2008 Firestone Indy 200

The 2008 Firestone Indy 200 was the eleventh round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on July 12, 2008, at the Nashville Superspeedway. It was the eighth edition of the Music City Grand Prix, and the last on the oval until 2024. Scott Dixon won the race.[1]

Track map of Nashville Superspeedway

Race results edit

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 171 1:30:04.6499 5 53 50
2 10   Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 171 +1.0680 6 0 40
3 3   Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 171 +4.1054 1 54 35
4 11   Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 171 +6.4612 7 59 35
5 7   Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 171 +7.8301 2 0 30
6 4   Vítor Meira Panther Racing 171 +9.5615 15 0 28
7 15   Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 171 +13.2509 12 0 26
8 20   Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 171 +16.0567 8 0 24
9 14   Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Racing 171 +24.9236 18 0 22
10 19   Mario Moraes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 170 +1 Lap 20 0 20
11 8   Will Power (R) KV Racing Technology 170 +1 Lap 14 0 19
12 06   Graham Rahal (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 170 +1 Lap 10 0 18
13 25   Marty Roth Roth Racing 170 +1 Lap 21 0 17
14 27   Hideki Mutoh (R) Andretti Green Racing 169 +2 Laps 3 0 16
15 18   Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 169 +2 Laps 22 0 15
16 5   Oriol Servia KV Racing Technology 169 +2 Laps 17 5 14
17 23   Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 168 +3 Laps 16 0 13
18 02   Justin Wilson (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 143 +28 Laps 13 0 12
19 17   Ryan Hunter-Reay (R) Rahal Letterman Racing 99 Crash 4 0 12
20 36   Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 66 Handling 19 0 12
21 34   Jaime Camara (R) Conquest Racing 50 Handling 23 0 12
22 2   A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 45 Steering 24 0 12
23 6   Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 3 Crash 9 0 12
24 26   Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 2 Crash 11 0 12
Race average speed: 148.072 mph (238.299 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 37 laps

References edit

  1. ^ "Nashville: Series race report". Motorsport.com. July 12, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
Preceded by IRL IndyCar Series
round 9

2008
Succeeded by