CHAMPCAR/CART: Fontana Friday Morning Practice Results

FedEx Championship Series Race No. 19 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota Fontana, California Individual Practice Report (Friday AM Session) October 30, 1998

Pos.    Driver           Car Car Config.    LapTime LapSpeed B.Leader B.Prev.
  1 Adrian Fernandez     40  RI/Ford Cos/F   30.877 236.564
  2 Greg Moore           99  RI/Mercedes/F   31.089 234.951 0.212
  3 Jimmy Vasser         12  RI/Honda/F      31.154 234.461 0.277 0.065
  4 Mark Blundell        18  RI/Mercedes/F   31.187 234.213 0.310 0.033
  5 Paul Tracy           26  RI/Honda/F      31.215 234.003 0.338 0.028
  6 Alex Zanardi         1   RI/Honda/F      31.218 233.980 0.341 0.003
  7 Mauricio Gugelmin    17  RI/Mercedes/F   31.220 233.965 0.343 0.002
  8 Scott Pruett         20  RI/Ford Cos/F   31.227 233.913 0.350 0.007
  9 Bobby Rahal          7   RI/Ford Cos/F   31.263 233.644 0.386 0.036
 10 Gil de Ferran        5   RI/Honda/G      31.309 233.300 0.432 0.046
 11 Dario Franchitti     27  RI/Honda/F      31.314 233.263 0.437 0.005
 12 Michael Andretti     6X  SW/Ford Cos/G   31.326 233.174 0.449 0.012
 13 Bryan Herta          8   RI/Ford Cos/F   31.357 232.943 0.480 0.031
 14 Christian Fittipaldi 11X SW/Ford Cos/G   31.651 230.779 0.774 0.294
 15 Andre Ribeiro        3   PC/Mercedes/G   31.741 230.125 0.864 0.090
 16 Al Unser Jr.         2   PC/Mercedes/G   31.748 230.074 0.871 0.007
 17 Richie Hearn         10X SW/Ford Cos/F   31.793 229.749 0.916 0.045
 18 Robby Gordon         24  RI/Toyota/F     31.807 229.648 0.930 0.014
 19 Helio Castro-Neves   16  RI/Mercedes/G   31.844 229.381 0.967 0.037
 20 J J Lehto            9X  RI/Mercedes/F   31.874 229.165 0.997 0.030
 21 Alex Barron          36  EA/Toyota/G     31.901 228.971 1.024 0.027
 22 Patrick Carpentier   33  RI/Mercedes/F   31.961 228.541 1.084 0.060
 23 J J Lehto            9   RI/Mercedes/F   32.043 227.956 1.166 0.082
 24 Max Papis            25  RI/Toyota/F     32.155 227.162 1.278 0.112
 25 Richie Hearn         10  SW/Ford Cos/F   32.184 226.957 1.307 0.029
 26 Michel Jourdain Jr.  19  RI/Ford Cos/F   32.234 226.605 1.357 0.050
 27 Tony Kanaan          21X RI/Honda/F      32.253 226.472 1.376 0.019
 28 Bobby Rahal          7X  RI/Ford Cos/F   32.263 226.402 1.386 0.010
 29 Andre Ribeiro        3X  PC/Mercedes/G   32.455 225.062 1.578 0.192
 30 Arnd Meier           77X LT/Ford Cos/G   32.497 224.772 1.620 0.042
 31 Gil de Ferran        5X  RI/Honda/G      32.512 224.668 1.635 0.015
 32 Tony Kanaan          21  RI/Honda/F      32.558 224.350 1.681 0.046
 33 Max Papis            25X RI/Toyota/F     32.672 223.568 1.795 0.114
 34 Robby Gordon         24X RI/Toyota/F     32.718 223.253 1.841 0.046
 35 Alex Barron          36X EA/Toyota/G     32.812 222.614 1.935 0.094
 36 Vincenzo Sospiri     98X EA/Toyota/G     32.897 222.038 2.020 0.085
 37 Christian Fittipaldi 11  SW/Ford Cos/G   33.764 216.337 2.887 0.867
 38 Dennis Vitolo        34  RI/Ford Cos/F   34.618 211.000 3.741 0.854
 39 Arnd Meier           77  LT/Ford Cos/G   35.037 208.477 4.160 0.419
 40 Bryan Herta          8X  RI/Ford Cos/F   38.435 190.046 7.558 3.398
 41 Michael Andretti     6   SW/Ford Cos/G   58.291 125.309 27.414 19.856

Postions 38-41 over 110% of the average of the 2 fastest drivers best practice/qualifying times

Source: CART Online