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2008 Firestone Indy 200

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Track map of Nashville Superspeedway

The 2008 Firestone Indy 200 was the eleventh round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on July 12, 2008, at the Nashville Superspeedway. It was the eighth edition of the Music City Grand Prix, and the last on the oval until 2024 . Scott Dixon won the race.[1]

Race results

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Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 171 1:30:04.6499 5 53 50
2 10 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 171 +1.0680 6 0 40
3 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 171 +4.1054 1 54 35
4 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 171 +6.4612 7 59 35
5 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 171 +7.8301 2 0 30
6 4 Brazil Vítor Meira Panther Racing 171 +9.5615 15 0 28
7 15 United States Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 171 +13.2509 12 0 26
8 20 United States Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 171 +16.0567 8 0 24
9 14 United Kingdom Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Racing 171 +24.9236 18 0 22
10 19 Brazil Mario Moraes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 170 +1 Lap 20 0 20
11 8 Australia Will Power (R) KV Racing Technology 170 +1 Lap 14 0 19
12 06 United States Graham Rahal (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 170 +1 Lap 10 0 18
13 25 Canada Marty Roth Roth Racing 170 +1 Lap 21 0 17
14 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh (R) Andretti Green Racing 169 +2 Laps 3 0 16
15 18 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 169 +2 Laps 22 0 15
16 5 Spain Oriol Servia KV Racing Technology 169 +2 Laps 17 5 14
17 23 Venezuela Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 168 +3 Laps 16 0 13
18 02 United Kingdom Justin Wilson (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 143 +28 Laps 13 0 12
19 17 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay (R) Rahal Letterman Racing 99 Crash 4 0 12
20 36 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 66 Handling 19 0 12
21 34 Brazil Jaime Camara (R) Conquest Racing 50 Handling 23 0 12
22 2 United States A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 45 Steering 24 0 12
23 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 3 Crash 9 0 12
24 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 2 Crash 11 0 12
Race average speed: 148.072 mph (238.299 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 37 laps

References

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  1. ^ "Nashville: Series race report". Motorsport.com. July 12, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
Preceded by IRL IndyCar Series
round 9

2008
Succeeded by