Race No. 17
Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
Houston, Texas
October 2-4, 1998
Friday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 60.191 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 91.329 | 146.980 | n/a |
| 2 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 60.345 | -0.154 | -0.154 | 91.096 | 146.605 | n/a |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 60.572 | -0.381 | -0.227 | 90.755 | 146.056 | 100.50% |
| 4 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 60.609 | -0.418 | -0.037 | 90.699 | 145.967 | 100.57% |
| 5 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 60.639 | -0.448 | -0.030 | 90.655 | 145.894 | 100.62% |
| 6 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 60.662 | -0.471 | -0.023 | 90.620 | 145.839 | 100.65% |
| 7 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 60.668 | -0.477 | -0.006 | 90.611 | 145.825 | 100.66% |
| 8 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 60.793 | -0.602 | -0.125 | 90.425 | 145.525 | 100.87% |
| 9 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 60.868 | -0.677 | -0.075 | 90.313 | 145.345 | 101.00% |
| 10 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 60.926 | -0.735 | -0.058 | 90.227 | 145.207 | 101.09% |
| 11 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 60.936 | -0.745 | -0.010 | 90.213 | 145.183 | 101.11% |
| 12 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 60.960 | -0.769 | -0.024 | 90.177 | 145.126 | 101.15% |
| 13 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 60.989 | -0.798 | -0.029 | 90.134 | 145.057 | 101.20% |
| 14 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 61.086 | -0.895 | -0.097 | 89.991 | 144.827 | 101.36% |
| 15 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 61.089 | -0.898 | -0.003 | 89.987 | 144.820 | 101.36% |
| 16 | 24X | Robby Gordon | 98I/RV8C/F | 61.127 | -0.936 | -0.038 | 89.931 | 144.730 | 101.43% |
| 17 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 61.239 | -1.048 | -0.112 | 89.766 | 144.465 | 101.61% |
| 18 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 61.269 | -1.078 | -0.030 | 89.722 | 144.394 | 101.66% |
| 19 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 61.541 | -1.350 | -0.272 | 89.326 | 143.756 | 102.11% |
| 20 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | EA/RV8C/G | 61.546 | -1.355 | -0.005 | 89.319 | 143.744 | 102.12% |
| 21 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 61.574 | -1.383 | -0.028 | 89.278 | 143.679 | 102.17% |
| 22 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 61.622 | -1.431 | -0.048 | 89.208 | 143.567 | 102.25% |
| 23 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 61.679 | -1.488 | -0.057 | 89.126 | 143.434 | 102.34% |
| 24 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 61.707 | -1.516 | -0.028 | 89.086 | 143.369 | 102.39% |
| 25 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 61.770 | -1.579 | -0.063 | 88.995 | 143.223 | 102.49% |
| 26 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 61.784 | -1.593 | -0.014 | 88.974 | 143.191 | 102.52% |
| 27 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | EA/RV8C/G | 63.506 | -3.315 | -1.722 | 86.562 | 139.308 | 105.37% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 98I/XD/F | 64.747 | -4.556 | -1.241 | 84.903 | 136.638 | 107.43% |