1998 - FedEx Championship Series - Atlanta 500 Classic 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.

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1998 - Atlanta 500 Classic Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500 Classic
Date - 6/21/1998
Race Track - Atlanta Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 98
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bryan Herta / 121.341 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 13 laps
Average Race Speed - 101.355 mph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 7 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Alex Zanardi
Race Number - 9

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	120.259
2	3	Scott Pruett	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	120.747
3	1	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Ford	121.341
4	12	Tony Kanaan	LCI	Reynard	Honda	119.411
5	18	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	118.986
6	8	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	119.781
7	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	119.21
8	4	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	120.722
9	11	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	119.56
10	23	Richie Hearn	Budweiser/Ralphs	Swift	Ford	118.111
11	22	Max Papis	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	118.255
12	25	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder/JAG	Lola	Ford	116.838
13	19	Hlio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	118.816
14	27	Alex Barron	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	115.299
15	17	Andr Ribeiro	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	118.996
16	26	PJ Jones	CastrolDegreeToyota	Reynard	Toyota	116.078
17	10	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	119.639
18	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	112.445
19	13	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez/Viva Mexico	Reynard	Ford	119.401
20	9	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	119.726
21	2	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	121.156
22	16	Mark Blundell	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	119.142
23	21	Robby Gordon	PanasonicDuskin	Reynard	Toyota	118.575
24	6	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	120.222
25	24	JJ Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc	Reynard	Mercedes	117.497
26	7	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Swift	Ford	120.145
27	14	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	119.321
28	20	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	118.752