1998 Gateway

Race details
Race 6 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Gateway International Raceway
Date	May 23, 1998
Official name	1998 Motorola 300
Location	Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois
Course	Permanent oval course 1.25 mi / 2 km
Distance	236 laps 295 mi / 472 km
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Time	25.757
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	26.567 (on lap 26 of 236)
Podium
First	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Third	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)

The 1998 Motorola 300 was the sixth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on May 23, 1998, on the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Alex Zanardi came through from 11th on the starting grid to win the race, after a quick pitstop from the Ganassi crew got him out ahead of long-time leader Michael Andretti at the final cycle of stops.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	236	2:23:02.140	11	20
2	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	236	+0.573	6	16+1
3	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	236	+1.526	1	14+1
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	236	+17.874	2	12
5	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	236	+18.311	17	10
6	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	236	+18.723	12	8
7	16	Hélio Castro-Neves	Bettenhausen Racing	236	+19.963	8	6
8	7	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	235	+1 Lap	20	5
9	9	JJ Lehto	Hogan Racing	235	+1 Lap	4	4
10	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing Group	233	+3 Laps	18	3
11	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	233	+3 Laps	14	2
12	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racing	232	+4 Laps	21	1
13	24	Robby Gordon	Arciero-Wells Racing	231	+5 Laps	13
14	36	Alex Barron	All American Racing	231	+5 Laps	22
15	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	231	+5 Laps	16
16	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing Group	231	+5 Laps	23
17	19	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	230	+6 Laps	25
18	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	206	Engine	10
19	2	Al Unser Jr.	Team Penske	169	Contact	9
20	3	André Ribeiro	Team Penske	106	Transmission	27
21	77	Arnd Meier	Davis Racing	104	Contact	26
22	25	Max Papis	Arciero-Wells Racing	104	Contact	24
23	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	71	Handling	7
24	21	Tony Kanaan	Tasman Motorsports Group	47	Contact	3
25	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	14	Contact	28
26	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	2	Contact	15
27	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	0	Contact	5
28	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	0	Contact	19

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	87
2	Greg Moore	86
3	Adrián Fernández	55
4	Jimmy Vasser	51
5	Michael Andretti	49