1998 Miller Lite 200

March 2026 February 2025 USA Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 9 1998 1998 Miller Lite 200 13 19 CART Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio, United States Permanent road course 2.258 3.634 83 187.414 301.622 Dry Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:05.679 UK Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 1:08.287 47 Canada Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Mexico Scott Pruett Patrick Racing USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 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 Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 83 1:53:39.270 5 20 2 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 83 +0.247 11 16 3 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 83 +2.417 16 14 4 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 83 +8.806 4 12+1 5 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 83 +9.983 21 10 6 2 US Al Unser Jr. Marlboro Team Penske 83 +13.291 7 8 7 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 83 +13.790 21 6 8 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 83 +14.654 18 5 9 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 83 +19.208 12 4 10 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Marlboro Team Penske 83 +20.785 14 3 11 24 USA Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +21.269 25 2 12 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +27.994 13 13 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 83 +30.454 19 14 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +31.000 24 15 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 82 +1 Lap 17 16 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 81 +2 Laps 26 17 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 80 Contact 20 18 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 75 +8 Laps 27 19 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 70 Spun off 8 20 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 55 Contact 28 21 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 55 Contact 10 22 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 52 Contact 6 23 34 Brazil Gualter Salles Payton/Coyne Racing 35 Spun off 23 24 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 30 Transmission 15 25 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 2 Radiator 3 26 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 0 Contact 1 1 27 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 0 Contact 2 28 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 0 Contact 22 http://racing-reference.info/race/1998_Miller_Lite_200/R 08/09/1998 race: Miller Lite 200 (CART) - Racing-Reference.info racing-reference.info 2017-11-29 Notes 1 – 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 ITA Alex Zanardi 190 2 USA Jimmy Vasser 122 3 CAN Greg Moore 119 4 MEX Adrián Fernández 110 5 USA Michael Andretti 92 References Miller Lite 200 Miller Lite 200 Category:Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio