1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota

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1998 Fontana

Race details
Race 19 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
California Speedway
Date	1 November, 1998
Official name	1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota
Location	California Speedway Fontana, California
Course	Permanent oval course 2.029 mi / 3.265 km
Distance	250 laps 507.25 mi / 816.25 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 75.9 °F (24.4 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Scott Pruett (Patrick Racing)
Time	31.249
Fastest lap
Driver	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Time	31.119 (on lap 78 of 250)
Podium
First	Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Third	Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota was the nineteenth and final time of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series season. The race was held 1 November 1998, and was the 2nd running of the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway. It was won by Jimmy Vasser who passed Greg Moore at a final lap restart of a long race, which took well over 3 hours and also had many retirements. This marks the final Champ Car race for the 3-Time Champion Bobby Rahal and also marked the final career podium for the two-time champion Alex Zanardi.