2008 Bombardier Learjet 550
The 2008 Bombardier Learjet 550 was the seventh round of the
2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 7, 2008 at the 1.455-mile (2.342 km) Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas. In the first half, three single-car incidents involving Mario Domínguez, Justin Wilson, and Oriol Servià slowed the race. The lead changed hands between Hélio Castroneves, Bruno Junqueira, and Scott Dixon for the first 100 laps. Two sequences of green flag pit stops occurred under a long stretch of green flag conditions. A caution for debris came out on lap 165, sending the leaders to the pits once more. Vítor Meira
stayed out to take over the lead.
With 21 laps to go, Meira was forced to pit for fuel, giving up the lead to Marco Andretti. Moments later, Enrique Bernoldi crashed in turn four. Andretti led the field back to green on lap 219. With six laps to go, Dixon slipped by Andretti to take the lead. On the next lap, down the backstretch, third place Ryan Hunter-Reay dove below Andretti heading into turn three. Hunter-Reay pinched his left wheels onto the apron, lost control, and touched wheels with Andretti. Both cars spun and crashed hard into the wall. The race finished under caution with Dixon the winner, and Castroneves slipping by the accident to finish second.
Result
| Finish | Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 228 | 2:04:36.3153 | 1 | 58 | 50 |
| 2 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves
|
Penske Racing
|
228 | +0.0479 | 2 | 85 | 43 |
| 3 | 6 |  Ryan Briscoe
|
Penske Racing
|
228 | +0.6173 | 3 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | 10 |  Dan Wheldon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 228 | +3.3000 | 11 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | 11 | Tony Kanaan
|
Andretti Green Racing
|
228 | +4.3124 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 27 |  Hideki Mutoh (R)
|
Andretti Green Racing
|
228 | +5.0571 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 4 | Vítor Meira
|
Panther Racing | 227 | +1 Lap | 9 | 38 | 26 |
| 8 | 15 |  Buddy Rice
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 227 | +1 Lap | 25 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | 20 | Ed Carpenter
|
Vision Racing | 227 | +1 Lap | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | Danica Patrick
|
Andretti Green Racing
|
227 | +1 Lap | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 06 | Graham Rahal
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
|
227 | +1 Lap | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV
|
Vision Racing | 226 | +2 Laps | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 8 | Will Power (R)
|
KV Racing
|
226 | +2 Laps | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 33 |  E. J. Viso (R)
|
HVM Racing | 226 | +2 Laps | 28 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 226 | +2 Laps | 26 | 10 | 15 |
| 16 | 24 | John Andretti
|
Roth Racing | 226 | +2 Laps | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 23 | Milka Duno
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 226 | +2 Laps | 27 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 19 | Mario Moraes (R)
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 223 | +5 Laps | 22 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 26 | Marco Andretti
|
Andretti Green Racing
|
222 | Contact | 14 | 25 | 12 |
| 20 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
Rahal Letterman Racing
|
222 | Contact | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | 96 |  Mario Domínguez (R)
|
Pacific Coast Motorsports | 222 | +6 Laps | 24 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | 25 |  Marty Roth
|
Roth Racing | 221 | +7 Laps | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi
|
Conquest Racing | 210 | Contact | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 34 | Jaime Camara (R)
|
Conquest Racing | 210 | +18 Laps | 21 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | 12 |  Tomas Scheckter
|
Luczo Dragon Racing
|
56 | Contact | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 26 | 5 |  Oriol Servià (R)
|
KV Racing
|
47 | Contact | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| 27 | 02 | Justin Wilson (R)
|
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
|
39 | Contact | 23 | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | 14 | Darren Manning
|
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
|
19 | Mechanical | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| Race average speed: 159.740 mph (257.077 km/h) | ||||||||
| Lead changes: 21 between 6 drivers | ||||||||
| Cautions: 8 for 52 laps | ||||||||
References
- IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21)