1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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1998 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 4/5/1998
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 29
Laps Run - 105
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bryan Herta / 111.226 mph
Cautions - 7 cautions for 29 laps
Average Race Speed - 88.946 mph
Lead Changes - 8 Leader(s) with 11 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	11	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	110.156
2	8	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	110.314
3	1	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	111.226
4	3	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	110.982
5	13	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	110.1
6	14	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	110.078
7	23	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	108.56
8	20	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	109.42
9	15	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	109.997
10	22	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	108.743
11	25	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	107.971
12	7	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	110.452
13	4	Gualter Salles	Payton Coyne Racing	Reynard	Ford	110.941
14	27	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	107.554
15	21	Arnd Meier	BAAN Business Software	Lola	Ford	109.011
16	28	Mimmo Schiattarella	Hawaiian Tropic	Reynard	Mercedes	107.55
17	2	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	111.028
18	16	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	109.863
19	29	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	104.955
20	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	110.906
21	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	110.471
22	17	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	109.646
23	19	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	109.534
24	24	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	108.03
25	9	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	110.261
26	12	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	110.143
27	17	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	109.542
28	26	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	107.804
29	10	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	110.186