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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 25px New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 200 3:28:57.6792 1 115 53
2 4 25px Brazil Vitor Meira Panther Racing 200 +1.7498 8 12 40
3 26 25px USA Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 200 +2.3127 7 15 35
4 3 25px Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 200 +6.2619 4 0 32
5 20 25px USA Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 200 +6.5505 10 3 30
6 17 25px USA Ryan Hunter-Reay (R) Rahal Letterman Racing 200 +6.9894 20 0 28
7 27 25px Japan Hideki Mutoh (R) Andretti Green Racing 200 +7.8768 9 0 26
8 15 25px USA Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 200 +8.8798 17 8 24
9 14 25px UK Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Enterprises 200 +9.2019 14 0 22
10 99 25px USA Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 200 +9.4567 12 0 20
11 5 25px Spain Oriol Servià (R) KV Racing 200 +22.4966 25 0 19
12 10 25px UK Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 200 +30.7090 2 30 18
13 8 25px Australia Will Power (R) KV Racing 200 +31.6666 23 0 17
14 22 25px USA Davey Hamilton Vision Racing 200 +32.0084 18 0 16
15 36 25px Brazil Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 200 +32.1075 29 0 15
16 24 25px USA John Andretti Roth Racing 199 +1 Lap 21 0 14
17 91 25px USA Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing 195 +5 Laps 32 0 13
18 19 25px Brazil 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 25px Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 184 +16 Laps 15 2 12
21 2 25px USA A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 180 +20 Laps 31 0 12
22 7 25px USA Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 171 Collision 5 0 12
23 6 25px Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 171 Collision 3 0 12
24 12 25px South Africa Tomas Scheckter Luczo-Dragon Racing 156 Mechanical 11 0 12
25 16 25px UK 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 25px UK Justin Wilson (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 132 Accident 16 0 10
28 41 25px USA Jeff Simmons A.J. Foyt Racing 112 Accident 24 0 10
29 11 25px Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 105 Collison 6 12 10
30 67 25px USA Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher Racing 103 Collision 22 0 10
31 34 25px Brazil Jaime Camara (R) Conquest Racing 79 Accident 30 1 10
32 25 25px Canada Marty Roth Roth Racing 59 Accident 33 0 10
33 06 25px USA 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[]

2007 Indianapolis 500
Dario Franchitti 		2008 Indianapolis 500
Scott Dixon 		2009 Indianapolis 500
Hélio Castroneves


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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