1998 Miller Lite 200
# 1998 Miller Lite 200

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

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 83 | 1:53:39.270 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 83 | +0.247 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 83 | +2.417 | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 83 | +8.806 | 4 | 12+1 |
| 5 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 83 | +9.983 | 21 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | 83 | +13.291 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 83 | +13.790 | 21 | 6 |
| 8 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 83 | +14.654 | 18 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 83 | +19.208 | 12 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Marlboro Team Penske | 83 | +20.785 | 14 | 3 |
| 11 | 24 | Robby Gordon | Arciero-Wells Racing | 83 | +21.269 | 25 | 2 |
| 12 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +27.994 | 13 | |
| 13 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 83 | +30.454 | 19 | |
| 14 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 83 | +31.000 | 24 | |
| 15 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 82 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
| 16 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 81 | +2 Laps | 26 | |
| 17 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 80 | Contact | 20 | |
| 18 | 77 | Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 75 | +8 Laps | 27 | |
| 19 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 70 | Spun off | 8 | |
| 20 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 55 | Contact | 28 | |
| 21 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 55 | Contact | 10 | |
| 22 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 52 | Contact | 6 | |
| 23 | 34 | Gualter Salles | Payton/Coyne Racing | 35 | Spun off | 23 | |
| 24 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 30 | Transmission | 15 | |
| 25 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 2 | Radiator | 3 | |
| 26 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 0 | Contact | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 0 | Contact | 2 | |
| 28 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 0 | Contact | 22 | |

Notes

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

## Caution flags

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

## Lap Leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| - | - |
| 1-29 | Maurício Gugelmin |
| 30-52 | Greg Moore |
| 53-57 | Gil de Ferran |
| 58-83 | Adrián Fernández |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Maurício Gugelmin | 29 |
| Adrián Fernández | 26 |
| Greg Moore | 23 |
| Gil de Ferran | 5 |

## Point standings after race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Alex Zanardi | 190 |
| 2 | Jimmy Vasser | 122 |
| 3 | Greg Moore | 119 |
| 4 | Adrián Fernández | 110 |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | 92 |
