Race No. 17
Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
Houston, Texas
October 2-4, 1998
Driver Performance Chart
| rank | driver | points | starts | run at fin | top fin | times led | laps led | laps completed | miles completed |
| 2237 | 3740.396 | ||||||||
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 250 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 450 | 2153 | 3610.797 |
| 2 | Jimmy Vasser | 148 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 233 | 2075 | 3412.445 |
| 3 | Dario Franchitti | 143 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 230 | 1649 | 2880.714 |
| 4 | Adrian Fernandez | 134 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 138 | 1815 | 3159.714 |
| 5 | Greg Moore | 119 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 192 | 1862 | 2949.587 |
| 6 | Michael Andretti | 112 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 424 | 1794 | 3188.067 |
| 7 | Scott Pruett | 108 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1954 | 3316.392 |
| 8 | Bryan Herta | 94 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 171 | 1757 | 2875.356 |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 86 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1760 | 3019.801 |
| 10 | Bobby Rahal | 80 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2119 | 3542.469 |
| 11 | Al Unser Jr. | 72 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 1879 | 3028.028 |
| 12 | Gil de Ferran | 67 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 126 | 1875 | 3161.492 |
| 13 | Paul Tracy | 61 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 1624 | 2784.245 |
| 14 | Richie Hearn | 42 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 1726 | 2953.522 |
| 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 38 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 1933 | 3222.336 |
| 16 | Christian Fittipaldi | 36 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1457 | 2503.144 |
| 17 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 33 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 1695 | 2779.733 |
| 18 | Mark Blundell | 26 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1880 | 3158.026 |
| 19 | Max Papis | 25 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1825 | 3102.381 |
| 20 | Patrick Carpentier | 23 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 1654 | 2765.814 |
| 21 | J J Lehto (R) | 15 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1554 | 2467.726 |
| 22 | Andre Ribeiro | 13 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1459 | 2479.460 |
| 23 | Robby Gordon | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1214 | 2011.332 |
| 24 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 4 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1598 | 2583.070 |
| 25 | Arnd Meier | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1602 | 2892.662 |
| 26 | PJ Jones | 3 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1456 | 2325.707 |
| 27 | Alex Barron (R) | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1545 | 2773.345 |
| 28 | Gualter Salles | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 532 | 992.189 |
| 29 | Hiro Matsushita | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 536 | 867.662 |
| 30 | Vincenzo Sospiri (R) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 246.428 |
| 31 | Roberto Moreno | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 407.580 |
| 32 | Mimmo Schiattarella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 158.974 |
| 33 | Dennis Vitolo | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 471 | 846.279 |
| 34 | Hideshi Matsuda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 286.565 |