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2008 Indianapolis 500

2008 Indianapolis 500 is 158th IRL race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Scott Dixon won the pole position and this race. Vitor Meira and Marco Andretti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 2008 Kansas Indycars
Next race: 2008 Milwaukee Indycars
Race Start: 25th May 2008

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2008 Indianapolis 500

19th victory for the Chip Ganassi Racing Team team
12th victory for the Scott Dixon
30th podium for the Scott Dixon
14th podium for the Vitor Meira
6th podium for the Marco Andretti

2008 Indianapolis 500

2008 Indianapolis 500

Dallara IR4 - 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner

Dallara IR4 #9 - 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner

2008 Indianapolis 500 results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Scott Dixon Dallara IR4, #9 53 3h 28m 57.6792s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2 Vitor Meira Dallara IR4, #4 40 3h 28m 59.429s 0 Panther Racing
3 Marco Andretti Dallara IR4, #26 35 3h 28m 59.9919s 0 Andretti Green Racing
4 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR4, #3 32 3h 29m 3.9411s 0 Team Penske
5 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR4, #20 30 3h 29m 4.2297s 0 Vision Racing
6 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR4, #17 28 3h 29m 4.6686s 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
7 Hideki Mutoh Dallara IR4, #27 26 3h 29m 5.556s 0 Andretti Green Racing
8 Buddy Rice Dallara IR4, #15 24 3h 29m 6.559s 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
9 Darren Manning Dallara IR4, #14 22 3h 29m 6.8811s 0 AJ Foyt Racing
10 Townsend Bell Dallara IR4, #99 20 3h 29m 7.1359s 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
11 Oriol Servia Dallara IR4, #5 19 3h 29m 20.1758s 0 KV Racing Technology
12 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR4, #10 18 3h 29m 28.3882s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13 Will Power Dallara IR4, #8 17 3h 29m 29.3458s 0 KV Racing Technology
14 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR4, #22 16 3h 29m 29.6876s 0 Vision Racing
15 Enrique Bernoldi Dallara IR4, #36 15 3h 29m 29.7867s 0 Conquest Racing
16 John Andretti Dallara IR4, #24 14 199 laps 0 Roth Racing
17 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR4, #91 13 195 laps 0 Hemelgarn Racing
18 Mario Moraes Dallara IR4, #19 12 194 laps 0 Dale Coyne Racing
19 Milka Duno Dallara IR4, #23 12 185 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
20 Bruno Junqueira Dallara IR4, #18 12 184 laps 0 Dale Coyne Racing
21 AJ Foyt IV Dallara IR4, #2 12 180 laps 0 Vision Racing
22 Danica Patrick Dallara IR4, #7 12 171 laps Accident 0 Andretti Green Racing
23 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR4, #6 12 171 laps Accident 0 Team Penske
24 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR4, #12 12 156 laps Mechanical 0 Luczo Dragon Racing
25 Alex Lloyd Dallara IR4, #16 10 151 laps Accident 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
26 Ernesto Viso Dallara IR4, #33 10 139 laps Mechanical 0 HVM
27 Justin Wilson Dallara IR4, #2 10 132 laps Accident 0 Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
28 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR4, #41 10 112 laps Accident 0 AJ Foyt Racing
29 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR4, #11 10 105 laps Accident 0 Andretti Green Racing
30 Sarah Fisher Dallara IR4, #67 10 103 laps Accident 0 Sarah Fisher Racing
31 Jaime Camara Dallara IR4, #34 10 79 laps Accident 0 Conquest Racing
32 Marty Roth, Graham Rahal Dallara IR4, #25 10 59 laps Accident 0 Roth Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Scott Dixon Dallara IR4, #9 2m 39.0348s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR4, #10 2m 39.2143s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR4, #6 2m 39.2358s Team Penske
4 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR4, #3 2m 39.4806s Team Penske
5 Danica Patrick Dallara IR4, #7 2m 39.8601s Andretti Green Racing
6 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR4, #11 2m 40.1463s Andretti Green Racing
7 Marco Andretti Dallara IR4, #26 2m 40.4155s Andretti Green Racing
8 Vitor Meira Dallara IR4, #4 2m 40.4663s Panther Racing
9 Hideki Mutoh Dallara IR4, #27 2m 40.7952s Andretti Green Racing
10 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR4, #20 2m 40.8324s Vision Racing
11 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR4, #12 2m 41.0767s Luczo Dragon Racing
12 Townsend Bell Dallara IR4, #99 2m 41.7693s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
13 Graham Rahal Dallara IR4, #6 2m 41.7753s Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
14 Darren Manning Dallara IR4, #14 2m 41.8486s AJ Foyt Racing
15 Bruno Junqueira Dallara IR4, #18 2m 41.9214s Dale Coyne Racing
16 Justin Wilson Dallara IR4, #2 2m 41.9676s Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
17 Buddy Rice Dallara IR4, #15 2m 42.0885s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
18 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR4, #22 2m 42.1498s Vision Racing
19 Alex Lloyd Dallara IR4, #16 2m 42.3171s Rahal-Letterman Racing
20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR4, #17 2m 42.4701s Rahal-Letterman Racing
21 John Andretti Dallara IR4, #24 2m 42.4913s Roth Racing
22 Sarah Fisher Dallara IR4, #67 2m 42.7146s Sarah Fisher Racing
23 Will Power Dallara IR4, #8 2m 42.7956s KV Racing Technology
24 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR4, #41 2m 42.8204s AJ Foyt Racing
25 Oriol Servia Dallara IR4, #5 2m 43.0682s KV Racing Technology
26 Ernesto Viso Dallara IR4, #33 2m 43.372s HVM
27 Milka Duno Dallara IR4, #23 2m 43.4095s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
28 Mario Moraes Dallara IR4, #19 2m 43.8482s Dale Coyne Racing
29 Enrique Bernoldi Dallara IR4, #36 2m 44.0676s Conquest Racing
30 Jaime Camara Dallara IR4, #34 2m 44.1248s Conquest Racing
31 AJ Foyt IV Dallara IR4, #2 2m 44.2458s Vision Racing
32 Buddy Lazier, Marty Roth Dallara IR4, #91 2m 44.372s Hemelgarn Racing

List of all cars for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Dallara IR4

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