1998 - FedEx Championship Series - The 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

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1998 - The 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

Race Name - The 500 Presented by Toyota
Date - 11/1/1998
Race Track - California Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 250
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Scott Pruett / 233.748 mph
Cautions - 10 cautions for 74 laps
Average Race Speed - 153.785 mph
Lead Changes - 8 Leader(s) with 25 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Jimmy Vasser
Race Number - 19

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	233.36
2	9	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	231.717
3	18	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	229.525
4	27	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford
5	6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	232.41
6	7	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	232.321
7	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	230.816
8	4	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	232.795
9	22	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	228.17
10	16	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	230.031
11	5	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	232.669
12	25	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	225.014
13	15	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	230.43
14	12	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	230.801
15	17	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	229.944
16	24	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	227.452
17	10	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	231.013
18	3	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	232.832
19	23	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	227.715
20	1	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	233.748
21	20	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	228.691
22	8	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	231.783
23	26	Vincenzo Sospiri	CastrolDegreeToyota	Eagle	Toyota	224.543
24	21	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	228.455
25	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford
26	14	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	230.51
27	13	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	230.787
28	19	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	229.071