1998 Miller 200
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 7 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
Milwaukee Mile | |
| 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) |
| 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.