The 2008 Meijer Indy 300 was the fourteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on August 9, 2008. This was the eighth time that IndyCar went to Kentucky Speedway.[1]
Race
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | 1:36:42.3467 | 1 | 151 | 50+3 |
| 2 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves
|
Team Penske | 200 | +0.5532 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 3 | 26 |  Marco Andretti
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +0.5707 | 9 | 38 | 35 |
| 4 | 4 | Vítor Meira
|
Panther Racing | 200 | +0.9102 | 2 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | 10 |  Dan Wheldon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +2.1472 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 20 | Ed Carpenter
|
Vision Racing | 200 | +5.9531 | 8 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 6 |  Ryan Briscoe
|
Team Penske | 200 | +6.2271 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 11 | Tony Kanaan
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +7.0932 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
Rahal Letterman Racing | 200 | +10.9526 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 15 | Buddy Rice
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 200 | +21.6858 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | Danica Patrick
|
Andretti Green Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 26 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | 5 |  Oriol Servià
|
KV Racing Technology | 199 | +1 Lap | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 33 |  E. J. Viso (R)
|
HVM Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 21 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 25 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 67 | Sarah Fisher
|
Sarah Fisher Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | 34 | Jaime Camara (R)
|
Conquest Racing | 197 | +3 Laps | 22 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 19 | Mario Moraes (R)
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 195 | +5 Laps | 23 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 27 |  Hideki Mutoh (R)
|
Andretti Green Racing | 157 | Mechanical | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 14 | Darren Manning
|
A. J. Foyt Racing | 147 | Mechanical | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV
|
Vision Racing | 136 | Mechanical | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | 23 | Milka Duno
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 130 | Contact | 18 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi
|
Conquest Racing | 124 | Handling | 24 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | 25 |  Marty Roth
|
Roth Racing | 98 | Mechanical | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 02 | Justin Wilson (R)
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 82 | Mechanical | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | 06 | Graham Rahal (R)
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 28 | Mechanical | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| 26 | 8 | Will Power (R)
|
KV Racing Technology | 5 | Mechanical | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| Sources:[2][3] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "First IndyCar sellout in Kentucky". ESPN. Associated Press. August 8, 2008. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "2008 Meijer Indy 300 presented by Pepsi and Edy's". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "NTT IndyCar Series 2008 Kentucky Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved May 20, 2024.