1998 Miller Lite 200
Appearance
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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 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 83 | 1:53:39.270 | 5 | 20 |
2 | 20 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 83 | +0.247 | 11 | 16 |
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Team Rahal
|
83 | +2.417 | 16 | 14 |
4 | 17 | ![]() |
PacWest Racing Group | 83 | +8.806 | 4 | 12+1 |
5 | 26 | ![]() |
Team KOOL Green
|
83 | +9.983 | 21 | 10 |
6 | 2 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Penske | 83 | +13.291 | 7 | 8 |
7 | 33 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 83 | +13.790 | 21 | 6 |
8 | 21 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsports Group | 83 | +14.654 | 18 | 5 |
9 | 5 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 83 | +19.208 | 12 | 4 |
10 | 3 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Penske | 83 | +20.785 | 14 | 3 |
11 | 24 | ![]() |
Arciero-Wells Racing
|
83 | +21.269 | 25 | 2 |
12 | 1 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +27.994 | 13 | |
13 | 11 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing
|
83 | +30.454 | 19 | |
14 | 25 | ![]() |
Arciero-Wells Racing
|
83 | +31.000 | 24 | |
15 | 9 | ![]() |
Hogan Racing | 82 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
16 | 36 | Alex Barron
|
All American Racing | 81 | +2 Laps | 26 | |
17 | 16 | ![]() |
Bettenhausen Racing
|
80 | Contact | 20 | |
18 | 77 | ![]() |
Davis Racing | 75 | +8 Laps | 27 | |
19 | 18 | ![]() |
PacWest Racing Group | 70 | Spun off | 8 | |
20 | 98 | ![]() |
All American Racing | 55 | Contact | 28 | |
21 | 6 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing
|
55 | Contact | 10 | |
22 | 99 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 52 | Contact | 6 | |
23 | 34 | ![]() |
Payton/Coyne Racing | 35 | Spun off | 23 | |
24 | 10 | ![]() |
Della Penna Motorsports | 30 | Transmission | 15 | |
25 | 8 | ![]() |
Team Rahal
|
2 | Radiator | 3 | |
26 | 27 | ![]() |
Team KOOL Green
|
0 | Contact | 1 | 1 |
27 | 12 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 0 | Contact | 2 | |
28 | 19 | ![]() |
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
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Point standings after race
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
190 |
2 | ![]() |
122 |
3 | ![]() |
119 |
4 | ![]() |
110 |
5 | ![]() |
92 |
References
- ^ "08/09/1998 race: Miller Lite 200 (CART) - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved November 29, 2017.