2008 Meijer Indy 300 Explained

The 2008 Meijer Indy 300 was the fourteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on August 9, 2008. This was the eighth time that IndyCar went to Kentucky Speedway.^[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:36:42.3467	1	151	50+3
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	200	+0.5532	6	5	40
3	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+0.5707	9	38	35
4	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	200	+0.9102	2	5	32
5	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+2.1472	3	0	30
6	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	200	+5.9531	8	0	28
7	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	200	+6.2271	5	0	26
8	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	200	+7.0932	7	0	24
9	17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	200	+10.9526	14	0	22
10	15	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	200	+21.6858	15	0	20
11	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	199	+1 Lap	26	1	19
12	5	Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	199	+1 Lap	12	0	18
13	33	E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	198	+2 Laps	21	0	17
14	18	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	198	+2 Laps	25	0	16
15	67	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	198	+2 Laps	16	0	15
16	34	Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	197	+3 Laps	22	0	14
17	19	Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	195	+5 Laps	23	0	13
18	27	Hideki Mutoh (R)	Andretti Green Racing	157	Mechanical	4	0	12
19	14	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Racing	147	Mechanical	17	0	12
20	2	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	136	Mechanical	10	0	12
21	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	130	Contact	18	0	12
22	36	Enrique Bernoldi	Conquest Racing	124	Handling	24	0	12
23	25	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	98	Mechanical	11	0	12
24	02	Justin Wilson (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	82	Mechanical	19	0	12
25	06	Graham Rahal (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	28	Mechanical	20	0	10
26	8	Will Power (R)	KV Racing Technology	5	Mechanical	13	0	10
Sources:^[2] ^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: First IndyCar sellout in Kentucky. ESPN. Associated Press. August 8, 2008. May 20, 2024.
2. Web site: 2008 Meijer Indy 300 presented by Pepsi and Edy's. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 20, 2024.
3. Web site: NTT IndyCar Series 2008 Kentucky Classification. Motorsport Stats. May 20, 2024.