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1998 Miller Lite 200

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{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|

Country = USA|

Race = Mid-Ohio|

Image = Mid-Ohio.svg|

Caption = Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course|

Date = August 9|

Year = 1998|

Official name = 1998 Miller Lite 200|

Race_No = 13|

Season_No = 19|

Series = CART|

Location = Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio, United States|

Course = Permanent road course|

Course_mi = 2.258|

Course_km = 3.634|

Distance_laps = 83|

Distance_mi = 187.414|

Distance_km = 301.622|

Weather = Dry|

Pole_Driver = Dario Franchitti|

Pole_Team = Team KOOL Green|

Pole_Time = 1:05.679|

Pole_Country = UK|

Fast_Driver = Greg Moore|

Fast_Team = Forsythe Racing|

Fast_Time = 1:08.287|

Fast_Lap = 47|

Fast_Country = Canada|

First_Driver = Adrián Fernández|

First_Team = Patrick Racing|

First_Country = Mexico|

Second_Driver = Scott Pruett|

Second_Team = Patrick Racing|

Second_Country= USA|

Third_Driver = Bobby Rahal|

Third_Team = Team Rahal|

Third_Country = USA|

}}

The 1998 Miller Lite 200 was the thirteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 9, 1998, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race was notable for many crashes, including one involving Michael Andretti and P. J. Jones that sent the former into a series of barrel rolls, although he walked out unhurt. It was won by Adrián Fernández, his third career win and second of the season and giving Ford Cosworth their 300th career win. Also this marks the 88th and final podium for Bobby Rahal.

Classification

= Race =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1

| 40

| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Adrián Fernández

| Patrick Racing

| 83

| 1:53:39.270

| 5

| 20

2

| 20

| {{flagicon|US}} Scott Pruett

| Patrick Racing

| 83

| +0.247

| 11

| 16

3

| 7

| {{flagicon|US}} Bobby Rahal

| Team Rahal

| 83

| +2.417

| 16

| 14

4

| 17

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Maurício Gugelmin

| PacWest Racing Group

| 83

| +8.806

| 4

| 12+1

5

| 26

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Tracy

| Team KOOL Green

| 83

| +9.983

| 21

| 10

6

| 2

| {{flagicon|US}} Al Unser Jr.

| Marlboro Team Penske

| 83

| +13.291

| 7

| 8

7

| 33

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Patrick Carpentier

| Forsythe Racing

| 83

| +13.790

| 21

| 6

8

| 21

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan

| Tasman Motorsports Group

| 83

| +14.654

| 18

| 5

9

| 5

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Gil de Ferran

| Walker Racing

| 83

| +19.208

| 12

| 4

10

| 3

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} André Ribeiro

| Marlboro Team Penske

| 83

| +20.785

| 14

| 3

11

| 24

| {{flagicon|USA}} Robby Gordon

| Arciero-Wells Racing

| 83

| +21.269

| 25

| 2

12

| 1

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Alex Zanardi

| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 83

| +27.994

| 13

|

13

| 11

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Christian Fittipaldi

| Newman-Haas Racing

| 83

| +30.454

| 19

|

14

| 25

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Max Papis

| Arciero-Wells Racing

| 83

| +31.000

| 24

|

15

| 9

| {{flagicon|Finland}} JJ Lehto

| Hogan Racing

| 82

| +1 Lap

| 17

|

16

| 36

| {{flagicon|US}} Alex Barron

| All American Racing

| 81

| +2 Laps

| 26

|

17

| 16

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Hélio Castro-Neves

| Bettenhausen Racing

| 80

| Contact

| 20

|

18

| 77

| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Arnd Meier

| Davis Racing

| 75

| +8 Laps

| 27

|

19

| 18

| {{flagicon|UK}} Mark Blundell

| PacWest Racing Group

| 70

| Spun off

| 8

|

20

| 98

| {{flagicon|US}} P. J. Jones

| All American Racing

| 55

| Contact

| 28

|

21

| 6

| {{flagicon|US}} Michael Andretti

| Newman-Haas Racing

| 55

| Contact

| 10

|

22

| 99

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Greg Moore

| Forsythe Racing

| 52

| Contact

| 6

|

23

| 34

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Gualter Salles

| Payton/Coyne Racing

| 35

| Spun off

| 23

|

24

| 10

| {{flagicon|US}} Richie Hearn

| Della Penna Motorsports

| 30

| Transmission

| 15

|

25

| 8

| {{flagicon|US}} Bryan Herta

| Team Rahal

| 2

| Radiator

| 3

|

26

| 27

| {{flagicon|UK}} Dario Franchitti

| Team KOOL Green

| 0

| Contact

| 1

| 1

27

| 12

| {{flagicon|US}} Jimmy Vasser

| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 0

| Contact

| 2

|

28

| 19

| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Michel Jourdain Jr.

| Payton/Coyne Racing

| 0

| Contact

| 22

|

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Notes

  1. {{Note|1}} – Alex Zanardi finished 12th, which would usually yield 1 point, but race officials docked him of the point for dangerous driving.

Caution flags

border=2 cellspacing=0
LapsCause
1-5Franchitti (27), Vasser (12), Herta (8), Jourdan Jr. (19), Papis (25) contact
15Meier (77) spin
37-40Salles (34) spin
53-54Barron (36) spin
58-63Jones (98), Andretti (6), Blundell (18) contact

Lap Leaders

valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0

LapsLeader
1-29Maurício Gugelmin
30-52Greg Moore
53-57Gil de Ferran
58-83Adrián Fernández

|width="50"| 

|valign="top"|

border=2 cellspacing=0
DriverLaps led
Maurício Gugelmin29
Adrián Fernández26
Greg Moore23
Gil de Ferran5

|}

Point standings after race

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Pos

!Driver

!Points

1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Zanardi

| align="right"| 190

2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Vasser

| align="right"| 122

3

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Greg Moore

| align="right"| 119

4

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Adrián Fernández

| align="right"| 110

5

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Andretti

| align="right"| 92

References

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Miller Lite 200

Miller Lite 200

Category:Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio