2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300
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| Race details | |
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| Race 1 of 17 in the 2008 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | March 29, 2008 |
| Official name | GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 |
| Location | Homestead-Miami Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.485 mi / 2.390 km |
| Distance | 200 laps 297.000 mi / 477.975 km |
| Weather | 78°F, Fair skies |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:40.2341 (4 laps) |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Ryan Briscoe ( Penske Racing) |
| Time | 25.0624 (on lap 3 of 200) |
| Podium | |
| First | Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Marco Andretti ( Andretti Green Racing) |
| Third | Dan Wheldon ( Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 was the opening round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on March 29, 2008 at the 1.485-mile (2.390 km) Homestead-Miami Speedway. For the first time in series history, the reigning champion was not on the grid to defend his title, as Dario Franchitti had moved to the #40 NASCAR Sprint Cup car for Chip Ganassi Racing. 2003 champion Scott Dixon kicked off the season with the victory, on his way to the series championship.
Qualifying
- All cars run four laps and the car which completes the laps in the quickest time, wins the pole.
- Before the race, the cars of Ed Carpenter and A. J. Foyt IV failed technical inspection and were dropped to 24th and 25th on the grid respectively. All drivers behind them moved up two places from their original grid positions.
Race
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | 1:44:03.5914 | 1 | 67 | 50 |
| 2 | 26 | Marco Andretti |
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +0.5828 | 4 | 85 | 43 |
| 3 | 10 |  Dan Wheldon |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +1.4728 | 22 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves |
Penske Racing | 200 | +8.0340 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | 20 | Ed Carpenter |
Vision Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 24 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 7 | Danica Patrick |
Andretti Green Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Rahal Letterman Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 11 | Tony Kanaan |
Andretti Green Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 6 | 35 | 24 |
| 9 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV |
Vision Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 25 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | Vitor Meira |
Panther Racing | 197 | +3 Laps | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 15 | Buddy Rice |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 196 | +4 Laps | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 5 |  Oriol Servià (R) |
KV Racing | 195 | +5 Laps | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 14 | Darren Manning |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 194 | +6 Laps | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 34 |  Franck Perera (R) |
Conquest Racing | 194 | +6 Laps | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 02 | Justin Wilson (R) |
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 193 | +7 Laps | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | 19 | Mario Moraes (R) |
Dale Coyne Racing | 187 | +13 laps | 21 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 33 |  E. J. Viso (R) |
HVM Racing | 183 | Accident | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi (R) |
Conquest Racing | 149 | Handling | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 6 |  Ryan Briscoe |
Penske Racing | 126 | Collision | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | 23 | Milka Duno |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 122 | Collision | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | 25 |  Marty Roth |
Roth Racing | 53 | Handling | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | 24 | Jay Howard (R) |
Roth Racing | 50 | Handling | 23 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira |
Dale Coyne Racing | 40 | Handling | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 27 |  Hideki Mutoh (R) |
Andretti Green Racing | 32 | Mechanical | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | 8 | Will Power (R) |
KV Racing | 24 | Mechanical | 19 | 0 | 10 |
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References
| Preceded by
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IRL IndyCar Series 2008 |
Succeeded by 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg |
