Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 21-23, 1998
Friday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 26.529 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 172.340 | 277.295 | n/a |
| 2 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 26.926 | -0.397 | -0.397 | 169.799 | 273.206 | n/a |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 27.341 | -0.812 | -0.415 | 167.221 | 269.059 | 102.30% |
| 4 | 24 | Robby Gordon | 98I/RV8C/F | 27.537 | -1.008 | -0.196 | 166.031 | 267.144 | 103.03% |
| 5 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 28.200 | -1.671 | -0.663 | 162.128 | 260.863 | 105.52% |
| 6 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 28.296 | -1.767 | -0.096 | 161.578 | 259.978 | 105.87% |
| 7 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 28.396 | -1.867 | -0.100 | 161.009 | 259.063 | 106.25% |
| 8 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 28.572 | -2.043 | -0.176 | 160.017 | 257.467 | 106.91% |
| 9 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 28.672 | -2.143 | -0.100 | 159.459 | 256.569 | 107.28% |
| 10 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 28.701 | -2.172 | -0.029 | 159.298 | 256.310 | 107.39% |
| 11 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 28.706 | -2.177 | -0.005 | 159.270 | 256.265 | 107.41% |
| 12 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 28.737 | -2.208 | -0.031 | 159.098 | 255.989 | 107.52% |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 29.046 | -2.517 | -0.309 | 157.405 | 253.265 | 108.68% |
| 14 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 29.071 | -2.542 | -0.025 | 157.270 | 253.048 | 108.77% |
| 15 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 29.943 | -3.414 | -0.872 | 152.690 | 245.678 | 112.04% |
| 16 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 29.993 | -3.464 | -0.050 | 152.436 | 245.269 | 112.22% |
| 17 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 30.117 | -3.588 | -0.124 | 151.808 | 244.259 | 112.69% |
| 18 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 30.182 | -3.653 | -0.065 | 151.481 | 243.733 | 112.93% |
| 19 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 30.917 | -4.388 | -0.735 | 147.880 | 237.939 | 115.68% |
| 20 | 98X | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 31.053 | -4.524 | -0.136 | 147.232 | 236.897 | 116.19% |
| 21 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 34.094 | -7.565 | -3.041 | 134.100 | 215.767 | 127.57% |
| 22 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 98I/XD/F | 34.584 | -8.055 | -0.490 | 132.200 | 212.710 | 129.40% |
| 23 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 37.448 | -10.919 | -2.864 | 122.089 | 196.442 | 140.12% |
| 24 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 44.105 | -17.576 | -6.657 | 103.662 | 166.792 | 165.03% |
| 25 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 61.708 | -35.179 | -17.603 | 74.091 | 119.212 | 230.89% |