2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300

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The 2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 was the opening round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on March 29, 2008 at the Script error: No such module "convert". Homestead-Miami Speedway. For the first time in series history, the reigning champion was not on the grid to defend his title, as Dario Franchitti had moved to the No. 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Chip Ganassi Racing. Graham Rahal was supposed to make his debut in this race, however due to a crash in testing his team could not get his car repaired in time for the race. 2003 champion Scott Dixon kicked off the season with the victory, on his way to the series championship.

Qualifying

  • All cars run four laps and the car which completes the laps in the quickest time, wins the pole.
Pos No. Driver Team Time Speed (mph)
1 9 Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:40.2341 213.341
2 7 Template:Flagicon Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 1:40.8066 212.129
3 6 Template:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 1:40.8166 212.108
4 26 Template:Flagicon Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 1:40.9452 211.838
5 3 Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 1:41.0675 211.581
6 11 Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 1:41.0683 211.580
7 27 Template:Flagicon Hideki Mutoh (R) Andretti Green Racing 1:41.1024 211.508
8 25 Template:Flagicon Marty Roth Roth Racing 1:41.1264 211.458
9 17 Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman Racing 1:41.4689 210.744
10 4 Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Panther Racing 1:41.6762 210.315
11 15 Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:42.0784 209.486
12 14 Template:Flagicon Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:42.1598 209.319
13 34 Template:Flagicon Franck Perera (R) Conquest Racing 1:42.2034 209.230
14 5 Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià (R) KV Racing 1:42.3056 209.021
15 02 Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:42.4349 208.757
16 23 Template:Flagicon Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:42.6559 208.308
17 36 Template:Flagicon Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 1:42.7433 208.130
18 33 Template:Flagicon E. J. Viso (R) HVM Racing 1:42.7577 208.101
19 8 Template:Flagicon Will Power (R) KV Racing 1:42.7935 208.029
20 18 Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:43.0882 207.434
21 19 Template:Flagicon Mario Moraes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:43.2707 207.067
22 10 Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing No time
23 24 Template:Flagicon Jay Howard (R) Roth Racing No time
24 20 Template:Flagicon Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 1:40.2482 213.311
25 2 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 1:40.7676 212.211

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 9 Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:44:03.5914 1 67 50
2 26 Template:Flagicon Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 200 +0.5828 4 85 43
3 10 Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +1.4728 22 9 35
4 3 Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 200 +8.0340 5 4 32
5 20 Template:Flagicon Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 199 +1 Lap 24 0 30
6 7 Template:Flagicon Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 199 +1 Lap 2 0 28
7 17 Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman Racing 199 +1 Lap 9 0 26
8 11 Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 198 +2 Laps 6 35 24
9 2 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 198 +2 Laps 25 0 22
10 4 Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira Panther Racing 197 +3 Laps 10 0 20
11 15 Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 196 +4 Laps 11 0 19
12 5 Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià (R) KV Racing 195 +5 Laps 14 0 18
13 14 Template:Flagicon Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Enterprises 194 +6 Laps 12 0 17
14 34 Template:Flagicon Franck Perera (R) Conquest Racing 194 +6 Laps 13 0 16
15 02 Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 193 +7 Laps 15 0 15
16 19 Template:Flagicon Mario Moraes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 187 +13 laps 21 0 14
17 33 Template:Flagicon E. J. Viso (R) HVM Racing 183 Accident 18 0 13
18 36 Template:Flagicon Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 149 Handling 17 0 12
19 6 Template:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 126 Collision 3 0 12
20 23 Template:Flagicon Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 122 Collision 16 0 12
21 25 Template:Flagicon Marty Roth Roth Racing 53 Handling 8 0 12
22 24 Template:Flagicon Jay Howard (R) Roth Racing 50 Handling 23 0 12
23 18 Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 40 Handling 20 0 12
24 27 Template:Flagicon Hideki Mutoh (R) Andretti Green Racing 32 Mechanical 7 0 12
25 8 Template:Flagicon Will Power (R) KV Racing 24 Mechanical 19 0 10
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Average race speed: 171.248 mph
Cautions: 3 for 24 laps
Lead changes: 12[4]

Broadcasting

Television

The race was televised in high definition in the United States on ESPN 2, the telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.

ABC Television
Booth Announcers Pit/garage reporters

Announcer: Marty Reid
Color: Scott Goodyear

 Jack Arute
Vince Welch
Brienne Pedigo

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network. Mike King served as anchor. Davey Hamilton was the driver analyst.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network
Booth Announcers Turn Reporter Pit/garage reporters

Chief Announcer: Mike King
Driver expert: Davey Hamilton

Turns 1, 2, and Backstretch: Mark Jaynes

 Kevin Olson
Kevin Lee
Bob Jenkins
Dave Wilson

References

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