The Race

The drivers get the feel of the soaking wet track on the first warm-up lap, maintaining their qualifying order behind the pace cars.

The last warm-up lap before the start sees the drivers experimenting to find the best lines through the puddles and some visibility through the spray.

The start: Pruett leads the field through the Festival Curves. In the background, Zanardi overcooks it and slides off onto the grass.

Dropping way back from his 7th place starting position, Zanardi keeps it alive and drives over the grass to rejoin the race.

Dario Franchitti passes Michael Andretti.

The first of seven restarts after periods of yellow flags - this one to clear a cone from the track.

Fernandez pushes Unser wide on the entrance to the Curves.

While at the same time, Ribeiro is doing it to Jourdain.

By lap 15 Gugelmin has slipped past Pruett for the lead and Zanardi takes third place from Franchitti (in his spray). And that's Mark Blundell just behind.

Close-up of Pruett from the previous shot.

You can see how wet it was from the spray kicked up by Pruett as he flies down the front straight.

With Zanardi past Pruett and off to hunt down Gugelmin, Franchitti makes his pass for third place. Now Pruett has Blundell breathing down his neck.

Lap 31 sees another yellow flag for the first round of pit stops. The Target team do an excellent job, getting Zanardi back out in front of Gugelmin to take the lead of the race.

A lap later and Al Unser Jr. takes out Dario Franchitti, when he won't accept defeat after a pretty obvious pass.

Gualter Salles exits in flames on lap 67.

Blundell changes to dry weather "slick" tyres on lap 67 and begins to work his way up the field, here about to pick off Andretti and Moore.

Zanardi pitted on lap 54, paving the way for Gil de Ferran to make his way up to first place.

With one lap to go, Blundell is on his tail as they pass a stricken Vasser, who has spun and stalled.

And Mark Blundell comes round ahead, having passed de Ferran by less than half a car's length on the finishing line, for the closest finish in CART history.