2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2008 IndyCar Series, for teams who competed in the Champ Car World Series in 2007. This was because the 2008 Indy Japan 300 occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash. It was held on April 20, 2008, at the street circuit in Long Beach, California, United States. The race was historic in that Will Power became the last winner of a Champ Car-style race, and also because it was the last professional race for Roberto Moreno and Jimmy Vasser in open-wheel motorsports. The contingent of former Champ Car teams produced a 20-car field, all utilizing the turbocharged Panoz DP01-Cosworth for the final time. All participants entering other IndyCar races earned points towards the 2008 IndyCar Series championship. All the teams raced together again a week later at Kansas Speedway, and for the remainder of the schedule together. The race was run under Champ Car rules, which included the standing start, option tires, two-day qualifying format, and was run based on time (1 hour, 45 minutes) rather than a set number of laps. The option tire rule was adopted by the IRL for 2009, as well as standing starts for selected road and street course races in 2013 and 2014 only to be abandoned in 2015 due to safety concerns.

Several IRL staff and team personnel had flown back from Japan Sunday afternoon (local time) and saw at least part of the race, including Motegi winner Danica Patrick, who had scored her historic win the previous evening.

Results

Finish	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	8	Template:Flagicon Will Power	KV Racing Technology	83	1:45:25.415	4	81	53
2	7	Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny (R)	Forsythe/Pettit Racing	83	+5.094	6	0	0
3	96	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	83	+15.516	10	0	35
4	36	Template:Flagicon Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	83	+25.677	8	0	32
5	5	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	83	+26.276	12	0	30
6	34	Template:Flagicon Franck Perera (R)	Conquest Racing	83	+28.067	3	0	28
7	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Walker Racing	83	+36.518	2	0	26
8	37	Template:Flagicon David Martínez (R)	Forsythe/Pettit Racing	83	+37.127	18	0	0
9	33	Template:Flagicon E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	83	+44.944	14	1	22
10	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	KV Racing Technology	83	+48.635	13	0	0
11	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe/Pettit Racing	83	+55.956	5	0	19
12	18	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	83	+1:07.553	11	0	18
13	06	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	82	Crash	9	0	17
14	29	Template:Flagicon Alex Figge	Pacific Coast Motorsports	82	+1 Lap	16	0	0
15	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	HVM Racing	80	+3 Laps	7	0	0
16	9	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia (R)	Rocketsports	80	+3 Laps	15	0	0
17	14	Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno	HVM Racing	63	Drive train	17	1	0
18	10	Template:Flagicon Juho Annala (R)	Rocketsports	42	Brakes	20	0	0
19	02	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	12	Engine	1	0	12
20	19	Template:Flagicon Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	5	Crash	19	0	12
Race average speed:
Lead changes: 3 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 9 laps