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 Cause1-5 Franchitti (27), Vasser (12), Herta (8), Jourdan Jr. (19), Papis (25) contact15 Meier (77) spin37-40 Salles (34) spin53-54 Barron (36) spin58-63 Jones (98), Andretti (6), Blundell (18) contact
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader1-29 Maurício Gugelmin30-52 Greg Moore53-57 Gil de Ferran58-83 Adrián Fernández Driver Laps ledMaurício Gugelmin 29Adrián Fernández 26Greg Moore 23Gil de Ferran 5
Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 Alex Zanardi 190 2 Jimmy Vasser 122 3 Greg Moore 119 4 Adrián Fernández 110 5 Michael Andretti 92
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