different classes. LMP1, LMGT1, and LMGT2 for the ACO compliant cars, and WSC, GT1, GT2, and GT3 for IMSA's competitors. Even though both organizers used the GT1 and GT2 names the classes were not actually the same, which is why the ACO classes are preceded by LM. Official results Class winners in bold. Statistics Pole Position - Allan McNish (#26 Porsche AG) - 1:13.754 Fastest Lap - Allan McNish (#26 Porsche AG) - 1:15.239 Average Speed - 164.62 km/h Post-Race With a total of 31 entrants, including a large number of European teams, the ACO considered the race a success. The only downside was that BMW, who had initially entered their BMW V12 LMs, did not show up for the race. However, the ACO and Don Panoz pushed ahead with their plans and announced the American Le Mans Series for 1999. IMSA, whose own racing series was faltering, decided to take instead take over as sanctioning body for the new American Le Mans Series. The #26 Porsche 911 GT1, which had won the pole position for the race, did not finish the race; the car, piloted by Yannick Dalmas, infamously flipped in a blowover between turns 8 and 9. This incident, as well as similar blowover incidents to the BMW V12 LM during the 2000 Petit Le Mans and the Mercedes-Benz CLR during the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, resulted in new protocols in 2003 that increased the critical take-off speed and reduced the chance of blow-overs. The ACO would repeat later this kind of one-off experimental race in preparation for new series, with the 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000km, the 2000 Race of a Thousand Years, the 2003 1000km of Le Mans and the 2009 1000 km of Okayama. References External links 1998 Petit Le Mans results (WSRP) 1998 Petit Le Mans results (WSPR-Racing) 1998 Petit Le Mans Photos and News Petit Le Mans Petit Le Mans