1998 Miller 200

The 1998 Miller 200 was the seventh round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on May 31, 1998, on the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The race was a fuel economy run where fuel conservation was a serious factor, and Jimmy Vasser dominated it and won by over seven seconds, the win being his second of the season.

United States 1998 Milwaukee
Race details
Race 7 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Milwaukee Mile
DateMay 31, 1998
Official name1998 Miller 200
LocationMilwaukee Mile
West Allis, Wisconsin, West Allis, United States
CoursePermanent oval course
1 mi / 1.6 km
Distance200 laps
200 mi / 321.868 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 73.4 °F (23.0 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[1]
Pole position
DriverPatrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing)
Time20.028
Fastest lap
DriverScott Pruett (Patrick Racing)
Time21.519 (on lap 109 of 200)
Podium
FirstJimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondHélio Castro-Neves (Bettenhausen Racing)
ThirdAl Unser Jr. (Marlboro Team Penske)

Classification

Race
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:34:17.011 5 20+1
2 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 200 +7.673 10 16
3 2 United States Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 200 +7.706 7 14
4 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team Green 200 +11.291 6 12
5 7 United States Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 200 +25.179 12 10
6 10 United States Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 199 +1 Lap 24 8
7 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 199 +1 Lap 14 6
8 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 199 +1 Lap 9 5
9 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 199 +1 Lap 23 4
10 20 United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 199 +1 Lap 13 3
11 8 United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal 198 +2 Laps 21 2
12 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 196 +4 Laps 18 1
13 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 195 +5 Laps 2
14 98 United States P. J. Jones All American Racing 195 +5 Laps 22
15 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 194 +6 Laps 25
16 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 194 +6 Laps 19
17 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 192 +8 Laps 26
18 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 189 +11 Laps 3
19 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 119 Overheating 8
20 24 United States Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 118 Contact 16
21 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 102 Electrical 11
22 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 88 Engine 15
23 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 82 Handling 20
24 11 Brazil Roberto Moreno Newman-Haas Racing 49 Electrical 11
25 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 16 Contact 1 1
26 6 United States Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 16 Contact 4
DNQ 34 United States Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Did not Qualify
DNQ 36 United States Alex Barron All American Racing Did not Qualify

Caution flags
LapsCause
16-24Carpentier (33), Andretti (6) contact
28-32Moreno (11) spin
89-100de Ferran (5) engine blow-up
119-129Gordon (24) contact

Lap Leaders
LapsLeader
1-16Patrick Carpentier
17-71Greg Moore
72-73Jimmy Vasser
74Hélio Castro-Neves
75-76Scott Pruett
77-95Richie Hearn
96-121Paul Tracy
122-125Richie Hearn
126-200Jimmy Vasser
  
DriverLaps led
Jimmy Vasser77
Greg Moore55
Paul Tracy26
Richie Hearn23
Patrick Carpentier16
Scott Pruett2
Hélio Castro-Neves1

Point standings after race
Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alex Zanardi 92
2 Canada Greg Moore 86
3 United States Jimmy Vasser 72
4 Mexico Adrián Fernández 59
5 United States Michael Andretti 49

References
  1. "1998 Miller 200 weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
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