1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Lone Star 500 Race Results
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1998 - Lone Star 500 Race Results
Race Name - Lone Star 500Date - 7/12/1998Race Track - Texas Motor SpeedwayNumber of Starting Cars - 28Laps Run - 100 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Jimmy Vasser / 133.868 mphCautions - 3 cautions for 16 laps Average Race Speed - 112.449 mphLead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 3 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Alex Zanardi Race Number - 10Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 5 | Alex Zanardi | Target | Reynard | Honda | 133.658 |
2 | 3 | Michael Andretti | Kmart/Texaco Havoline | Swift | Ford | 132.908 |
3 | 1 | Dario Franchitti | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | 133.868 |
4 | 12 | Scott Pruett | Visteon Patrick Racing | Reynard | Ford | 131.787 |
5 | 18 | Adrin Fernndez | Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt | Reynard | Ford | 131.149 |
6 | 8 | Gil de Ferran | Valvoline/Cummins Special | Reynard | Honda | 132.187 |
7 | 15 | Jimmy Vasser | Target | Reynard | Honda | 134.385 |
8 | 4 | Bobby Rahal | Miller Lite | Reynard | Ford | 132.326 |
9 | 11 | Patrick Carpentier | Players/Indeck | Reynard | Mercedes | 131.31 |
10 | 23 | Mark Blundell | Motorola PacWest | Reynard | Mercedes | 132.92 |
11 | 22 | Christian Fittipaldi | Kmart | Swift | Ford | 132.045 |
12 | 25 | Max Papis | MCI Racing | Reynard | Toyota | 130.925 |
13 | 19 | Bryan Herta | Shell | Reynard | Ford | 133.556 |
14 | 27 | Tony Kanaan | LCI | Reynard | Honda | 130.753 |
15 | 17 | Alex Barron | CastrolDegreeToyota | Reynard | Toyota | 127.168 |
16 | 26 | Arnd Meier | Hasseroder/JAG | Lola | Ford | 129.044 |
17 | 10 | Al Unser Jr | Marlboro | Penske | Mercedes | 132.404 |
18 | 28 | Richie Hearn | Budweiser/Ralphs | Swift | Ford | 131.206 |
19 | 13 | Paul Tracy | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | 133.354 |
20 | 9 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Hollywood PacWest | Reynard | Mercedes | 132.903 |
21 | 2 | PJ Jones | CastrolDegreeToyota | Reynard | Toyota | 128.746 |
22 | 16 | Andr Ribeiro | Marlboro | Penske | Mercedes | 129.918 |
23 | 21 | Robby Gordon | PanasonicDuskin | Reynard | Toyota | 130.701 |
24 | 6 | Dennis Vitolo | SmithKline Beecham | Reynard | Ford | 123.521 |
25 | 24 | Greg Moore | Players/Indeck | Reynard | Mercedes | 132.045 |
26 | 7 | Michel Jourdain Jr | Herdez/Viva Mexico | Reynard | Ford | 130.387 |
27 | 14 | Hlio Castroneves | Alumax Aluminum | Reynard | Mercedes | 129.953 |
28 | 20 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Motor Leasing Inc | Reynard | Mercedes | 130.688 |