1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Dura Lube 200 Race Results

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1998 - Dura Lube 200 Race Results

Race Name - Dura Lube 200
Date - 3/28/1998
Race Track - Phoenix International Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 30
Laps Run - 201
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Jimmy Vasser / mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 33 laps
Average Race Speed - 159.393 mph
Lead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 13 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Adrian Fernandez
Race Number - 2

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford
2	15	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes
3	3	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda
4	5	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes
5	16	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda
6	10	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda
7	1	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda
8	6	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda
9	8	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes
10	7	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes
11	26	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes
12	13	Gualter Salles	Payton Coyne Racing	Reynard	Ford
13	23	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota
14	14	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford
15	27	Arnd Meier	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford
16	30	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota
17	17	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford
18	25	Hideshi Matsuda	BMB MiniJuke	Swift	Ford
19	20	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes
20	11	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes
21	12	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford
22	24	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford
23	4	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda
24	28	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota
25	19	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford
26	22	Roberto Moreno	Hawaiian Tropic	Reynard	Mercedes
27	21	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford
28	9	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford
29	18	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes
30	29	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota