1998 Miller 200
Race details | |
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Race 7 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
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) |
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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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[]
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Point standings after race[]
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Alex Zanardi | 92 |
2 | Greg Moore | 86 |
3 | Jimmy Vasser | 72 |
4 | Adrián Fernández | 59 |
5 | Michael Andretti | 49 |
References[]
- ^ "1998 Miller 200 weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
Categories:
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