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.

1998 Milwaukee

Race details
Race 7 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Milwaukee Mile
Date	May 31, 1998
Official name	1998 Miller 200
Location	Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin, West Allis, United States
Course	Permanent oval course 1 mi / 1.6 km
Distance	200 laps 200 mi / 321.868 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 73.4 °F (23.0 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing)
Time	20.028
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Pruett (Patrick Racing)
Time	21.519 (on lap 109 of 200)
Podium
First	Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Hélio Castro-Neves (Bettenhausen Racing)
Third	Al Unser, Jr. (Marlboro Team Penske)

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

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-16 Patrick Carpentier 17-71 Greg Moore 72-73 Jimmy Vasser 74 Hélio Castro-Neves 75-76 Scott Pruett 77-95 Richie Hearn 96-121 Paul Tracy 122-125 Richie Hearn 126-200 Jimmy Vasser

Driver Laps led Jimmy Vasser 77 Greg Moore 55 Paul Tracy 26 Richie Hearn 23 Patrick Carpentier 16 Scott Pruett 2 Hélio Castro-Neves 1

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alex Zanardi	92
2	Greg Moore	86
3	Jimmy Vasser	72
4	Adrián Fernández	59
5	Michael Andretti	49

References

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