2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy

2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy
Race details
13 round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 26, 2008
Official name	Rexall Edmonton Indy
Location	Rexall Speedway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Course	Temporary Airport Course; 1.973 mi / 3.175 km
Distance	91 laps; 179.543 mi / 288.925 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 29 °C (84 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Briscoe ( Team Penske)
Time	1:00.731
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power ( KV Racing Technology)
Time	1:02.023 (on lap 69 of 91)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon ( _target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Hélio Castroneves ( Team Penske)
Third	Justin Wilson ( Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing)

The 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy was the thirteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, and was held on July 26, 2008, at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by Scott Dixon, followed by Hélio Castroneves and Justin Wilson. Although it was the fourth edition of the Grand Prix, it was the first race in the IndyCar Series, but also the first IndyCar Series race to be held in Canada.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Qual 3	Best
1	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	1:01.660	1:01.236	1:00.731	1:00.731
2	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	1:01.164	1:00.946	1:00.836	1:00.836
3	Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	1:01.844	1:01.092	1:00.858	1:00.858
4	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.426	1:01.108	1:00.859	1:00.859
5	Will Power	KV Racing Technology	1:01.464	1:01.117	1:01.015	1:01.015
6	Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:01.552	1:01.185	no time	1:01.185
7	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.175	1:01.299	-	1:01.299
8	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:01.826	1:01.457	-	1:01.457
9	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.603	1:01.666	-	1:01.603
10	Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.506	1:01.755	-	1:01.506
11	Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	1:02.044	1:02.023	-	1:02.023
12	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:01.701	no time	-	1:01.701
13	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.299	-	-	1:02.299
14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	1:02.104	-	-	1:02.104
15	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.417	-	-	1:02.417
16	Paul Tracy	Vision Racing	1:02.239	-	-	1:02.239
17	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	1:02.239	-	-	1:02.491
18	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	1:03.135	-	-	1:03.135
19	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:02.664	-	-	1:02.664
20	Mario Dominguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	1:03.136	-	-	1:03.136
21	E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	1:02.924	-	-	1:02.924
22	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	1:03.810	-	-	1:03.810
23	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:03.428	-	-	1:03.428
24	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	1:03.883	-	-	1:03.883
25	Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:03.640	-	-	1:03.640
26	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	1:09.050	-	-	1:09.050
27	Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	1:03.857	-	-	1:03.857

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	91	1:51:05.704	4	50
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	91	+5.9 secs	2	43
3	02	Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	91	+13.4 secs	6	35
4	22	Paul Tracy	Vision Racing	91	+28.1 secs	15	32
5	5	Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	91	+28.7 secs	3	30
6	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	91	+36.9 secs	1	28
7	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	91	+41.8 secs	9	26
8	17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Green Racing	91	+42.1 secs	13	24
9	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	91	+43.1 secs	27	22
10	14	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	91	+43.3 secs	18	20
11	15	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	91	+48.4 secs	22	19
12	2	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	91	+50.1 secs	17	18
13	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	91	+57.6 secs	23	17
14	18	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	91	+61.1 secs	7	16
15	33	E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	90	+ 1 lap	20	15
16	36	Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	90	+ 1 lap	11	14
17	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	90	+ 1 lap	12	13
18	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	88	+ 3 laps	14	12
19	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	85	+ 6 laps	16	12
20	19	Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 6 laps	10	12
21	25	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	84	+ 7 laps	25	12
22	8	Will Power	KV Racing Technology	72	+ 19 laps	5	12
23	34	Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	68	Mechanical	26	12
24	96	Mario Dominguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	51	Off Course	19	12
25	23	Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	48	Contact	24	10
26	06	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	44	Contact	8	10
27	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	27	Contact	21	10

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
19-23	Meira (4) spin
29-32	Mutoh (27) contact
49-54	Bell (23) contact
61-64	Rahal (06)/Viso (33) contact

Notes

Laps	Leader
1-3	Ryan Briscoe
4-21	Hélio Castroneves
22-29	Marco Andretti
30	Tony Kanaan
31-33	Marco Andretti
34-50	Hélio Castroneves
51-56	Tony Kanaan
57-59	A. J. Foyt IV
60-61	Tony Kanaan
62-91	Scott Dixon

Driver	Laps led
Hélio Castroneves	35
Scott Dixon	30
Marco Andretti	11
Tony Kanaan	9
A. J. Foyt IV	3
Ryan Briscoe	3

Fastest Lap Will Power: 1:02.023 (Lap 68)
Average Speed 96.967 mph

Attendance

Race weekend attendance was estimated 160,000.^[2]

References

^ "2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
^ "Tire troubles spoil NASCAR's day at Brickyard, IndyCar's Canada debut, more - Bruce Martin - SI.com". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

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[1] "2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.

[2] "Tire troubles spoil NASCAR's day at Brickyard, IndyCar's Canada debut, more - Bruce Martin - SI.com". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

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