2008 IndyCar Series

01 Jan 2008 IndyCar Series

Posted at 20:33h in IndyCar Series Seasons by GP Archivist

The 2008 IndyCar Series consisted of 18 races, held at 17 different circuits across North America and 1 in Japan. Scott Dixon won the Drivers’ Championship.

2008 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	29 March 2008	Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Oval	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	171.248
2	6 April 2008	Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	Street Circuit	Graham Rahal	Dallara/Honda	74.251
3	20 April 2008	Indy Japan 300	Twin Ring Motegi	Oval	Danica Patrick	Dallara/Honda	164.258
4	20 April 2008	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Street Circuit	Will Power	Panoz/Cosworth	92.964
5	27 April 2008	Roadrunner Turbo Indy 300	Kansas Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	161.774
6	25 May 2008	92nd Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	143.567
7	1 June 2008	ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Indy 225	The Milwaukee Mile	Oval	Ryan Briscoe	Dallara/Honda	133.428
8	7 June 2008	Bombardier Learjet 550	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	159.74
9	22 June 2008	Iowa Corn Indy 250	Iowa Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	136.007
10	28 June 2008	SunTrust Indy Challenge	Richmond Raceway	Oval	Tony Kanaan	Dallara/Honda	108.79
11	6 July 2008	Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International	Road Course	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Dallara/Honda	106.403
12	12 July 2008	Firestone Indy 200	Nashville Superspeedway	Oval	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	148.072
13	20 July 2008	The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by Westfield Insurance	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Road Course	Ryan Briscoe	Dallara/Honda	94.873
14	26 July 2008	Rexall Edmonton Indy	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Road Course	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	96.967
15	9 August 2008	Meijer Indy 300	Kentucky Speedway	Oval	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	183.65
16	24 August 2008	Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County	Sonoma Raceway	Road Course	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	100.254
17	31 August 2008	Detroit Indy Grand Prix Presented by Firestone	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Street Circuit	Justin Wilson	Dallara/Honda	89.911
18	7 September 2008	Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300	Chicagoland Speedway	Oval	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	150.648

2008 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	MIA	STP	JPN	LB	KAN	IND	MIL	TEX	IOW	RICH	WGI	NAS	MOH	EDM	KEN	SON	BEL	CHI	Points
1	Scott Dixon	50	12	38	0	38	53	43	50	32	35	19	50	35	50	53	18	30	40	646
2	Helio Castroneves	32	40	40	0	32	32	30	43	19	40	14	35	40	43	40	53	43	53	629
3	Tony Kanaan	24	35	30	0	40	10	35	30	12	53	35	35	26	22	24	35	35	32	513
4	Dan Wheldon	35	18	32	0	50	18	32	32	50	32	12	40	13	26	30	32	12	28	492
5	Ryan Briscoe	12	12	22	0	26	12	50	35	26	15	21	12	53	28	26	40	22	35	447
6	Danica Patrick	28	20	50	0	12	12	22	20	28	28	16	30	18	12	19	30	14	20	379
7	Marco Andretti	43	10	12	0	30	35	12	12	35	22	30	12	10	13	35	16	12	24	363
8	Ryan Hunter-Reay	26	13	26	0	12	28	15	12	24	14	50	12	20	24	22	12	28	22	360
9	Oriol Servia	18	26	0	30	19	19	28	10	14	30	12	14	30	30	18	15	32	13	358
10	Hideki Mutoh	12	28	19	0	28	26	18	28	40	17	22	16	22	10	12	17	19	12	346
11	Justin Wilson	15	22	0	12	22	10	26	10	18	26	10	12	19	35	12	22	50	19	340
12	Will Power	10	24	0	53	10	17	16	17	22	10	15	19	32	12	10	10	24	30	331
13	Vitor Meira	20	12	14	0	12	40	12	26	15	12	12	28	28	12	32	26	13	10	324
14	Darren Manning	17	17	24	0	12	22	17	10	12	18	40	22	24	20	12	12	18	26	323
15	Ed Carpenter	30	12	28	0	20	30	12	22	12	19	13	24	15	17	28	12	16	10	320
16	Buddy Rice	19	15	18	0	12	24	20	24	12	12	32	26	12	19	20	19	12	10	306
17	Graham Rahal	0	53	0	17	18	10	10	19	20	12	24	18	14	10	10	24	17	12	288
18	E.J. Viso	13	32	0	22	16	10	24	16	17	20	20	0	12	15	17	28	12	12	286
19	A.J. Foyt IV	22	19	15	0	24	12	13	18	30	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	20	17	280
20	Bruno Junqueira	12	12	0	18	15	12	12	15	5	12	28	15	17	16	16	13	26	12	256
21	Mario Moraes	14	14	0	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	26	20	12	12	13	20	15	12	244
22	Enrique Bernoldi	12	30	0	32	10	15	14	12	13	10	12	12	10	14	12	12	0	0	220
23	Jaime Camara	0	0	0	0	12	10	12	12	12	16	12	12	16	12	14	12	10	12	174
24	Marty Roth	12	5	13	0	10	10	5	12	5	12	0	17	12	12	12	10	5	14	166
25	Milka Duno	12	0	0	0	14	12	0	13	12	0	12	13	12	0	12	0	12	16	140
26	Townsend Bell	0	12	20	0	0	20	19	0	0	24	0	0	0	10	0	12	0	0	117
27	Mario Dominguez	0	0	0	35	0	0	10	12	0	0	17	0	12	12	0	14	0	0	112
28	Jay Howard	12	16	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72
29	John Andretti	0	0	0	0	0	14	12	14	19	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71
30	Franck Perera	16	12	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	71
31	Tomas Scheckter	0	0	0	0	12	12	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	10	66
32	Alex Tagliani	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	18	56
33	Paul Tracy	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	51
34	Sarah Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	12	37
35	Davey Hamilton	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
36	Roger Yasukawa	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
37	Buddy Lazier	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
38	Alex Lloyd	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
39	Jeff Simmons	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10

2008 Non-Championship Races

Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine
26 October 2008	NIKON INDY 300	Streets of Surfer's Paradise	Street Course	Ryan Briscoe	Dallara/Honda

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