1998 - FedEx Championship Series - U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota 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.

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1998 - U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

Race Name - U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota
Date - 7/26/1998
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 250
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Adrian Fernandez / 229.519 mph
Cautions - 8 cautions for 55 laps
Average Race Speed - 165.913 mph
Lead Changes - 9 Leader(s) with 63 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Alex Zanardi
Race Number - 12

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	14	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	225.437
2	2	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	228.855
3	7	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	227.237
4	6	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	227.316
5	3	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	228.238
6	8	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	227.129
7	12	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	225.882
8	21	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	223.755
9	15	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	225.113
10	5	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	227.395
11	20	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	224.048
12	24	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	220.15
13	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	224.621
14	18	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	224.39
15	28	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	218.44
16	10	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	226.187
17	19	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	224.159
18	26	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	219.218
19	22	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	223.297
20	13	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	225.84
21	16	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	225.091
22	4	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	227.906
23	1	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	229.519
24	27	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	219.091
25	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	226.958
26	25	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	219.968
27	23	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	221.784
28	11	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	226.038