1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Pep Boys 400K Race Results

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1998 - Pep Boys 400K Race Results

Race Name - Pep Boys 400K
Date - 5/23/1998
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 236
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Greg Moore / 177.505 mph
Cautions - 6 cautions for 60 laps
Average Race Speed - 125.725 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Michael Andretti
Race Number - 6

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	11	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	174.318
2	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	175.59
3	1	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	177.505
4	2	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	177.161
5	17	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	173.064
6	12	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	173.979
7	8	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	175.132
8	20	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	171.531
9	4	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	177.01
10	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	172.574
11	14	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	173.814
12	21	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	171.519
13	13	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	173.86
14	22	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	171.467
15	16	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	173.418
16	23	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	171.454
17	25	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	170.699
18	10	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	174.377
19	9	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	174.471
20	27	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	168.187
21	26	Arnd Meier	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford	170.279
22	24	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	170.769
23	7	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	175.327
24	3	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	177.106
25	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	164.543
26	15	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	173.629
27	5	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	175.657
28	19	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	172.242