Afternoon Spring Training Practice Times Day 1 ©1998 SpeedCenter Internet Publishing, Inc. High winds keep most teams from practicingDont 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 EngineHRK = Honda HRK Series Champ Car 108E = Mercedes Benz Ilmor 108E RV8C = Toyota RV8C XD = Ford Cosworth XD TiresG = Goodyear Racing Eagles F = Firestone Firehawks
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