The 2008 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 was the seventeenth and final showdown of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on September 7, 2008. It was the last points race of the year. It was held at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Dixon held on to win his second IndyCar championship.[1]
Race
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves
|
Team Penske | 200 | 2:01:04.5907 | 28 | 80 | 50+3 |
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +0.0033 | 2 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | 6 |  Ryan Briscoe
|
Team Penske | 200 | +0.0811 | 1 | 41 | 35 |
| 4 | 11 | Tony Kanaan
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +0.6128 | 4 | 47 | 32 |
| 5 | 8 | Will Power (R)
|
KV Racing Technology | 200 | +1.3613 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 10 |  Dan Wheldon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +1.8762 | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | 14 | Darren Manning
|
A. J. Foyt Racing | 200 | +2.3257 | 23 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 26 |  Marco Andretti
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +2.4660 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
Rahal Letterman Racing | 200 | +2.8026 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | Danica Patrick
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +2.9309 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 02 | Justin Wilson (R)
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 200 | +3.0251 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 36 |  Alex Tagliani
|
Conquest Racing | 200 | +4.2105 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV
|
Vision Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 23 |  Milka Duno
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 20 | 5 | 16 |
| 15 | 41 |  Franck Perera (R)
|
A. J. Foyt Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 24 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | 25 | Marty Roth
|
Roth Racing | 197 | +3 Laps | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 5 |  Oriol Servià
|
KV Racing Technology | 196 | +4 Laps | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 34 | Jaime Camara (R)
|
Conquest Racing | 187 | +13 Laps | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 06 | Graham Rahal (R)
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 186 | Contact | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 184 | +16 Laps | 25 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | 19 | Mario Moraes (R)
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 181 | Contact | 27 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | 27 |  Hideki Mutoh (R)
|
Andretti Green Racing | 177 | +23 Laps | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | 33 | E. J. Viso
|
HVM Racing | 136 | Contact | 26 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 67 | Sarah Fisher
|
Sarah Fisher Racing | 116 | Contact | 18 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | 15 | Buddy Rice
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 110 | Contact | 22 | 0 | 10 |
| 26 | 12 |  Tomas Scheckter
|
Luczo Dragon Racing | 87 | Mechanical | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 27 | 4 | Vítor Meira
|
Panther Racing | 74 | Contact | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | 20 | Ed Carpenter
|
Vision Racing | 36 | Contact | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| Sources:[2][3] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Race Report". Honda News. September 8, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "2008 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "NTT IndyCar Series 2008 Chicago Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved May 18, 2024.