1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Texaco Grand Prix of Houston Race Results

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1998 - Texaco Grand Prix of Houston Race Results

Race Name - Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
Date - 10/4/1998
Race Track - Streets of Houston
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 70
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Greg Moore / 92.377 mph
Cautions - 6 cautions for 20 laps
Average Race Speed - 66.051 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 1 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Dario Franchitti
Race Number - 17

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	92.281
2	8	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	91.641
3	11	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	91.193
4	3	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	92.05
5	14	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	91.09
6	12	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	91.125
7	16	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	90.782
8	6	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	91.908
9	18	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	90.653
10	21	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	90.26
11	19	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	90.534
12	20	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	90.502
13	24	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	90.091
14	22	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	90.257
15	28	Vincenzo Sospiri	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	86.562
16	26	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	89.476
17	10	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	91.216
18	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	90.938
19	27	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	86.666
20	4	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	92.026
21	7	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	91.859
22	25	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	89.973
23	9	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	91.329
24	17	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	90.743
25	23	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	90.134
26	1	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	92.377
27	5	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	91.983
28	13	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	91.108