1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Honda Indy Carnival Australia Race Results

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1998 - Honda Indy Carnival Australia Race Results

Race Name - Honda Indy Carnival Australia
Date - 10/18/1998
Race Track - Surfers Paradise
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 62
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Dario Franchitti / 109.028 mph
Cautions - 7 cautions for 19 laps
Average Race Speed - 85.328 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 1 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Alex Zanardi
Race Number - 18

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	109.002
2	1	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	109.028
3	3	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	108.777
4	12	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	107.92
5	15	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	107.421
6	10	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	108.171
7	14	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	107.566
8	9	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	108.288
9	16	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	107.249
10	5	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	108.675
11	17	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	107.248
12	21	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	106.617
13	22	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	106.505
14	8	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	108.367
15	27	Vincenzo Sospiri	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	104.204
16	20	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	106.652
17	13	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	107.759
18	23	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	106.464
19	26	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	105.599
20	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	108.646
21	18	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	107.029
22	19	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	106.747
23	4	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	108.681
24	7	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	108.572
25	11	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	108.114
26	25	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	105.794
27	24	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	106.438
28	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	101.918