1998 Mosport Festival Explained

The 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.The 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.^[1]

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	WSC	16	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Riley & Scott Mk III		128
1	WSC	16	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Ford 5.0L V8		128
2	WSC	20	Dyson Racing	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Dorsey Schroeder	Riley & Scott Mk III		128
2	WSC	20	Dyson Racing	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Dorsey Schroeder	Ford 5.0L V8		128
3	GT1	4	Panoz Motorsports	David Brabham Andy Wallace	Panoz GTR-1		127
3	GT1	4	Panoz Motorsports	David Brabham Andy Wallace	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		127
4	GT1	5	Panoz Motorsports	Éric Bernard Raul Boesel	Panoz GTR-1		127
4	GT1	5	Panoz Motorsports	Éric Bernard Raul Boesel	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		127
5	WSC	27	Doran Enterprises, Inc.	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard	Ferrari 333 SP		126
5	WSC	27	Doran Enterprises, Inc.	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard	Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12		126
6	WSC	7	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele	Ferrari 333 SP		123
6	WSC	7	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12		123
7	WSC	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Jacek Mucha	Riley & Scott Mk III		119
7	WSC	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Jacek Mucha	Ford 5.0L V8		119
8	WSC	63	Downing Atlanta	A.J. Smith Jim Downing	Kudzu DLM-4		119
8	WSC	63	Downing Atlanta	A.J. Smith Jim Downing	Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor		119
9	GT3	10	Prototype Technology Group	Bill Auberlen Mark Simo	BMW M3		112
9	GT3	10	Prototype Technology Group	Bill Auberlen Mark Simo	BMW 3.2L I6		112
10	GT3	1	Prototype Technology Group	Ross Bentley Peter Cunningham	BMW M3		111
10	GT3	1	Prototype Technology Group	Ross Bentley Peter Cunningham	BMW 3.2L I6		111
11	GT2	6	Prototype Technology Group	Marc Duez Ross Bentley	BMW M3		111
11	GT2	6	Prototype Technology Group	Marc Duez Ross Bentley	BMW 3.2L I6		111
12	GT2	99	Shumacher Racing	Larry Schumacher John O'Steen Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 911 GT2		110
12	GT2	99	Shumacher Racing	Larry Schumacher John O'Steen Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		110
13	GT2	04	C.J. Motorsports	John Morton John Graham	Porsche 911 GT2		110
13	GT2	04	C.J. Motorsports	John Morton John Graham	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		110
14	GT3	23	Alex Job Racing	Cort Wagner Darryl Havens	Porsche 964 Carrera RSR		102
14	GT3	23	Alex Job Racing	Cort Wagner Darryl Havens	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		102
15 DNF	GT2	00	David Friedman	David Friedman Nick Longhi	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR		53
15 DNF	GT2	00	David Friedman	David Friedman Nick Longhi	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		53
DNS	GT3	22	Alex Job Racing	Darryl Havens Cort Wagner	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR		-
DNS	GT3	22	Alex Job Racing	Darryl Havens Cort Wagner	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		-

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References

News: August 9, 1998. Mosport Visteon Panoz Race Report. Motorsport.com. October 10, 2014. October 18, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018080153/http://www.motorsport.com/gt/news/mosport-visteon-panoz-race-report/. dead.
Web site: Mosport Festival. Racing Sports Cars. 2013-05-29.
Web site: Mosport Festival. Ultimate Racing History. 2013-05-29.