2008 Indianapolis 500

The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, USA. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the pole position. It was the thirteenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and served as the showcase event of the 2008 IndyCar Series in DIRECTV HD season. It was the fifth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season.

IndyCar Series practice began May 4. Time trials took place over the two weekends prior to the race (May 10–11 and May 17–18). The final practice was held Friday May 23.

Full race results

Finish	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi	200	3:28:57.6792	1	115	53
2	4	Vitor Meira	Panther Racing	200	+1.7498	8	12	40
3	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+2.3127	7	15	35
4	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	200	+6.2619	4	0	32
5	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	200	+6.5505	10	3	30
6	17	Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)	Rahal Letterman Racing	200	+6.9894	20	0	28
7	27	Hideki Mutoh (R)	Andretti Green Racing	200	+7.8768	9	0	26
8	15	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	200	+8.8798	17	8	24
9	14	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	200	+9.2019	14	0	22
10	99	Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	200	+9.4567	12	0	20
11	5	Oriol Servià (R)	KV Racing	200	+22.4966	25	0	19
12	10	Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi	200	+30.7090	2	30	18
13	8	Will Power (R)	KV Racing	200	+31.6666	23	0	17
14	22	Davey Hamilton	Vision Racing	200	+32.0084	18	0	16
15	36	Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	200	+32.1075	29	0	15
16	24	John Andretti	Roth Racing	199	+1 Lap	21	0	14
17	91	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	195	+5 Laps	32	0	13
18	19	Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	194	+6 Laps	28	3	12
19	23	VEN Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	185	+15 Laps	27	0	12
20	18	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	184	+16 Laps	15	2	12
21	2	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	180	+20 Laps	31	0	12
22	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	171	Collision	5	0	12
23	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	171	Collision	3	0	12
24	12	Tomas Scheckter	Luczo-Dragon Racing	156	Mechanical	11	0	12
25	16	Alex Lloyd (R)	Rahal Letterman Racing w/Target Chip Ganassi	151	Accident	19	0	10
26	33	VEN E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	139	Mechanical	26	0	10
27	02	Justin Wilson (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	132	Accident	16	0	10
28	41	Jeff Simmons	A.J. Foyt Racing	112	Accident	24	0	10
29	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	105	Collison	6	12	10
30	67	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	103	Collision	22	0	10
31	34	Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	79	Accident	30	1	10
32	25	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	59	Accident	33	0	10
33	06	Graham Rahal (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	36	Accident	13	0	10
Race average speed: Template:Convert/mi/h
Lead changes: 18 between 9 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 69 laps
All cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone tires
Official box score

External links

• Indy500.com - Official site
• Indycar.com - Official site
• Indianapolis Star coverage

Preceded by: 2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300

IRL IndyCar Series round 5 2008

Succeeded by: 2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225

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