1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km

The 1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km was the ninth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida, United States on October 18, 1998.
Official results
Class winners are in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | GT1 | 2 |  AMG Mercedes |  Klaus Ludwig  Ricardo Zonta | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | B | 141 | 
| Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | GT1 | 8 |  Porsche AG |  Jörg Müller  Uwe Alzen | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | M | 141 | 
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 3 | GT1 | 7 |  Porsche AG |  Yannick Dalmas  Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | M | 140 | 
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 4 | GT1 | 1 |  AMG Mercedes |  Bernd Schneider .svg.png) Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | B | 140 | 
| Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | GT1 | 12 |  Team Persson Motorsport |  Jean-Marc Gounon  Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 140 | 
| Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 6 | GT1 | 3 |  DAMS |  Éric Bernard .svg.png) David Brabham | Panoz GTR-1 | M | 139 | 
| Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 7 | GT1 | 6 |  Zakspeed Racing |  Michael Bartels  Max Angelelli | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | P | 138 | 
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 8 | GT2 | 51 |  Viper Team Oreca |  Olivier Beretta .svg.png) Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 130 | 
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 9 | GT2 | 56 |  Roock Racing |  Claudia Hürtgen  Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 129 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 10 | GT2 | 70 |  Marcos Racing International |  Christian Vann  Harald Becker  Cor Euser | Marcos LM600 | D | 128 | 
| Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | GT2 | 63 |  Krauss Race Sports International |  Michael Trunk  Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 126 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 12 | GT2 | 58 |  Roock Sportsystem |  André Ahrlé  Andy Pilgrim | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 125 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 13 | GT2 | 81 |  Freisinger Motorsport |  Wolfgang Kaufmann  Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 125 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 14 | GT2 | 65 |  Konrad Motorsport |  Martin Stretton .svg.png) Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 123 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 15 | GT2 | 76 |  Seikel Motorsport |  Nigel Smith  Andrew Bagnall  Max Cohen-Olivar | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 120 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 16 | GT2 | 61 | .svg.png) Elf Haberthur Racing |  Klaus Horn  Mauro Casadei | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 120 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 17 | GT2 | 87 |  Seikel Motorsport |  Christian Vogler  Gerhard Marchner  Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 117 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | GT2 | 86 |  Larbre Compétition |  Jean-Luc Chéreau  Jack Leconte | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 113 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT2 | 57 |  Roock Racing | .svg.png) Bruno Eichmann  Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 98 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | GT2 | 71 |  Marcos Racing International |  Herman Buurman  Manno Schaafsma | Marcos LM600 | D | 95 | 
| Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | |||||||
| 21 DNF | GT1 | 11 |  Team Persson Motorsport |  Christophe Bouchut  Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 95 | 
| Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 22 DNF | GT2 | 52 |  Viper Team Oreca |  Karl Wendlinger  David Donohue | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 90 | 
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 23 DNF | GT2 | 69 |  Proton Competition |  Gerold Ried  Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 65 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 DNF | GT2 | 53 |  Chamberlain Engineering | .svg.png) Ni Amorim  Dominic Chappell  Hans Hugenholtz | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 46 | 
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 25 DNF | GT2 | 66 |  Konrad Motorsport |  Jan Lammers  Franz Konrad | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 21 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 26 DNF | GT2 | 60 | .svg.png) Elf Haberthur Racing | .svg.png) Michel Neugarten  Gerd Ruch  Zak Brown | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 7 | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | GT1 | 5 |  Zakspeed Racing |  Armin Hahne  Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | P | – | 
| Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | GT2 | 62 | .svg.png) Stadler Motorsport |  Renato Mastropietro .svg.png) Uwe Sick | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | – | 
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | GT2 | 80 |  GP Motorsport |  Daniel Dor  Robert Schirle  Peter Gregg | Saleen Mustang SR | ? | – | 
| Ford 5.9L V8 | 
Statistics
- Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:14.298
- Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:16.495
- Average speed – 151.314 km/h
References
- "Results: 1998 Round 9 – Homestead". FIA GT Championship. October 18, 1998. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- "500 km Homestead". World Sports Racing Prototypes. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2007.