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1998 Honda Indy Carnival Australia

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CART race number 18 of 19
Sunday, October 18, 1998 at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
62 laps on a 2.795 mile street course (173.290 miles)

Time of race: 2:01:51
Average speed: 85.328 mph
Pole speed: 109.028 mph

Cautions: 7 for 19 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1998 CART results / 1998 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	1	Alex Zanardi	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	62	100000	running	49	21
2	1	27	Dario Franchitti	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	62	70000	running	13	17
3	3	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	62	50000	running	0	14
4	12	20	Scott Pruett	Visteon (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	62	35000	running	0	12
5	15	9	J.J. Lehto	Hogan Motor Leasing (Hogan Racing)	Reynard / Mercedes	62	30000	running	0	10
6	14	40	Adrian Fernandez	Tecate / Quaker State / Labatt's (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Ford	62	25000	running	0	8
7	14	21	Tony Kanaan	LCI (Steve Horne)	Reynard / Honda	62	22500	running	0	6
8	9	99	Greg Moore	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	62	20000	running	0	5
9	16	33	Patrick Carpentier	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Mercedes	62	17500	running	0	4
10	5	8	Bryan Herta	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	62	16500	running	0	3
11	17	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola / PacWest (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	62	15250	running	0	2
12	21	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood Cigarettes / PacWest (Bruce McCaw)	Reynard / Mercedes	62	14250	running	0	1
13	22	3	Andre Ribeiro	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	62	13250	running	0
14	8	5	Gil de Ferran	Valvoline / Cummins (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Honda	62	12500	running	0
15	27	98	Vincenzo Sospiri	Castrol / Degree / Toyota (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Toyota	62	12000	running	0
16	20	24	Robby Gordon	Panasonic / Duskin (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	62	11750	running	0
17	13	25	Max Papis	MCI (Arciero Wells Racing)	Reynard / Toyota	61	11500	electrical	0
18	23	10	Richie Hearn	Budweiser / Ralph's (Della Penna Motorsports)	Swift / Ford	60	11250	running	0
19	26	36	Alex Barron	Castrol / Degree / Toyota (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Toyota	59	11000	crash	0
20	6	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Swift / Ford	59	10750	crash	0
21	18	16	Helio Castroneves	Alumax Aluminum (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Reynard / Mercedes	54		crash	0
22	19	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Mercedes	53		running	0
23	4	26	Paul Tracy	Kool (Team Green)	Reynard / Honda	45		crash	0
24	7	12	Jimmy Vasser	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Reynard / Honda	38		crash	0
25	11	7	Bobby Rahal	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	Reynard / Ford	19		crash	0
26	25	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Herdez / Viva Mexico! (Dale Coyne)	Reynard / Ford	11		crash	0
27	24	77	Arnd Meier	Hasseroder / J.A.G. (Davis Racing)	Lola / Ford	4		oil leak	0
28	28	34	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham (Dale Coyne)	Reynard / Ford	0		did not start	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dario Franchitti	1	13	13
Alex Zanardi	14	62	49

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Alex Zanardi	271
2	Dario Franchitti	160	-111
3	Jimmy Vasser	148	-123
4	Adrian Fernandez	142	-129
5	Greg Moore	125	-146
6	Scott Pruett	120	-151
7	Michael Andretti	112	-159
8	Bryan Herta	97	-174
9	Tony Kanaan	92	-179
10	Bobby Rahal	80	-191
11	Al Unser, Jr.	72	-199
12	Gil de Ferran	67	-204
13	Paul Tracy	61	-210
14	Christian Fittipaldi	50	-221
15	Richie Hearn	42	-229
16	Mauricio Gugelmin	39	-232
17	Helio Castroneves	33	-238
18	Mark Blundell	28	-243
19	Patrick Carpentier	27	-244
20	J.J. Lehto	25	-246
20	Max Papis	25	-246