1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Las Vegas 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

Champ Car World Series Champions

Champ Car World Series by Year

CART-Champ Car History

1998 - Las Vegas 500 Race Results

Race Name - Las Vegas 500
Date - 7/19/1998
Race Track - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 95
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Dario Franchitti / 105.558 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 16 laps
Average Race Speed - 87.274 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 6 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Dario Franchitti
Race Number - 11

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	105.48
2	3	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	105.461
3	6	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	104.705
4	9	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	104.394
5	17	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	103.659
6	8	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	104.456
7	13	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	104.103
8	20	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	102.941
9	16	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	103.821
10	21	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	102.925
11	12	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	104.163
12	19	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	103.176
13	22	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	102.349
14	10	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	104.372
15	25	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	101.888
16	5	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	105.012
17	14	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	104.068
18	24	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	101.905
19	23	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	101.905
20	1	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	105.558
21	28	Gualter Salles	Banco Cacique	Reynard	Ford	101.298
22	7	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	104.682
23	11	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	104.275
24	26	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	101.639
25	18	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	103.546
26	15	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	103.835
27	4	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	105.256
28	27	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	101.509