+14.745	0	14
5	15	USA Brian Cunningham	Lucas Place Motorsports	100	+17.914	0	12
11	1	BRA Airton Daré	Tasman Motorsports	100	+18.725	0	10
Race average speed: 101.470 mi/h
Lead changes: none
Cautions: 2 for 30 laps

Gateway race

Held May 23 at Gateway International Raceway. Jorge Goeters won the pole. No qualifying held due to rain. The line up was based on combined practice times.

Top Five Results

Shigeaki Hattori
Philipp Peter
Cristiano da Matta
Felipe Giaffone
Jorge Goeters

Milwaukee race

Held May 31 at The Milwaukee Mile. Sérgio Paese won the pole.

Top Five Results

Derek Higgins
Felipe Giaffone
Sérgio Paese
Geoff Boss
Tony Renna

Detroit race

Held June 7 at Belle Isle Raceway. Airton Daré won the pole.

Top Five Results

Airton Daré
Cristiano da Matta
Geoff Boss
Mark Hotchkis
Didier André

Portland race

Held June 21 at Portland International Raceway. Guy Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

Guy Smith
Felipe Giaffone
Luiz Garcia Jr.
Airton Daré
Brian Cunningham

Cleveland race

Held July 12 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Luiz Garcia Jr. won the pole.

Top Five Results

Luiz Garcia Jr.
Derek Higgins
Didier André
Guy Smith
Tony Renna

Toronto race

Held July 19 at Exhibition Place. Guy Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

Guy Smith
Naoki Hattori
Chris Simmons
Philipp Peter
Didier André

Michigan race

Held July 25 at Michigan International Speedway. Tony Renna won the pole.

Top Five Results

Tony Renna
Cristiano da Matta
Sérgio Paese
Andy Boss
Oriol Servià

Trois-Rivières race

Held August 2 at the Trois-Rivières, Quebec Street Circuit. Cristiano da Matta won the pole.

Top Five Results

Cristiano da Matta
Oriol Servià
Naoki Hattori
Guy Smith
Didier André

Vancouver race

Held September 6 at Pacific Place. Cristiano da Matta won the pole.

Top Five Results

Cristiano da Matta
Derek Higgins
Airton Daré
Mike Borkowski
Felipe Giaffone

Laguna Seca race

Held September 13 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Didier André won the pole.

Top Five Results

Didier André
Oriol Servià
Derek Higgins
Geoff Boss
Naoki Hattori

Fontana race

Held October 31 at The California Speedway. Tony Renna won the pole.

Top Five Results

Mark Hotchkis
Felipe Giaffone
Tony Renna
Cory Witherill
Didier André

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

; Scoring system

Position	Points
1st	2nd
20	16

The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.

Pos	Driver	HMS
USA	LBH
USA	NAZ
USA	GAT
USA	MIL
USA	DET
USA	POR
USA	CLE
USA	TOR
CAN	MIC
USA	TRO
CAN	VAN
CAN	LAG
USA	FON
USA	Points	1	154	2	123	3	110	4	104	5	94	6	78	7	73	8	68	9	67	10	66	11	62	12	60	13	53	14	52	15	50	16	34	17	33	18	33	19	32	20	22	21	18	22	15	23	13	24	8	25	6	26	6	27	5	28	1	29	1	30	0	31	0	32	0	Pos	Driver	HMS
USA	LBH
USA	NAZ
USA	GAT
USA	MIL
USA	DET
USA	POR
USA	CLE
USA	TOR
CAN	MIC
USA	TRO
CAN	VAN
CAN	LAG
USA	FON
USA	Points
BRA Cristiano da Matta	2	1*	1*	3	10	2	20	22	15	2	1*	1*	22	11
FRA Didier André	14	5	2	12	15	5	8	3	5	7	5	6	1*	5
GBR Guy Smith	3	8	21	11	22	8	1*	4	1*	6	4	8	15	10
BRA Felipe Giaffone	19	24	8	4	2	9	2	8	6	9	6	5	18	2
IRL Derek Higgins	7	21	15	6	1*	12	10	2	17	13	10	2	3	7
BRA Airton Daré	17	9	5	9	8	1*	4	13	8	19	21	3	11	15
ESP Oriol Servià	4	19	13	16	14	6	21	6	10	5	2	19	2	25
USA Tony Renna	DNS	12	10	22	5	15	12	5	21	1*	20		8	3*
USA Geoff Boss	9	2	12	15	4	3	11	20	19	14	19	7	4	18
JAP Naoki Hattori	18	3	7	8	12	23	16	17	2	16	3	17	5	17
AUT Philipp Peter	11	4	19	2	9	10	22	7	4	23	11	9	16	12
BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.	22	10		20	11	21	3	1*	11	15	12	16	6	6
BRA Sérgio Paese	21	6	20	10	3	22	6	18	9	3	13			26
JAP Shigeaki Hattori	1*	11	14	1*	21	20	18	21	16	20	16	13	9	9
USA Mark Hotchkis			9	21	7	4					7	11		1
MEX Jorge Goeters	16	15	11	51	6	16	9	9	7	21	15			20
USA Casey Mears	10	13	3	7	16	19		10		11			21	8
USA Brian Cunningham	12	22	4	23	20	7	5	12	14	22	18	10	20	24
USA Chris Simmons	5	23					14	15	3	10	8	18	13	14
USA Andy Boss	13	16	6	13	17	14	19	11	13	4	14	22	14	13
AUS Paul Morris	6	20	22	18	24	13	7	19	20	Wth	9	20
USA Mike Borkowski	20	25	16	19	18	11	15	14	12	18	17	4	17	23
USA Cory Witherill							13					15	12	4
USA Clint Mears	DNS		18	17	19	17		16		8			10	22
SWE Mattias Andersson	15	7	17
MEX Mario Domínguez												14	7
MEX Rodolfo Lavín	8	18	DNS	24	13	18	17		18	17		21	23
USA Bud Kaeding				14	23					12				16
BEL Wim Eyckmans												12	19	19
USA Tim Moser		14
CAN Eric Jensen		17
USA Paul Jasper														21

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black	Disqualified
(DSQ)
White	Did not start
(DNS)
Blank	Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

|- |

1	Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded

|} |}

Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

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