CART: Vasser Breaks 212 MPH at Homestead
5 February 1998
MCI Racing News - CART Spring Training Report #3 - Homestead Fed-X Championship Series CART Spring Training Homestead, Fla. February 5th, 1998 Individual Practice Report (Thursday PM Session) Top 29 Driver Times Pos Driver Sponsor Lap Speed Lapse 1 J. Vasser R98i/Honda/F 25.467 212.093 -- 2 M. Andretti R98i/Ford Cos/G 25.622 210.756 .155 3 C. Fittipaldi R98i/Ford Cos/G 25.712 210.019 .245 4 T. Kannan R98i/Honda/F 25.802 209.286 .355 5 B. Herta R98i/Ford Cos/F 25.818 209.156 .351 6 B. Rahal R98i/Ford Cos/F 25.823 209.116 .356 7 M. Gugelmin R98i/Mercedes/F 25.866 208.768 .399 8 H. Castro-Neves R98i/Mercedes/G 25.913 208.390 .446 9 A. Ribeiro PC/Mercedes/G 25.969 207.940 .502 10 P. Carpentier R98i/Mercedes/F 26.006 207.644 .539 11 JJ. Lehto R98i/Mercedes/F 26.063 207.190 .596 12 S. Pruett R98i/Ford Cos/F 26.096 206.928 .629 13 A. Zanardi R98i/Honda/F 26.104 206.865 .637 14 A. Fernandez R98i/Ford Cos/F 26.126 206.691 .659 15 A. Barron R98i/Toyota/G 26.178 206.280 .711 16 A. Unser PC/Mercedes/G 26.202 206.091 .735 17 P. Tracy R98i/Honda/F 26.211 206.020 .744 18 D. Franchitti R98i/Honda/F 26.276 205.511 .809 19 G. De Ferran R98i/Honda/G 26.303 205.300 .836 20 PJ Jones R98i/Toyota/G 26.556 203.344 .1089 21 M. Papis R98i/Toyota/F 26.601 203.000 .1134 22 M. Blundell R98i/Toyota/F 26.610 202.931 .1143 23 G. De Ferran R98i/Mercedes/G 26.641 202.695 .1174 24 R. Hearn R98i/Ford Cos/F 26.705 202.209 .1238 25 H. Matsushita R98i/Toyota/G 27.361 197.361 .1894 26 D. Vitolo R98i/Ford Cos/G 27.377 197.256 .1910 27 M. Jourdain R98i/Ford Cos/G 27.455 196..685 .1988 28 H. Matsuda R98i/Ford Cos/G 27.581 195.787 .2114 29 A. Meier R98i/Ford Cos/G 27.601 195.603 .2140 Chassis Legend: PC= 98 Penske R98I= Reynard 98I SW= Swift 009.c Engine Legend: Ford Cos= Ford Cosworth XD Honda= Honda Turbo V8 Mercedes= Mercedes IC 108E Toyota= Toyota Tire Legend: F= Fireston Firehawk G= Goodyear Eagle
