Champ Car Series 1998
De Champ Car Series 1998 was het twintigste CART kampioenschap dat gehouden werd tussen 1979 en 2007. Het werd gewonnen door de Italiaan Alessandro Zanardi, die dat jaar zeven races won zonder ooit op de pole position te hebben gestaan.
Betrokken
De volgende teams en coureurs namen deel aan het CART Championship Series-seizoen van 1998.
| Team | Chassis | Engine | Tires | No | Drivers | Rounds | Primary Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chip Ganassi Racing |
Reynard 98i | Honda HRK | F | 1 |  Alex Zanardi |
All | Target |
| 12 | Jimmy Vasser |
All | |||||
| Marlboro Team Penske |
Penske PC-27 | Mercedes IC108E | G | 2 | Al Unser Jr. |
All | Marlboro |
| 3 |  André Ribeiro |
All | |||||
| Walker Racing |
Reynard 98i | Honda HRK | G | 5 | Gil de Ferran |
All | Valvoline |
| Newman-Haas Racing |
Swift 009.c | Ford XB | G | 6 | Michael Andretti |
All | Texaco-Havoline |
| 11 | Christian Fittipaldi |
1–6, 8–19 | Kmart | ||||
| Roberto Moreno |
7 | ||||||
| Team Rahal |
Reynard 98i | Ford XB | F | 7 | Bobby Rahal |
All | Miller Lite |
| 8 | Bryan Herta |
All | Shell | ||||
| Hogan Racing |
Reynard 98i | Mercedes IC108E | F | 9 |  JJ Lehto |
All | Hogan Motor Leasing |
| Della Penna Motorsports |
Swift 009.c | Ford XB | F | 10 | Richie Hearn |
All | Budweiser |
| 43 |  Hideshi Matsuda |
2 | BMB Mini-Juke | ||||
| Project CART |
Reynard 98i | Mercedes IC108E | G | 15 | Roberto Moreno |
1–2 | Hawaiian Tropic |
| Domenico Schiattarella |
3 | ||||||
| Bettenhausen Racing |
Reynard 98i | Mercedes IC108E | G | 16 | Hélio Castroneves |
All | Alumax |
| PacWest Racing Group |
Reynard 98i | Mercedes IC108E | F | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin |
All | Hollywood Cigarettes |
| 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mark Blundell |
All | Motorola | ||||
| Payton/Coyne Racing |
Reynard 98i | Ford XB | F | 19 |  Michel Jourdain Jr. |
All | Herdez |
| 34 | Dennis Vitolo |
1, 4, 6–10, 12, 15–19 | SmithKline Beecham 15
Payton/Coyne Racing 3 Banco Cacique 1 | ||||
| Gualter Salles |
2–3, 5, 11, 13–14 | ||||||
| Patrick Racing |
Reynard 98i | Ford XB | F | 20 | Scott Pruett |
All | Visteon |
| 40 | Adrián Fernández |
All | Tecate Beer | ||||
| Tasman Motorsports Group |
Reynard 98i | Honda HRK | F | 21 | Tony Kanaan |
All | LCI |
| Arciero-Wells Racing |
Reynard 98i | Toyota RV8C | F | 24 | Hiro Matsushita |
1–3, 5 | Panasonic |
| Robby Gordon |
4, 6–19 | ||||||
| 25 | Max Papis |
All | MCI Worldcom | ||||
| Team KOOL Green |
Reynard 98i | Honda HRK | F | 26 |  Paul Tracy |
All | KOOL |
| 27 | Dario Franchitti |
All | |||||
| Forsythe Racing |
Reynard 98i | Mercedes IC108E | F | 33 | Patrick Carpentier |
All | Player's |
| 99 | Greg Moore |
All | |||||
 TBLM Racing |
Reynard 98i | Honda HRK | F | 35 | Luca Badoer |
1-3, 6-19 | Nokia |
 Juan Pablo Montoya |
4 | ||||||
 Eliseo Salazar |
5 | ||||||
| 53 |  Jos Verstappen |
1-3, 6-9 | |||||
| Roberto Moreno |
4-5 | ||||||
 Jan Magnussen |
10-19 | ||||||
| All American Racing |
Reynard | Toyota RV8C | G | 98 | P. J. Jones |
1–15 | Castrol |
| 36 | Alex Barron |
1–12 | |||||
| Eagle 987 | 13–19 | ||||||
| 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri |
16–19 | |||||
| Davis Racing |
Lola T98/00 | Ford XB | G | 77 |  Arnd Meier |
All | BAAN Business Software 8
Hasseröder 11 |
Races
Eindrangschikking (Top 10)
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