The 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is surely an instant classic event in the history of CART Series and Indycar racing overall. On 5th April 1998, the whole race became memorable for the continuous thrill and excitement happening in the streets of the californian circuit near to Los Angeles city. Long Beach’s race is the third round of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship. The first 2 races of the season at Homestead for the Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami presented by Toyota and the Budweiser 500K at Motegi were already in the books with Michael Andretti and Adrián Fernández as their respective winner. In the drivers standings, mexican driver Adrián Fernández for Patrick Racing was leading the championship, tied at 29 points with canadian driver Greg Moore, racing for Player’s Forsythe Racing. Behind them, Michael Andretti was 3rd with 21 points, followed by Gil De Ferran at 20 points, Al Unser Jr. at 16 and the defending champion Alex Zanardi, stuck at 14 points after a crash that t...