1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Race Results

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1998 - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Race Results

Race Name - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
Date - 9/13/1998
Race Track - Laguna Seca Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 83
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bryan Herta / 118.229 mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 16 laps
Average Race Speed - 96.726 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Bryan Herta
Race Number - 16

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	118.229
2	5	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	117.576
3	14	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	117.1
4	2	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	117.869
5	3	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	117.7
6	7	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	117.482
7	6	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	117.566
8	18	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	116.616
9	13	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	117.197
10	12	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	117.212
11	17	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	116.752
12	16	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	116.906
13	24	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	116.047
14	22	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	116.253
15	26	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	115.737
16	19	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	116.554
17	20	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	116.483
18	8	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	117.465
19	10	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	117.292
20	23	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	116.114
21	4	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	117.648
22	21	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	116.438
23	27	Vincenzo Sospiri	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	112.615
24	25	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	115.852
25	15	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	117.028
26	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	112.613
27	9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	117.301
28	11	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	117.215