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1998 The 500 Presented by Toyota Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 19 of 19 Sunday, November 1, 1998 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:17:54 Average speed: 153.785 mph Pole speed: 233.748 mph Cautions: 10 for 74 laps Margin of victory: .360 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 25 Glossary    1998 CART results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 12   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 250 1000000 running 63 21 2 9 99   Greg Moore Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Mercedes 250 60000 running 59 16 3 18 1   Alex Zanardi Target   (Chip Ganassi) Reynard / Honda 250 50000 running 0 14 4 27 40   Adrian Fernandez Tecate / Quaker State / Labatt's   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 250 35000 running 0 12 5 6 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood Cigarettes / PacWest   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 250 30000 running 40 10 6 7 18   Mark Blundell Motorola / PacWest   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 250 25000 running 1 8 7 11 11   Christian Fittipaldi Kmart   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 250 22500 running 0 6 8 4 10   Richie Hearn Budweiser / Ralph's   (Della Penna Motorsports) Swift / Ford 250 20000 running 7 5 9 22 24   Robby Gordon Panasonic / Duskin   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Toyota 249 17500 running 0 4 10 16 16   Helio Castroneves Alumax Aluminum   (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.) Reynard / Mercedes 249 16500 running 0 3 11 5 7   Bobby Rahal Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 249 15250 running 0 2 12 25 19   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez / Viva Mexico!   (Dale Coyne) Reynard / Ford 247 14250 running 0 1 13 15 36   Alex Barron Castrol / Degree / Toyota   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Toyota 246 13250 running 0   14 12 26   Paul Tracy Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 245 12500 crash 36   15 17 8   Bryan Herta Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 239 12000 crash 0   16 24 25   Max Papis MCI   (Arciero Wells Racing) Reynard / Honda 239 11750 crash 0   17 10 5   Gil de Ferran Valvoline / Cummins   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Honda 232 11500 engine 0   18 3 6   Michael Andretti Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Swift / Ford 210 11250 crash 44   19 23 21   Tony Kanaan LCI   (Steve Horne) Reynard / Honda 171 11000 wheel bearing 0   20 1 20   Scott Pruett Visteon   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 138 20750 crash 0 1 21 20 9   J.J. Lehto Hogan Motor Leasing   (Hogan Racing) Reynard / Mercedes 124   engine 0   22 8 27   Dario Franchitti Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 112   engine 0   23 26 98   Vincenzo Sospiri Castrol / Degree / Toyota   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Toyota 94   water leak 0   24 21 77   Arnd Meier Hasseroder / J.A.G.   (Davis Racing) Lola / Ford 85   engine 0   25 28 34   Dennis Vitolo SmithKline Beecham   (Dale Coyne) Reynard / Ford 66   suspension 0   26 14 33   Patrick Carpentier Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Mercedes 59   transmission 0   27 13 2   Al Unser, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 33   oil leak 0   28 19 3   Andre Ribeiro Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Penske / Mercedes 6   crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jimmy Vasser 1 2 2   Michael Andretti 3 3 1   Jimmy Vasser 4 24 21   Michael Andretti 25 40 16   Greg Moore 41 42 2   Mauricio Gugelmin 43 44 2   Richie Hearn 45 51 7   Greg Moore 52 58 7   Michael Andretti 59 70 12   Greg Moore 71 80 10   Mauricio Gugelmin 81 81 1   Mark Blundell 82 82 1   Mauricio Gugelmin 83 84 2   Greg Moore 85 121 37   Mauricio Gugelmin 122 130 9   Paul Tracy 131 141 11   Michael Andretti 142 150 9   Jimmy Vasser 151 181 31   Mauricio Gugelmin 182 200 19   Michael Andretti 201 206 6   Jimmy Vasser 207 213 7   Mauricio Gugelmin 214 220 7   Paul Tracy 221 245 25   Greg Moore 246 248 3   Jimmy Vasser 249 250 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Alex Zanardi 285     2   Jimmy Vasser 169   -116   3   Dario Franchitti 160   -125   4   Adrian Fernandez 154   -131   5   Greg Moore 141   -144   6   Scott Pruett 121   -164   7   Michael Andretti 112   -173   8   Bryan Herta 97   -188   9   Tony Kanaan 92   -193   10   Bobby Rahal 82   -203   11   Al Unser, Jr. 72   -213   12   Gil de Ferran 67   -218   13   Paul Tracy 61   -224   14   Christian Fittipaldi 56   -229   15   Mauricio Gugelmin 49   -236   16   Richie Hearn 47   -238   17   Mark Blundell 36   -249   17   Helio Castroneves 36   -249   19   Patrick Carpentier 27   -258   20   J.J. Lehto 25   -260   20   Max Papis 25   -260