1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Visionaire 500K Race Results

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1998 - Visionaire 500K Race Results

Race Name - Visionaire 500K
Date - 5/31/1998
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Patrick Carpentier / 185.5 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 37 laps
Average Race Speed - 131.349 mph
Lead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 8 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Jimmy Vasser
Race Number - 7

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	183.385
2	10	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	181.256
3	7	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	181.663
4	6	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	182.064
5	12	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	179.922
6	24	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	176.999
7	14	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	179.608
8	9	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	181.459
9	23	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	177.032
10	13	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	179.8
11	21	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	177.489
12	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	178.153
13	2	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	184.817
14	22	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	177.134
15	25	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	176.402
16	19	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	177.905
17	26	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	175.552
18	3	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	184.487
19	8	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	181.61
20	16	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	179.262
21	11	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	180.938
22	15	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	179.383
23	20	Arnd Meier	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford	177.557
24	17	Roberto Moreno	Kmart	Swift	Ford	178.384
25	1	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	185.5
26	4	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	184.057
27	27	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford
28	28	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota