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CART: Budweiser 500 At Twin Ring Motegi - Fact Sheet

24 March 1998

WHAT:		Budweiser 500.
WHERE:		Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan.
WHEN:		Thursday-Saturday, March 26-28.
SUPPORT EVENTS:	None.

SCHEDULE:
Thursday, March 26 CART practice 10:30 a.m.- Noon.
		   CART practice (2 groups/45 minutes each), 2:30-4:15 p.m.
Friday, March 27   CART practice 10-11:15 a.m.
		   CART qualifying, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
Saturday, March 28 CART warm-up, 9-9:30 a.m. 
		   Grid CART Cars, 12:15 p.m.
		   Budweiser 500, 1 p.m.
 
BROADCAST:	   www.theautochannel.com: Friday, March 27th at 7:45pm PST
		   TVABC-TV (Tape delay, Saturday, March 28, 2 p.m. EST).
		    
DEFENDING CHAMPION:	First event.
DEFENDING POLESITTER:	First event
TRACK LAYOUT:		1.549-mile oval.
RACE LENGTH:		500 kilometers (312 miles), 201 laps.
TRACK RECORDS:		First event.
RACE ROUND:		2 of 19.

1997 PPG CUP POINTS LEADERS:
                1. Michael Andretti	 21
		2. Greg Moore		 17
		3. Alex Zanardi		 14
		4. Christian Fittipaldi  12
		5. Scott Pruett		 10
       
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