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2008 Detroit Grand Prix in IRL at the Belle Isle circuit. Full information

2008 Detroit Grand Prix

2008 Detroit Grand Prix is 169th IRL race. Passed at the Belle Isle circuit. Scott Dixon won the pole position, Justin Wilson won this race. Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 87 laps (290 km).

Previous race: 2008 Sears Point Indycars
Next race: 2008 Chicagoland Indycars
Race Start: 31st August 2008

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix

2nd victory for the Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing team
1st victory for the Justin Wilson
2nd podium for the Justin Wilson
45th podium for the Helio Castroneves
43rd podium for the Tony Kanaan

Dallara IR4 - 2008 Detroit Grand Prix winner

Dallara IR4 #2 - 2008 Detroit Grand Prix winner

2008 Detroit Grand Prix results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Justin Wilson Dallara IR4, #2 50 2h 10.762s 0 Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
2 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR4, #3 43 2h 15.168s 0 Team Penske
3 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR4, #11 35 2h 28.4433s 0 Andretti Green Racing
4 Oriol Servia Dallara IR4, #5 32 2h 37.3086s 0 KV Racing Technology
5 Scott Dixon Dallara IR4, #9 30 2h 38.4803s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR4, #17 28 2h 39.0306s 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
7 Bruno Junqueira Dallara IR4, #18 26 2h 39.4433s 0 Dale Coyne Racing
8 Will Power Dallara IR4, #8 24 2h 39.6394s 0 KV Racing Technology
9 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR4, #6 22 2h 46.2862s 0 Team Penske
10 AJ Foyt IV Dallara IR4, #2 20 2h 48.8658s 0 Vision Racing
11 Hideki Mutoh Dallara IR4, #27 19 2h 49.1429s 0 Andretti Green Racing
12 Darren Manning Dallara IR4, #14 18 2h 55.428s 0 AJ Foyt Racing
13 Graham Rahal Dallara IR4, #6 17 2h 58.5646s 0 Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
14 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR4, #20 16 2h 1m 12.0389s 0 Vision Racing
15 Mario Moraes Dallara IR4, #19 15 86 laps 0 Dale Coyne Racing
16 Danica Patrick Dallara IR4, #7 14 86 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
17 Vitor Meira Dallara IR4, #4 13 83 laps 0 Panther Racing
18 Marco Andretti Dallara IR4, #26 12 81 laps Mechanical 0 Andretti Green Racing
19 Buddy Rice Dallara IR4, #15 12 76 laps Mechanical 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
20 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR4, #10 12 64 laps Accident 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
21 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR4, #12 12 56 laps 0 Luczo Dragon Racing
22 Alexandre Tagliani Dallara IR4, #36 12 54 laps Mechanical 0 Conquest Racing
23 Milka Duno Dallara IR4, #23 12 46 laps Handling 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
24 Ernesto Viso Dallara IR4, #33 12 32 laps Accident 0 HVM
25 Jaime Camara Dallara IR4, #34 10 16 laps Accident 0 Conquest Racing
0 Marty Roth Dallara IR4, #25 5 0 Roth Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix on the Belle Isle circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Scott Dixon Dallara IR4, #9 1m 12.286s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR4, #3 1m 12.7649s Team Penske
3 Oriol Servia Dallara IR4, #5 1m 12.9618s KV Racing Technology
4 Justin Wilson Dallara IR4, #2 1m 13.053s Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
6 Ryan Briscoe, Graham Rahal Dallara IR4, #6 1m 13.6464s Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
7 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR4, #17 1m 12.9511s Rahal-Letterman Racing
8 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR4, #11 1m 13.2339s Andretti Green Racing
9 Ernesto Viso Dallara IR4, #33 1m 13.5354s HVM
10 Danica Patrick Dallara IR4, #7 1m 13.9158s Andretti Green Racing
11 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR4, #10 1m 13.9267s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
12 Will Power Dallara IR4, #8 KV Racing Technology
13 Marco Andretti Dallara IR4, #26 1m 14.1623s Andretti Green Racing
14 Vitor Meira Dallara IR4, #4 1m 13.6678s Panther Racing
15 Darren Manning Dallara IR4, #14 1m 14.2619s AJ Foyt Racing
16 Hideki Mutoh Dallara IR4, #27 1m 13.901s Andretti Green Racing
17 AJ Foyt IV Dallara IR4, #2 1m 14.3486s Vision Racing
18 Buddy Rice Dallara IR4, #15 1m 15.0969s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
19 Mario Moraes Dallara IR4, #19 1m 14.4841s Dale Coyne Racing
20 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR4, #20 1m 15.3061s Vision Racing
21 Alexandre Tagliani Dallara IR4, #36 1m 16.6407s Conquest Racing
22 Jaime Camara Dallara IR4, #34 1m 16.7047s Conquest Racing
23 Milka Duno Dallara IR4, #23 1m 19.0865s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
24 Bruno Junqueira Dallara IR4, #18 1m 22.3955s Dale Coyne Racing
25 Marty Roth Dallara IR4, #25 Roth Racing
26 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR4, #12 Luczo Dragon Racing

List of all cars for the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix on the Belle Isle circuit

Dallara IR4

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