2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 explained

The 2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 was the fourth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on April 27, 2008 at the 1.52miles Kansas Speedway. At the start, Scott Dixon took the lead from the pole position. Meanwhile, Enrique Bernoldi spun and headed to the pits. On lap 23, Will Power crashed in turn 2. While the field pitted under the caution, Justin Wilson stayed out and took the lead. Dixon took the lead back on the restart, and maintained the lead through the next series of pit stops. On lap 98, the caution came out again for a crash involving E. J. Viso and Tomas Scheckter. After another long green flag segment, Buddy Rice brought out the yellow on lap 153 with a heavy crash in turn 2. In the pits, Danica Patrick retired from the race with a broken wheel hub. Meanwhile, Dixon, who had dominated most of the race, was shuffled back to seventh place.

The race resumed after a long yellow with Dan Wheldon leading. Wheldon pulled away and led the final 49 laps to record his first IndyCar Series victory since April 2007.

Finish Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps
Led
Points
110 Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing2001:52:49.980624950
211 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing200+2.177811040
39 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing200+4.3922114538
43 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing200+9.28898132
526 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing200+9.298614030
627 Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing200+9.571713028
76 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing200+9.71239026
82 A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing200+14.28685024
902 Justin Wilson (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing199+1 Lap22522
1020 Ed CarpenterVision Racing198+2 Laps6020
115 Oriol Servià (R)KV Racing198+2 Laps23019
1206 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing198+2 Laps20018
1324 Jay HowardRoth Racing197+3 Laps15017
1433 E. J. Viso (R)HVM Racing197+3 Laps17016
1518 Bruno JunqueiraDale Coyne Racing196+4 Laps26015
1623 Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing195+5 Laps24014
1719 Mario Moraes (R)Dale Coyne Racing193+7 Laps27013
1817 Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)Rahal Letterman Racing169+31 Laps12012
197 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing156Wheel Hub3012
2015 Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing150Accident21012
2134 Jaime Camara (R)Conquest Racing150+50 Laps19012
224 Vítor MeiraPanther Racing101Mechanical10012
2312 Tomas ScheckterLuczo Dragon Racing96Handling4012
2414 Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises76Handling16012
2536 Enrique Bernoldi (R)Conquest Racing54Handling25010
2625 Marty RothRoth Racing41Handling7010
278 Will Power (R)KV Racing22Accident18010
Race average speed: 161.774mi/h
Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 41 laps

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