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CART: Zanardi Wins Down Under

18 October 1998

SURFERS PARADISE, Australia: Following are the race results for the CART Honda Australian Indy Carnival Fed Ex Championship Series race held Sunday. Results include finishing position, (starting position), driver, home country, chassis-engine, and laps completed:

1. (2) Alex Zanardi, Italy, Reynard-Honda, 62.
2. (1) Dario Franchitti, Scotland, Reynard-Honda, 62.
3. (3) Christian Fittipaldi, Brazil, Swift-Ford, 62.
4. (12) Scott Pruett, Granite Bay, Calif., Reynard-Ford, 62.
5. (15) J.J. Lehto, Finland, Reynard-Mercedes, 62.
6. (10) Adrian Fernandez, Mexico, Reynard-Ford, 62.
7. (14) Tony Kanaan, Brazil, Reynard-Honda, 62.
8. (9) Greg Moore, Canada, Reynard-Mercedes, 62.
9. (16) Patrick Carpentier, Canada, Reynard-Mercedes, 62.
10. (5) Bryan Herta, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard-Ford, 62.
11. (17) Mark Blundell, England, Reynard-Mercedes, 62.
12. (21) Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazil, Reynard-Mercedes, 62.
13. (22) Andre Ribeiro, Brazil, Penske-Mercedes, 62.
14. (8) Gil de Ferran, Brazil, Reynard-Honda, 62.
15. (27) Vincenzo Sospiri, Italy, Eagle-Toyota, 62.
16. (20) Robby Gordon, Orange, Calif., Reynard-Toyota, 62.
17. (13) Max Papis, Italy, Reynard-Toyota, 61, electrical.
18. (23) Richie Hearn, Henderson, Nev., Swift-Ford, 60, running.
19. (26) Alex Barron, Vista, Calif., Eagle-Toyota, 59, wreck.
20. (6) Michael Andretti, Nazareth, Pa., Swift-Ford, 59, wreck.
21. (18) Helio Castro-Neves, Brazil, Reynard-Mercedes, 54, wreck.
22. (19) Al Unser Jr., Albuquerque, N.M., Penske-Mercedes, 53, running.
23. (4) Paul Tracy, Canada, Reynard-Honda, 45, wreck.
24. (7) Jimmy Vasser, Las Vegas, Reynard-Honda, 38, wreck.
25. (11) Bobby Rahal, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard-Ford, 19, wreck.
26. (25) Michel Jourdain Jr., Mexico, Reynard-Ford, 11, wreck.
27. (24) Arnd Meier, Germany, Lola-Ford, 4, oil leak.
(28) Dennis Vitolo, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Reynard-Ford, DNS

Race Stats:

Lap leaders: Franchitti 1-13; Zanardi 14-62.

Time of race: 2 hours, 1 minute, 51.170 seconds.
Margin of victory: .322 seconds.
Winner's average speed: 85.328 mph.
Caution flags: 7 for 19 laps.
Lead changes: 1.

Series points leaders: Zanardi 271; Franchitti 160; Vasser 148; Fernandez 142; Moore 124; Pruett 120; Andretti 112; Herta 97; Kanaan 92; Rahal 80; Unser 72; De Ferran 67; Tracy 61; Fittipaldi 50; Hearn 42; Gugelmin 39; Castro-Neves 33; Blundell 28; Carpentier 27; Lehto 25; Papis 25; Ribeiro 13; Gordon 9; Jourdain 4; Meier 4.