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.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:34:17.011 5 20+1 2 16 Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 200 +7.673 10 16 3 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 200 +7.706 7 14 4 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 200 +11.291 6 12 5 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 200 +25.179 12 10 6 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 199 +1 Lap 24 8 7 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 199 +1 Lap 14 6 8 1 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 199 +1 Lap 9 5 9 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 199 +1 Lap 23 4 10 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 199 +1 Lap 13 3 11 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 198 +2 Laps 21 2 12 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 196 +4 Laps 18 1 13 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 195 +5 Laps 2 14 98 P. J. Jones All American Racing 195 +5 Laps 22 15 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 194 +6 Laps 25 16 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 194 +6 Laps 19 17 21 Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 192 +8 Laps 26 18 3 André Ribeiro Team Penske 189 +11 Laps 3 19 9 JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 119 Overheating 8 20 24 Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 118 Contact 16 21 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 102 Electrical 11 22 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 88 Engine 15 23 77 Arnd Meier Davis Racing 82 Handling 20 24 11 Roberto Moreno Newman-Haas Racing 49 Electrical 11 25 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 16 Contact 1 1 26 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 16 Contact 4 DNQ 34 Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Did not Qualify DNQ 36 Alex Barron All American Racing Did not Qualify
Caution flags Laps Cause16-24 Carpentier (33), Andretti (6) contact28-32 Moreno (11) spin89-100 de Ferran (5) engine blow-up119-129 Gordon (24) contact
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-16 Patrick Carpentier17-71 Greg Moore72-73 Jimmy Vasser74 Hélio Castro-Neves75-76 Scott Pruett77-95 Richie Hearn96-121 Paul Tracy122-125 Richie Hearn126-200 Jimmy Vasser Driver Laps ledJimmy Vasser 77Greg Moore 55Paul Tracy 26Richie Hearn 23Patrick Carpentier 16Scott Pruett 2Hélio Castro-Neves 1
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Alex Zanardi 92 2 Greg Moore 86 3 Jimmy Vasser 72 4 Adrián Fernández 59 5 Michael Andretti 49
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