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CART: Greg Moore Starts from the Pole in Detroit

6 June 1998

By Terry Callahan
The Auto Channel

DETROIT, MI: Greg Moore has captured the pole for the ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix CART FedEx Championship race to be held on Sunday at Belle Isle. Moore is the defending champion of the race.


Greg Moore

The complete lineup follows with starting position, (car number), driver, hometown/country, chassis-engine, time, and speed in mph:


1. (99) Greg Moore, Canada, Reynard Mercedes, 1:13.530, 114.859
2. (1) Alex Zanardi, Italy, Reynard Honda, 1:13.822, 114.405.
3. (40) Adrian Fernandez, Mexico., Reynard Ford, 1:13.842, 114.374.
4. (10) Richie Hearn, Henderson, Nev., Swift Ford, 1:13.995, 114.137.
5. (8) Bryan Herta, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard Ford, 1:14.061, 114.036.
6. (21) Tony Kanaan, Brazil, Reynard Honda, 1:14.391, 113.530.
7. (12) Jimmy Vasser, Las Vegas, Reynard Honda, 1:14.420, 113.486.
8. (27) Dario Franchitti, Scotland, Reynard Honda, 1:14.513, 113.344.
9. (5) Gil de Ferran, Brazil, Reynard Honda, 1:14.582, 113.239.
10. (11) Christian Fittipaldi, Brazil, Swift Ford, 1:14.709, 113.047.
11. (6) Michael Andretti, Nazareth, Pa., Swift Ford, 1:14.729, 113.016.
12. (7) Bobby Rahal, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard Ford, 1:14.812, 112.891.
13. (2) Al Unser Jr., Albuquerque, N.M., Penske Mercedes, 1:14.821, 112.877.
14. (16) Helio Castro-Neves, Brazil, Reynard Mercedes, 1:15.037, 112.552.
15. (26) Paul Tracy, Canada, Reynard Honda, 1:15.067, 112.507.
16. (33) Patrick Carpentier, Canada, Reynard Mercedes, 1:15.131, 112.412.
17. (20) Scott Pruett, Granite Bay, Calif., Reynard Ford, 1:15.133, 112.409.
18. (19) Michel Jourdain Jr., Mexico, Reynard Ford, 1:15:270, 112.204.
19. (25) Max Papis, Italy, Reynard Toyota, 1:15.523, 111.828.
20. (24) Robby Gordon, Orange, Calif., Reynard Toyota, 1:15.700, 111.567.
21. (18) Mark Blundell, England, Reynard Mercedes, 1:16.367, 110.592.
22. (17) Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazil, Reynard Mercedes, 1:16.554, 110.322.
23. (9) JJ Lehto, Finland, Reynard Mercedes, 1:16.717, 110.088 mph
24. (98) PJ Jones, Scottsdale, Ariz., Reynard Toyota, 1:16.885, 109.847.
25. (3) Andre Ribeiro, Brazil, Penske Mercedes, 1:18.333, 107.817.
26. (36) Alex Barron, Vista, Calif., Reynard Toyota, 1:18.762, 107.229.
27. (77) Arnd Meier, Germany, Lola Ford, 1:20.641, 104.731.
28. (34) Dennis Vitolo, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Reynard Ford, 1:21.303, 103.878.

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