2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy

The 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy was the thirteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, and was held on July 26, 2008, at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by Scott Dixon, followed by Hélio Castroneves and Justin Wilson. Although it was the fourth edition of the Grand Prix, it was the first race in the IndyCar Series, but also the first IndyCar Series race to be held in Canada.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Qual 3	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	1:01.660	1:01.236	1:00.731	1:00.731
2	Template:Flagicon	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	1:01.164	1:00.946	1:00.836	1:00.836
3	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	1:01.844	1:01.092	1:00.858	1:00.858
4	Template:Flagicon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.426	1:01.108	1:00.859	1:00.859
5	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	KV Racing Technology	1:01.464	1:01.117	1:01.015	1:01.015
6	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:01.552	1:01.185	no time	1:01.185
7	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.175	1:01.299	-	1:01.299
8	Template:Flagicon	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:01.826	1:01.457	-	1:01.457
9	Template:Flagicon	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.603	1:01.666	-	1:01.603
10	Template:Flagicon	Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.506	1:01.755	-	1:01.506
11	Template:Flagicon	Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	1:02.044	1:02.023	-	1:02.023
12	Template:Flagicon	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:01.701	no time	-	1:01.701
13	Template:Flagicon	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.299	-	-	1:02.299
14	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	1:02.104	-	-	1:02.104
15	Template:Flagicon	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.417	-	-	1:02.417
16	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Vision Racing	1:02.239	-	-	1:02.239
17	Template:Flagicon	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	1:02.239	-	-	1:02.491
18	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	1:03.135	-	-	1:03.135
19	Template:Flagicon	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:02.664	-	-	1:02.664
20	Template:Flagicon	Mario Dominguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	1:03.136	-	-	1:03.136
21	Template:Flagicon	E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	1:02.924	-	-	1:02.924
22	Template:Flagicon	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	1:03.810	-	-	1:03.810
23	Template:Flagicon	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:03.428	-	-	1:03.428
24	Template:Flagicon	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	1:03.883	-	-	1:03.883
25	Template:Flagicon	Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:03.640	-	-	1:03.640
26	Template:Flagicon	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	1:09.050	-	-	1:09.050
27	Template:Flagicon	Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	1:03.857	-	-	1:03.857

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	91	1:51:05.704	4	50
2	3	Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	91	+5.9 secs	2	43
3	02	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	91	+13.4 secs	6	35
4	22	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Vision Racing	91	+28.1 secs	15	32
5	5	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	91	+28.7 secs	3	30
6	6	Template:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	91	+36.9 secs	1	28
7	10	Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	91	+41.8 secs	9	26
8	17	Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Green Racing	91	+42.1 secs	13	24
9	11	Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	91	+43.1 secs	27	22
10	14	Template:Flagicon Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	91	+43.3 secs	18	20
11	15	Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	91	+48.4 secs	22	19
12	2	Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	91	+50.1 secs	17	18
13	20	Template:Flagicon Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	91	+57.6 secs	23	17
14	18	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	91	+61.1 secs	7	16
15	33	Template:Flagicon E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	90	+ 1 lap	20	15
16	36	Template:Flagicon Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	90	+ 1 lap	11	14
17	26	Template:Flagicon Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	90	+ 1 lap	12	13
18	7	Template:Flagicon Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	88	+ 3 laps	14	12
19	4	Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	85	+ 6 laps	16	12
20	19	Template:Flagicon Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 6 laps	10	12
21	25	Template:Flagicon Marty Roth	Roth Racing	84	+ 7 laps	25	12
22	8	Template:Flagicon Will Power	KV Racing Technology	72	+ 19 laps	5	12
23	34	Template:Flagicon Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	68	Mechanical	26	12
24	96	Template:Flagicon Mario Dominguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	51	Off Course	19	12
25	23	Template:Flagicon Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	48	Contact	24	10
26	06	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	44	Contact	8	10
27	27	Template:Flagicon Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	27	Contact	21	10

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
19-23	Meira (4) spin
29-32	Mutoh (27) contact
49-54	Bell (23) contact
61-64	Rahal (06)/Viso (33) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-3 Ryan Briscoe 4-21 Hélio Castroneves 22-29 Marco Andretti 30 Tony Kanaan 31-33 Marco Andretti 34-50 Hélio Castroneves 51-56 Tony Kanaan 57-59 A. J. Foyt IV 60-61 Tony Kanaan 62-91 Scott Dixon

Driver Laps led Hélio Castroneves 35 Scott Dixon 30 Marco Andretti 11 Tony Kanaan 9 A. J. Foyt IV 3 Ryan Briscoe 3

• Fastest Lap Will Power: 1:02.023 (Lap 68)
• Average Speed 96.967 mph

Attendance

Race weekend attendance was estimated 160,000.