1998 - FedEx Championship Series - True Value 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.

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1998 - True Value 500 Race Results

Race Name - True Value 500
Date - 4/27/1998
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 225
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Patrick Carpentier / 184.896 mph
Cautions - 7 cautions for 78 laps
Average Race Speed - 108.839 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 6 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Michael Andretti
Race Number - 4

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	182.586
2	8	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	181.836
3	2	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	182.822
4	4	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	182.704
5	10	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	180.937
6	9	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	180.966
7	24	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	176.419
8	7	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	181.874
9	16	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	179.252
10	13	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	180.238
11	6	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	182.528
12	23	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	177.255
13	1	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	184.896
14	20	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	178.136
15	18	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	178.444
16	15	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	179.403
17	14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	179.459
18	3	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	182.743
19	25	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	176.164
20	21	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	178.099
21	17	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	179.204
22	12	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	180.362
23	19	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	178.21
24	26	Arnd Meier	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford	174.093
25	22	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	177.81
26	11	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	180.697
27	27	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota
28	28	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes