Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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Indianapolis 500 | |||||
Sanctioning body | Indy Racing League | ||||
Season | 2008 IndyCar season | ||||
Date | May 25, 2008 | ||||
Winner | Scott Dixon | ||||
Winning team | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||||
Average speed | 143.567 mph (231 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | Scott Dixon | ||||
Pole speed | 226.366 mph (364 km/h) | ||||
Fastest qualifier | Scott Dixon | ||||
Rookie of the Year | Ryan Hunter-Reay | ||||
Most laps led | Scott Dixon (115) | ||||
Pre-race ceremonies | |||||
National anthem | Julianne Hough | ||||
"Back Home Again in Indiana" | Jim Nabors | ||||
Starting command | Mari Hulman George | ||||
Pace car | Chevrolet Corvette | ||||
Pace car driver | Emerson Fittipaldi | ||||
Starter | Bryan Howard | ||||
Honorary starter | Kristi Yamaguchi | ||||
Estimated attendance | 400,000+ [1] | ||||
TV in the United States | |||||
Network | ESPN on ABC | ||||
Announcers | Marty Reid, Scott Goodyear, Eddie Cheever | ||||
Nielsen ratings | 4.5 [2] / TBD | ||||
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The 92nd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 25, 2008. 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. It was the first Indy 500 after the open wheel "unification" took place, and it featured a full complement of entries of IndyCar Series regulars, as well as former Champ Car teams.
It was the first Indy 500 where all entries utilized the Dallara IR-05 chassis after Phil Giebler failed to qualify with Panoz chassis - effectively ushering in a four-year "spec" era. In addition, all full-time entries began utilizing semi-automatic paddle shifters in 2008. Paddle shifters for part-time Indy 500-only entries were optional due to cost reasons. [3] 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.
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Julianne Hough, who partnered with two-time Indy 500 winner Hélio Castroneves to win Dancing with the Stars , sang the national anthem. [11] Jim Nabors returned to sing "Back Home Again in Indiana" after an illness prevented him from doing so in 2007. [11] 1992 Winter Olympics women's figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi, the season six winner of Dancing with the Stars, served as the honorary starter and wave the green flag. [12]
Stone Temple Pilots performed during the annual Carb Day Concert. Other bands performing during the month included Healing Sixes, DJ Orion, Chevelle, Ludo, Yellowcard, The Bravery, Psychodots, Forever the Sickest Kids, OK Go, Sum 41, Jon McLaughlin, and Jack's Mannequin. [13]
Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 8 | Will Power | KV Racing | 220.694 mph (355 km/h) |
2 | 33 | E. J. Viso | HVM Racing | 220.445 mph (355 km/h) |
3 | 5 | Oriol Servià | KV Racing | 220.102 mph (354 km/h) |
4 | 16 | Alex Lloyd | Rahal Letterman Racing w/ CGR | 219.964 mph (354 km/h) |
5 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 219.824 mph (354 km/h) |
OFFICIAL REPORT [ permanent dead link ] |
Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 16 | Alex Lloyd | Rahal Letterman Racing w/ CGR | 223.033 mph (359 km/h) |
2 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 222.600 mph (358 km/h) |
3 | 8 | Will Power | KV Racing | 222.267 mph (358 km/h) |
4 | 5 | Oriol Servià | KV Racing | 222.089 mph (357 km/h) |
5 | 06 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 221.155 mph (356 km/h) |
OFFICIAL REPORT [ permanent dead link ] |
Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 226.599 mph (365 km/h) |
2 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 225.269 mph (363 km/h) |
3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 225.011 mph (362 km/h) |
4 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 224.804 mph (362 km/h) |
5 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 224.727 mph (362 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 226.968 mph (365 km/h) |
2 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 226.710 mph (365 km/h) |
3 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 226.688 mph (365 km/h) |
4 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 226.143 mph (364 km/h) |
5 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 225.990 mph (364 km/h) |
OFFICIAL REPORT [ permanent dead link ] |
Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Qual. Speed |
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1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 226.366 mph (364 km/h) |
2 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 226.110 mph (364 km/h) |
3 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 226.080 mph (364 km/h) |
4 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Penske Racing | 225.733 mph (363 km/h) |
5 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing | 225.197 mph (362 km/h) |
6 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 224.794 mph (362 km/h) |
7 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 224.417 mph (361 km/h) |
8 | 4 | Vítor Meira | Panther Racing | 224.346 mph (361 km/h) |
9 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 223.887 mph (360 km/h) |
10 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | 223.835 mph (360 km/h) |
11 | 12 | Tomas Scheckter | Luczo-Dragon Racing | 223.496 mph (360 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 228.318 mph (367 km/h) |
2 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 227.223 mph (366 km/h) |
3 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 227.163 mph (366 km/h) |
4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 227.055 mph (365 km/h) |
5 | 12 | Tomas Scheckter | Luczo-Dragon Racing | 227.015 mph (365 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 222.834 mph (359 km/h) |
2 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 222.810 mph (359 km/h) |
3 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 222.801 mph (359 km/h) |
4 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 221.868 mph (357 km/h) |
5 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing | 221.683 mph (357 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 223.708 mph (360 km/h) |
2 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Penske Racing | 223.284 mph (359 km/h) |
3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 223.192 mph (359 km/h) |
4 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 222.880 mph (359 km/h) |
5 | 12 | Tomas Scheckter | Luczo-Dragon Racing | 222.804 mph (359 km/h) |
OFFICIAL REPORT [ permanent dead link ] |
Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 223.713 mph (360 km/h) |
2 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Penske Racing | 223.411 mph (360 km/h) |
3 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 223.372 mph (359 km/h) |
4 | 8 | Will Power | KV Racing | 223.039 mph (359 km/h) |
5 | 06 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 222.959 mph (359 km/h) |
OFFICIAL REPORT [ permanent dead link ] |
Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Qual. Speed |
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12 | 99 | Townsend Bell | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 222.539 mph (358 km/h) |
13 | 06 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 222.531 mph (358 km/h) |
14 | 14 | Darren Manning | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 222.430 mph (358 km/h) |
15 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 222.330 mph (358 km/h) |
16 | 02 | Justin Wilson | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 222.267 mph (358 km/h) |
17 | 15 | Buddy Rice | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 222.101 mph (357 km/h) |
18 | 22 | Davey Hamilton | Vision Racing | 222.017 mph (357 km/h) |
19 | 16 | Alex Lloyd | Rahal Letterman Racing w/ CGR | 221.788 mph (357 km/h) |
20 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rahal Letterman Racing | 221.579 mph (357 km/h) |
21 | 24 | John Andretti | Roth Racing | 221.550 mph (357 km/h) |
22 | 67 | Sarah Fisher | Sarah Fisher Racing | 221.246 mph (356 km/h) |
23 | 8 | Will Power | KV Racing | 221.136 mph (356 km/h) |
24 | 41 | Jeff Simmons | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 221.103 mph (356 km/h) |
25 | 5 | Oriol Servià | KV Racing | 220.767 mph (355 km/h) |
26 | 33 | E. J. Viso | HVM Racing | 220.356 mph (355 km/h) |
27 | 23 | Milka Duno | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 220.305 mph (355 km/h) |
28 | 19 | Mario Moraes | Dale Coyne Racing | 219.716 mph (354 km/h) |
29 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi | Conquest Racing | 219.422 mph (353 km/h) |
30 | 34 | Jaime Camara | Conquest Racing | 219.345 mph (353 km/h) |
31 | 98 | Roger Yasukawa | CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports | 218.010 mph (351 km/h) |
32 | 91 | Buddy Lazier | Hemelgarn Racing | 217.939 mph (351 km/h) |
33 | 25 | Marty Roth | Roth Racing | 215.506 mph (347 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 24 | John Andretti | Roth Racing | 224.027 mph (361 km/h) |
2 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 223.683 mph (360 km/h) |
3 | 22 | Davey Hamilton | Vision Racing | 223.638 mph (360 km/h) |
4 | 15 | Buddy Rice | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 223.557 mph (360 km/h) |
5 | 99 | Townsend Bell | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 222.499 mph (358 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Qual. Speed |
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31 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV | Vision Racing | 219.184 mph (353 km/h) |
32 | 91 | Buddy Lazier | Hemelgarn Racing | 219.015 mph (352 km/h) |
33 | 25 | Marty Roth | Roth Racing | 218.965 mph (352 km/h) |
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Rank | Car No. | Driver | Team | Best Speed |
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1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 221.514 mph (356 km/h) |
2 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 220.653 mph (355 km/h) |
3 | 06 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 220.627 mph (355 km/h) |
4 | 24 | John Andretti | Roth Racing | 219.836 mph (354 km/h) |
5 | 96 | Mario Domínguez | Pacific Coast Motorsports | 219.780 mph (354 km/h) |
OFFICIAL REPORT [ permanent dead link ] |
Row | Inside | Middle | Outside | |||
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1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 10 | Dan Wheldon W | 6 | Ryan Briscoe |
2 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves W | 7 | Danica Patrick | 11 | Tony Kanaan |
3 | 26 | Marco Andretti | 4 | Vítor Meira | 27 | Hideki Mutoh R |
4 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 12 | Tomas Scheckter | 99 | Townsend Bell |
5 | 06 | Graham Rahal R | 14 | Darren Manning | 18 | Bruno Junqueira |
6 | 02 | Justin Wilson R | 15 | Buddy Rice W | 22 | Davey Hamilton |
7 | 16 | Alex Lloyd R | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay R | 24 | John Andretti |
8 | 67 | Sarah Fisher | 8 | Will Power R | 41 | Jeff Simmons |
9 | 5 | Oriol Servià R | 33 | E. J. Viso R | 23 | Milka Duno |
10 | 19 | Mario Moraes R | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi R | 34 | Jaime Camara R |
11 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV | 91 | Buddy Lazier W | 25 | Marty Roth |
OFFICIAL REPORT Archived 2009-05-18 at the Wayback Machine |
Failed to qualify
No. | Driver | Team | Reason |
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44 | Max Papis | Rubicon Race Team | Clutch problems during qualifying. |
88 | Phil Giebler | American Dream Motorsports | Practice crash. Team could not secure a back-up car. |
96 | Mario Domínguez R | Pacific Coast Motorsports | Bumped. Wrecked on final qualifying attempt. |
98 | Roger Yasukawa | Beck Motorsports | Too slow on day 4. Bumped from the field. |
At 1:03 p.m., Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines. [16] All cars except Sarah Fisher pulled away, but Fisher quickly caught up to the field. [16] Emerson Fittipaldi was booed during the parade laps due to his incident where he drank orange juice instead of milk after winning in 1993. He pulled the pace car off the track after the third pace lap, and a well-aligned field took the green flag. Polesitter Scott Dixon took the lead into turn one, and led the first two laps. His teammate Dan Wheldon took the lead on lap three. On the 8th lap, Bruno Junqueira lost a mirror, and the first of many caution periods slowed the field. [16]
Nearly the entire field pitted on the first caution, with Buddy Rice staying out to lead. Sarah Fisher also stayed out, and moved to third. [16] Moments later, she spun in the north chute while warming her tires, and lost 3 laps. When the green resumed, Dan Wheldon quickly regained the lead. He held it until lap 36, when Dixon passed him. At the same time, rookie Graham Rahal drifted high and hit the wall exiting turn four. [16]
Marty Roth and Jaime Camara each brought out the yellow in the first half, suffering single-car crashes. [16] Wheldon and Dixon continued to trade the lead.
On lap 94, Tony Kanaan charged into the lead. He set a new all-time record by leading a lap in seven consecutive Indy 500 races. He broke Rick Mears' record of six straight races led (1979–1984). [16] His continuing bad luck at Indy returned however 11 laps later. Scott Dixon took the lead back on lap 105. Marco Andretti, Kanaan's AGR teammate, dove low in turn three to overtake, which was followed by Kanaan going high and into the marbles. Kanaan lost control of his car, brushing the wall, then collecting the lapped car of Sarah Fisher. [16] Both cars were heavily damaged. The caution was then extended when Jeff Simmons car suddenly veered and hit the inside wall on the frontstretch. [16]
Marco Andretti gained the lead on lap 122. Dixon ran second, while Wheldon began to slip deep in the standings with handling problems. Justin Wilson brought out the yellow in turn 2 on lap 133 with yet another single-car crash. His crash was followed 20 laps later by Alex Lloyd, who brushed the wall in turn 4, and spun wildly into the pit area. [16] Tomas Scheckter, who had been running amongst the leaders all afternoon, dropped out with a broken driveshaft. [16]
On the lap 159 restart, Vítor Meira went three-wide and stormed into the lead. [16] [17] With Dixon second and Andretti third, the stage was set to decide the race between those three drivers. Other contenders, Hélio Castroneves, Ed Carpenter, Danica Patrick, Ryan Briscoe, Oriol Servia and rookie Ryan Hunter-Reay, were battling for the balance of the top ten.
On lap 169, Milka Duno dove below Buddy Lazier in turn three. The two cars touched slightly, and Duno spun to the warm-up lane. She suffered a flat tire, but was able to continue. [16] The leaders all headed to the pits on lap 171 for what would be the final sequence of pit stops. At pit exit, Ryan Briscoe swung wide and clipped the right rear of Danica Patrick's car. [18] Patrick spun around, and Briscoe hit the pit wall. Both cars were eliminated. [16] Patrick climbed out of the car, and started walking down towards the Team Penske pits, presumably to confront Briscoe. [18] [19] A security guard intervened, and she later walked back to her pit stall. Patrick and Briscoe were called to the Indycar hauler after the race. Patrick and Briscoe were fined $100,000 and were placed on probation until the end of the 2008 season for an aggressive pit incident. [17] [18]
With 24 laps to go, Scott Dixon led the field back to green. Vítor Meira ran second, and Marco Andretti third. The race went green the remainder of the distance, and Dixon held on by 1.7498 seconds to win his first Indianapolis 500. [16] [19] He became the 19th pole winner to win the race, [16] and the first winner from New Zealand.
W Former Indianapolis 500 winner
R Indianapolis 500 Rookie
All entrants utilized Firestone tires.
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The race was televised in high definition in the United States on ABC, the 44th consecutive year on that network. Time trials were shown live in high definition on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 at various timeslots and was available via broadband at MediaZone.com.
1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever joined the announcing crew for the first time. For the first time, two hours of pre-race was aired, one hour on ESPN2, followed by one hour on ABC. For the third year in a row, the telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.
Booth Announcers | Pit/garage reporters |
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Host: Brent Musburger | Jack Arute Vince Welch Brienne Pedigo Jamie Little |
The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network for the 56th consecutive year. Mike King served as anchor. For the second year in a row, Davey Hamilton offered live in-car reporting during caution periods. Chris Economaki offered pre-race and post-race commentary for the final time. This was also the last time that former 'voice' of the 500 Bob Jenkins served as a turn announcer.
For the fourth year in a row, Kevin Olson conducted his annual pre-race interview with David Letterman.
Booth Announcers | Turn Reporters | Pit/garage reporters |
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Chief Announcer: Mike King | Turn 1: Jerry Baker | Jake Query (north pits) Kevin Olson (north-center pits) Dave Argabright (south-center pits) Kevin Lee (south pits) |
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