1998 Atlantic Championship

The 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 13 rounds. All teams had to use Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Lee Bentham driving for Forsythe Racing.

1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 4th
End dateOctober 4th
Awards
Drivers' championCanada Lee Bentham

Calendar

Race NoTrackStateDateLapsLap Distance (km)Total Distance (km)TimeSpeedWinnerPole PositionMost Leading LapsFastest Race Lap
1Long BeachCaliforniaApril 4, 1998382.53396.5950'58:34.55498.943 km/hMemo GidleyBuddy RiceMemo GidleyAndrew Bordin
2NazarethPennsylvaniaApril 25, 1998601.522397891.3438680'27:27.352199.616 km/hBuddy RiceBuddy RiceBuddy RiceBuddy Rice
3MadisonIllinoisMay 22, 1998272.01162554.3138750'28:19.198115.072 km/hMemo GidleyAnthony LazzaroAnthony LazzaroAnthony Lazzaro
4MilwaukeeWisconsinMay 30, 1998601.660797699.6478560'32:29.552184.008 km/hMemo GidleyMemo GidleyMemo GidleyDerek Hill
5Montréal CanadaJune 6, 1998274.4207471119.36017170'44:32.839160.764 km/hLee BenthamLee BenthamAlexandre TaglianiLee Bentham
6ClevelandOhioJuly 11, 1998223.389185874.56208760'31:54.902140.176 km/hKenny WildenMemo GidleyMemo GidleyKenny Wilden
7Toronto CanadaJuly 18, 1998392.7696053108.01460670'59:04.390109.709 km/hAlexandre TaglianiLee BenthamAlexandre TaglianiLee Bentham
8Trois-Rivières CanadaAugust 2, 1998452.4477453110.14853850'49:23.054133.826 km/hAlexandre TaglianiAlexandre TaglianiAlexandre TaglianiAlexandre Tagliani
9LexingtonOhioAugust 9, 1998253.633799490.8449850'33:03.166164.909 km/hLee BenthamAlexandre TaglianiLee BenthamAnthony Lazzaro
10Elkhart LakeWisconsinAugust 16, 1998156.437296.5580'37:07.249156.071 km/hAnthony LazzaroAnthony LazzaroAnthony LazzaroAndrew Bordin
11Vancouver CanadaSeptember 5, 1998382.8999586110.19842681'00:59.908108.395 km/hAndrew BordinJeff ShaferMatt SielskyRino Mastronardi
12MontereyCaliforniaSeptember 12, 1998283.6016134100.84517520'44:11.726136.908 km/hAnthony LazzaroLee BenthamLee BenthamAlexandre Tagliani
13HoustonTexasOctober 4, 1998302.457401173.7220330'41:26.827106.722 km/hAnthony LazzaroAlexandre TaglianiAnthony LazzaroDavid Rutledge

Note:

Race 3 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class.

PlaceNameCountryTeamChassisTotal PointsUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesCanadaUnited StatesCanadaCanadaUnited StatesUnited StatesCanadaUnited StatesUnited States
1Lee Bentham CanadaForsythe RacingRalt163-1011
Forsythe RacingSwift162111171421-101814
2Andrew Bordin CanadaBDJSRalt1391616161111611
BDJSSwift-11-20912
3Memo Gidley United StatesLynx RacingRalt13421122021-
Lynx RacingSwift21012-169-11
4Anthony Lazzaro United StatesPPI MotorsportsSwift133--1510616-16722-2021
5Alexandre Tagliani CanadaForsythe RacingRalt1306
Forsythe RacingSwift-6141712212212-1217
6Matt Sielsky United StatesD&L RacingRalt109-1491212
D&L RacingSwift612814-15-7
7Buddy Rice United StatesLynx RacingRalt10832212514
Lynx RacingSwift14--16-1111-
8Kenny Wilden CanadaShank RacingSwift928---1020149-14314-
9David Rutledge CanadaBinder RacingRalt70-11
Binder RacingSwift78425348-810
10Rob MacDonald CanadaP-1 RacingSwift623--78-9299123-
11Rino Mastronardi ItalyCondor MotorsportsSwift56------11712-1610-
12David Pook United StatesHylton MotorsportsSwift51-910--9-6107---
13Derek Hill United StatesP-1 RacingSwift4712--6-74-6111--
14Mike Conte United StatesWorld Speed MotorsportsSwift41-3---1067-
World Speed MotorsportsRalt852-
15Case Montgomery United StatesCondor MotorsportsSwift395584-10-1----6
16Michael David United StatesPDR EnterprisesRalt37106--9--52-5--
17Andrea Delorenzi ItalyRDS MotorsportsRalt35141-15----
RDS MotorsportsSwift482-
18Jeff Shafer United StatesPPI MotorsportsSwift32---9---10-121--
19Masaoki Nagashima JapanPPI MotorsportsSwift31--3-78--8--5-
20Eric Lang United StatesD&L RacingSwift299-6-43
D&L RacingRalt2---5--
21John Rutherford United StatesShank RacingSwift21432-----5-7--
22Robert Sollenskog SwedenBRS MotorsportsSwift21---33-7-35---
23Jean-François Dumoulin CanadaTeam ScalzoRalt12------84-----
24Steve Imhoff United StatesHammerhead RacingRalt1111------------
25Mark Tague United StatesWorld Speed MotorsportsRalt11-74----------
26Cam Binder CanadaBinder RacingSwift11-----------65
27Nicolas Rondet FranceWorld Speed MotorsportsSwift9------------9
28Ted Sahley United StatesOlsson EngineeringRalt9-41--4-------
29Steve Cameron New ZealandLynx RacingSwift8------------8
30Bob Siska United StatesRJS MotorsportRalt77------------
31Joe Sposato United StatesSposato Motor RacingRalt6----2---1--12
32Luc Lesage Canada?Ralt5------3---2--
33Rennie Clayton United StatesRPS MotorsportRalt4----------4--
John Brooks United StatesBBGP RacingRalt4------------4
35Steve Forrer United StatesForrer RacingRalt3---------3---
36Sergi Szortyka United StatesJ&J RacingRalt2------2------
37Zak Brown United StatesActive MotorsportsSwift2----1----1---
38Dan Vosloo United StatesDanvo RacingRalt11------------
Bob Thomas United StatesOlsson EngineeringRalt1-----1-------
Frank Allers CanadaJohnston EngineeringReynard1------1------
Scott Wood United StatesRDS MotorsportsRalt1------------1

Note:

Race 3 only one additional point awarded to Anthony Lazzaro, maybe because the race was abandoned.

Race 4 no additional point for the qualifying was awarded, because no session was held due to repair work on the track, starting lineup based on Friday morning practice times.

See also

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