Race No. 9
Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco/Havoline
Portland International Raceway
Portland, Oregon
June 19-21, 1998
Friday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | RI/Honda/F | 58.821 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 120.386 | 193.700 | n/a |
| 2 | 8 | Bryan Herta | RI/Ford Cos/F | 59.179 | -0.358 | -0.358 | 119.657 | 192.529 | n/a |
| 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | RI/Ford Cos/F | 59.180 | -0.359 | -0.001 | 119.655 | 192.525 | 100.31% |
| 4 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | RI/Mercedes/F | 59.310 | -0.489 | -0.130 | 119.393 | 192.103 | 100.53% |
| 5 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | RI/Ford Cos/F | 59.324 | -0.503 | -0.014 | 119.365 | 192.058 | 100.55% |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | RI/Mercedes/F | 59.346 | -0.525 | -0.022 | 119.321 | 191.987 | 100.59% |
| 7 | 18 | Mark Blundell | RI/Mercedes/F | 59.435 | -0.614 | -0.089 | 119.142 | 191.699 | 100.74% |
| 8 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | SW/Ford Cos/G | 59.480 | -0.659 | -0.045 | 119.052 | 191.554 | 100.81% |
| 9 | 3X | Andre Ribeiro | PC/Mercedes/G | 59.508 | -0.687 | -0.028 | 118.996 | 191.464 | 100.86% |
| 10 | 12X | Jimmy Vasser | RI/Honda/F | 59.565 | -0.744 | -0.057 | 118.882 | 191.281 | 100.96% |
| 11 | 6 | Michael Andretti | SW/Ford Cos/G | 59.612 | -0.791 | -0.047 | 118.788 | 191.130 | 101.04% |
| 12 | 26 | Paul Tracy | RI/Honda/F | 59.630 | -0.809 | -0.018 | 118.752 | 191.072 | 101.07% |
| 13 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | RI/Honda/G | 59.706 | -0.885 | -0.076 | 118.601 | 190.829 | 101.20% |
| 14 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | RI/Mercedes/F | 59.782 | -0.961 | -0.076 | 118.450 | 190.587 | 101.33% |
| 15 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | RI/Honda/F | 59.793 | -0.972 | -0.011 | 118.429 | 190.552 | 101.35% |
| 16 | 25 | Max Papis | RI/Toyota/F | 59.881 | -1.060 | -0.088 | 118.255 | 190.272 | 101.49% |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | RI/Ford Cos/F | 59.936 | -1.115 | -0.055 | 118.146 | 190.097 | 101.59% |
| 18 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | RI/Honda/F | 59.941 | -1.120 | -0.005 | 118.136 | 190.081 | 101.60% |
| 19 | 10 | Richie Hearn | SW/Ford Cos/F | 60.023 | -1.202 | -0.082 | 117.975 | 189.821 | 101.73% |
| 20 | 24 | Robby Gordon | RI/Toyota/F | 60.266 | -1.445 | -0.243 | 117.499 | 189.056 | 102.15% |
| 21 | 19X | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RI/Ford Cos/F | 60.292 | -1.471 | -0.026 | 117.448 | 188.975 | 102.19% |
| 22 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | RI/Mercedes/G | 60.361 | -1.540 | -0.069 | 117.314 | 188.758 | 102.31% |
| 23 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | PC/Mercedes/G | 60.452 | -1.631 | -0.091 | 117.138 | 188.474 | 102.46% |
| 24 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Lola/Ford Cos/G | 60.607 | -1.786 | -0.155 | 116.838 | 187.992 | 102.72% |
| 25 | 9 | J J Lehto | RI/Mercedes/F | 60.983 | -2.162 | -0.376 | 116.118 | 186.833 | 103.36% |
| 26 | 36 | Alex Barron | RI/Toyota/G | 61.730 | -2.909 | -0.747 | 114.712 | 184.572 | 104.63% |
| 27 | 98X | PJ Jones | RI/Toyota/G | 62.103 | -3.282 | -0.373 | 114.023 | 183.464 | 105.26% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | RI/Ford Cos/F | 62.975 | -4.154 | -0.872 | 112.445 | 180.923 | 106.74% |