Afternoon Spring Training Practice Times Day 1 ©1998 SpeedCenter Internet Publishing, Inc. High winds keep most teams from practicing Dont miss Jim Murphy's Real Audio report from the track! If you need a player, use the link on SpeedCenter's welcome page to getit. Testing today didn't reveal much - the track didn't have any rubber on the surface, and the bad weather made it difficult to set up cars and look for the limits. Let's hope that the winds calm down tomorrowfor a day of testing that will show us more about how the cars are really matched for 1998. Afternoon Session Day 1 pos car driver Chassis Engine Tire laptime mph km/h % best time 1 1 Greg Moore 98I/108E/F 26.190 206.186 331.753 100.00% 2 2 Max Papis 98I/RV8C/F 27.365 197.332 317.508 104.49% 3 3 Alex Zanardi 98I/HRK/F 27.716 194.833 313.487 105.83% 4 5 Mauricio Gugelmin 98I/108E/F 27.945 193.237 310.918 106.70% 5 6 Al Unser Jr. P98/108E/G 28.077 192.328 309.456 107.21% 6 7 Andre Ribeiro P98/108E/G 28.189 191.564 308.227 107.63% 7 8 Alex Barron 98I/RV8C/G 28.220 191.354 307.888 107.75% 8 9 PJ Jones 98I/RV8C/G 28.357 190.429 306.401 108.27% 9 10 Michel Jourdain Jr. 98I/XD/F 28.358 190.422 306.390 108.28% 10 11 Hiro Matsushita 98I/RV8C/F 28.679 188.291 302.960 109.50% 11 12 Hideshi Matsuda 007.i/XD/F 28.690 188.219 302.844 109.55% 12 15 Gil de Ferran 98I/HRK/G 30.481 177.160 285.050 116.38% 13 16 Mark Blundell 98I/108E/F 31.037 173.986 279.943 118.51% Legend: Chassis P98 = 98 Penske 98I = Reynard 98I 97I = Reynard 97I 007.i = Swift 007.i 009.c = Swift 009.c Engine HRK = Honda HRK Series Champ Car 108E = Mercedes Benz Ilmor 108E RV8C = Toyota RV8C XD = Ford Cosworth XD Tires G = Goodyear Racing Eagles F = Firestone Firehawks

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