Marlboro 500

Results

Results of the Marlboro 500 CART FedEx Series race at California Speedway, with starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown or country, type of car, laps completed and reason out, if any:

1. (2) Jimmy Vasser, Las Vegas, Reynard-Honda, 250.

2. (9) Greg Moore, Canada, Reynard-Mercedes, 250.

3. (18) Alex Zanardi, Italy, Reynard-Honda, 250.

4. (27) Adrian Fernandez, Mexico, Reynard-Ford, 250.

5. (6) Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazil, Reynard-Mercedes, 250.

6. (7) Mark Blundell, Britain, Reynard-Mercedes, 250.

7. (11) Christian Fittipaldi, Brazil, Swift-Ford 250.

8. (4) Richie Hearn, Henderson, Nev., Swift-Ford, 250.

9. (22) Robby Gordon, Orange, Reynard-Toyota, 249.

10. (16) Helio Castro-Neves, Brazil, Reynard-Mercedes, 249.

11. (5) Bobby Rahal, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard-Ford, 249.

12. (25) Michel Jourdain Jr., Mexico, Reynard-Ford, 247.

13. (15) Alex Barron, Vista, Calif., Eagle-Toyota, 246.

14. (12) Paul Tracy, Canada, Reynard-Honda, 245, contact.

15. (17) Bryan Herta, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard-Ford, 239, contact.

16. (24) Max Papis, Italy, Reynard-Toyota, 239, contact.

17. (10) Gil de Ferran, Brazil, Reynard-Honda, 232, engine.

18. (3) Michael Andretti, Nazareth, Pa., Swift-Ford, 210, contact.

19. (23) Tony Kanaan, Brazil, Reynard-Honda, 171, wheel bearing.

20. (1) Scott Pruett, Granite Bay, Calif., Reynard-Ford, 138, contact.

21. (20) JJ Lehto, Finland, Reynard-Mercedes, 124, engine.

22. (8) Dario Franchitti, Scotland, Reynard-Honda, 112, engine.

23. (26). Vincenzo Sospiri, Italy, Eagle-Toyota, 94, water leak.

24. (21) Arnd Meier, Germany, Lola-Ford, 85, engine.

25. (28) Dennis Vitolo, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Reynard-Ford, 66, suspension.

26. (14) Patrick Carpentier, Canada, Reynard-Mercedes, 59, transmission.

27. (13) Al Unser Jr., Albuquerque, Penske-Mercedes, 33, oil leak.

28. (19) Andre Ribeiro, Brazil, Penske-Mercedes, 6, contact.

Race statistics

* Time of race: 3:17:54.369

* Margin of victory: 0.360 sec.

* Winner’s average speed: 153.785 mph

* Caution flags: 10 for 74 laps

* Lead changes: 24 among seven drivers

* Lap leaders: Vasser 1-2, Andretti 3, Vasser 4-40, Moore 41-42, Gugelmin 43-44, Hearn 45-51, Moore 52-58, Andretti 59-70, Moore 71-80, Gugelmin 81, Blundell 82, Gugelmin 83-84, Moore 85-121, Gugelmin 122-130, Tracy 131-141, Andretti 142-150, Vasser 151-181, Gugelmin 182-200, Andretti 201-206, Vasser 207-213, Gugelmin 214-220, Tracy 221-245, Moore 246-248, Vasser 249-250.

1998 Final Leaders

1. Alex Zanardi: 285

2. Jimmy Vasser: 169

3. Dario Franchitti: 160

4. Adrian Fernandez: 154

5. Greg Moore: 140

6. Scott Pruett: 121

7. Michael Andretti: 112

8. Bryan Herta: 97

9. Tony Kanaan: 92

10. Bobby Rahal: 82

1998 Race Winners

* March 15: Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami

(Michael Andretti)

* March 28: Budweiser 500

(Adrian Fernandez)

* April 5: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

(Alex Zanardi)

* April 26: Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix

(Jimmy Vasser)

* May 10: Rio 400 (Greg Moore)

* May 23: Motorola 300 (Alex Zanardi)

* May 31: Miller 200 (Jimmy Vasser)

* June 7: ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix

(Alex Zanardi)

* June 21: Budweiser-G.I. Joe’s 200

(Alex Zanardi)

* July 12: Medic Drug G. Prix of Cleveland

(Alex Zanardi)

* July 19: Molson-Indy Toronto

(Alex Zanardi)

* July 26: U.S. 500 (Greg Moore)

* Aug. 9: Miller Lite 200 (Adrian Fernandez)

* Aug. 16: Texaco-Havoline 200

(Dario Franchitti)

* Sept. 6: Molson-Indy Vancouver

(Dario Franchitti)

* Sept. 13: Grand Prix of Monterey

(Bryan Herta)

* Oct. 4: Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

(Dario Franchitti)

* Oct. 18: IndyCarnival Australia

(Alex Zanardi)

* Nov. 1: Marlboro 500, Fontana (Jimmy Vasser)