The 2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 was the sixth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 1, 2008 at the 1.015-mile (1.633 km) Milwaukee Mile, in West Allis, Wisconsin. Marco Andretti took the lead from the pole position, and led the first 40 laps. He was chased early by Scott Dixon and teammate Tony Kanaan. Graham Rahal, who started on the outside of the front row, shuffled back, but remained in the top 5 for the first half of the race. The first half was mostly green, with only a minor caution involving Oriol Servià and another for debris. Later in the first fuel segment, Andretti's handling started to suffer, and Dixon took over the lead. Hélio Castroneves took over second, and Andretti fell back as deep as tenth.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 6th round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | June 1, 2008 |
| Official name | ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 |
| Location | Milwaukee Mile |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km |
| Distance | 225 laps 225 mi / 362.102 km |
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds approaching 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Marco Andretti ( Andretti Green Racing) |
| Time | 1:26.9591 (4 laps) |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 22.2185 (on lap 76 of 225) |
| Podium | |
| First | Ryan Briscoe ( Penske Racing) |
| Second | Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third | Tony Kanaan ( Andretti Green Racing) |
On lap 130, Rahal went high in turn three to pass Darren Manning. He got into the marbles, and brushed along the wall in turn four. After holding the lead for 136 laps, Dixon was finally challenged by Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe took over the lead on lap 177, and held it until a green flag pit stop on lap 194. After a sequence of pit stops, Castroneves, Andretti and Dan Wheldon all cycled near the front. When all pit stops were complete, Briscoe held a half-second lead over Dixon. The two battled for the lead over the final 21 laps.
With less than three laps to go, Andretti dove underneath Ed Carpenter in turn one. The cars touched, and both cars spun into the wall. Vítor Meira became caught up in the smoke, and rode up over Andretti, becoming airborne. He landed upright, and all drivers were uninjured. The race finished under caution with Briscoe picking up his first career IndyCar victory, and 300th overall win for the Mooresville, North Carolina–based Penske Racing in all motorsports series.
Result edit
| Finish | Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Ryan Briscoe
|
Penske Racing | 225 | 1:42:41.7387 | 11 | 36 | 50 |
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 225 | +0.0487 | 3 | 147 | 43 |
| 3 | 11 |  Tony Kanaan
|
Andretti Green Racing | 225 | +1.8413 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | 10 |  Dan Wheldon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 225 | +2.9314 | 7 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves
|
Penske Racing | 225 | +4.6704 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | 5 |  Oriol Servià (R)
|
KV Racing | 225 | +14.2217 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 02 | Justin Wilson (R)
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 22 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 33 |  E. J. Viso (R)
|
HVM Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | 7 | Danica Patrick
|
Andretti Green Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 15 | Buddy Rice
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 23 | Townsend Bell
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 27 |  Hideki Mutoh (R)
|
Andretti Green Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 14 | Darren Manning
|
A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 223 | +2 Laps | 20 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 8 | Will Power (R)
|
KV Racing | 223 | +2 Laps | 4 | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)
|
Rahal Letterman Racing | 223 | +2 Laps | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi
|
Conquest Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV
|
Vision Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 24 | John Andretti
|
Roth Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | 20 | Ed Carpenter
|
Vision Racing | 221 | Contact | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | 26 | Marco Andretti
|
Andretti Green Racing | 221 | Contact | 1 | 40 | 12 |
| 22 | 4 | Vítor Meira
|
Panther Racing | 220 | Contact | 26 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | 19 | Mario Moraes (R)
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 218 | +7 Laps | 23 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 34 | Jaime Camara (R)
|
Conquest Racing | 218 | +7 Laps | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | 06 | Graham Rahal
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 129 | Contact | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | 96 |  Mario Domínguez (R)
|
Pacific Coast Motorsports | 107 | Handling | 25 | 0 | 12 |
| 27 | 25 |  Marty Roth
|
Roth Racing | 0 | DNS | - | 0 | 5 |
| Race average speed: 133.428 mph (214.732 km/h) | ||||||||
| Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers | ||||||||
| Cautions: 4 for 29 laps | ||||||||
References edit
- IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21)
- Weather report