1998 Miller 200
# 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.

## 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 |
