Swift 009.c

After a successful campaign in 1997, in which the Swift 007.i, won the season opener, successor for the car was designed for 1998. The car was designed by David Bruns in cooperation with Haas CNC. Swift Engineering planned to build six chassis each billing around $425,000.[1]

The Swift 009.c made a stunning debut with Michael Andretti winning the season opener and Christian Fittipaldi finishing fourth. All four entered Swift chassis finished the race. The American built chassis proved to be fast when Andretti also noted the fastest time in the Goodyear tire test at Gateway International Raceway.[2] Andretti finished second in the race at the St. Louis circuit. The best result for Fittipaldi were two third places at Road America and Surfers Paradise. The Brazilian had a heavy crash in opening practice at the Milwaukee Mile. Fittipaldi was knocked unconscious but had no serious injuries despite his chassis being split in half. For the race Fittipaldi was replaced by Team Penske test driver Roberto Moreno.

A third Swift 009.c chassis was entered by Della Penna Motorsports for Richie Hearn. Hearn's best result was a fifth place finish at Michigan International Speedway. Hearn beat both Newman-Haas Racing entries.

Swift secured the second place in the constructors championship. Second to only the dominant Reynard 98i chassis.

Complete CART results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Points	D.C.
1998	Newman-Haas Racing	Ford XD V8t	G			MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	HOU	SFR	FON
				Michael Andretti	6	1*	14	21	18*	5	2*	26	10	17	2	2	6	21	15	2	10	28	20	18	112	7th
				Christian Fittipaldi	11	4	25	26	11	21	11	DNS	17	26	11	16	25	13	3	14	9	27	3	7	56	14th
				Roberto Moreno								24													0	31st
	Della Penna Motorsports	Ford XD V8t	F	Richie Hearn	10	13	27	23	10	7	28	6	23	10	18	7	5	24	13	16	11	9	18	8	47	16th