1998 Mosport Festival
Introduction Mosport International RacewayThe '''1998 Mosport Festival''' was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on August 9, 1998.It was the fifth round of the 1998 Professional SportsCar Racing Championship season. The race was held over a two-hour-and-45-minute time period, during which 128 laps of the 3.9-kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 506.544 kilometres.Pre-Race GridThe race was won by the Dyson Racing team with drivers Butch Leitzinger and James Weaver driving a Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford. It was the 13th and final IMSA GT Championship race held at Mosport, with the championship being replaced by the American Le Mans Series in 1999.Race Start
Race results Class winners in '''bold'''. Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 WSC 16 Dyson Racing  Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Riley & Scott Mk III  128 Ford 5.0L V8 2 WSC 20 Dyson Racing  Elliot Forbes-Robinson Dorsey Schroeder Riley & Scott Mk III  128 Ford 5.0L V8 3 GT1 4 Panoz Motorsports  David Brabham Andy Wallace Panoz GTR-1  127 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 4 GT1 5 Panoz Motorsports  Éric Bernard Raul Boesel Panoz GTR-1  127 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 5 WSC 27 Doran Enterprises, Inc.  Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Ferrari 333 SP  126 Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12 6 WSC 7 Doyle-Risi Racing  Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Ferrari 333 SP  123 Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12 7 WSC 28 Intersport Racing  Jon Field Jacek Mucha Riley & Scott Mk III  119 Ford 5.0L V8 8 WSC 63 Downing Atlanta  A.J. Smith Jim Downing Kudzu DLM-4  119 Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor 9 GT3 10 Prototype Technology Group  Bill Auberlen Mark Simo BMW M3  112 BMW 3.2L I6 10 GT3 1 Prototype Technology Group  Ross Bentley Peter Cunningham BMW M3  111 BMW 3.2L I6 11 GT2 6 Prototype Technology Group  Marc Duez Ross Bentley BMW M3  111 BMW 3.2L I6 12 GT2 99 Shumacher Racing  Larry Schumacher John O'Steen Andy Pilgrim Porsche 911 GT2  110 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 13 GT2 04 C.J. Motorsports  John Morton John Graham Porsche 911 GT2  110 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT3 23 Alex Job Racing  Cort Wagner Darryl Havens Porsche 964 Carrera RSR  102 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 15DNF GT2 00 David Friedman  David Friedman Nick Longhi Porsche 993 Carrera RSR  53 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 DNS GT3 22 Alex Job Racing  Darryl Havens Cort Wagner Porsche 911 Carrera RSR  - Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
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