2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250
The 2008
On lap 157 Mario Moraes spun into the pit apron, bringing out a caution, and the leaders pitted. John Andretti's pitcrew had trouble engaging the fuel hose, and he dropped back the end of the running order. Prior to this he had been running in 7th place, one of the highest positions ever for a Roth Racing car. Castroneves regained the lead on lap 170, and held it until another yellow came out on lap 188 for a spin by Enrique Bernoldi. Most of the leaders pitted, but Wheldon, Hideki Mutoh, and Danica Patrick stayed out to lead the field. On the restart Moraes spun for the second time of the day, and prolonged the yellow until lap 202. On lap 212, Kanaan (running third) suddenly lost control and crashed in turn 1.
On the lap 227 restart, Marco Andretti and Dixon passed Patrick to take third and fourth place respectively. Over the final 15 laps, Mutoh and Marco Andretti battled for second, with Mutoh holding off Andretti's challenge. Wheldon went on to win, and Chip Ganassi Racing donated their race winnings from both cars to Iowa flood relief. After getting by Patrick late in the race, A. J. Foyt IV finished in the top 5, while John Andretti just missed the top 10, working his way back to 11th.
Result
Finish | Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | 1:38:35.8923 | 3 | 61 | 50 |
2 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh (R) | Andretti Green Racing
|
250 | +0.1430 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
3 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing
|
250 | +0.9028 | 8 | 26 | 35 |
4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +1.2726 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
5 | 2 | A. J. Foyt IV | Vision Racing | 250 | +1.3564 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
6 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing
|
250 | +1.9115 | 6 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing
|
250 | +3.9780 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
8 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (R) | Rahal Letterman Racing
|
250 | +4.4488 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
9 | 8 | Will Power (R) | KV Racing
|
250 | +5.6158 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 06 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
|
250 | +7.7886 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 24 | John Andretti | Roth Racing | 250 | +8.4639 | 23 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 02 | Justin Wilson (R) | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
|
250 | +8.7225 | 20 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 33 | E. J. Viso (R) | HVM Racing | 250 | +12.5775 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Penske Racing
|
248 | +2 Laps | 2 | 92 | 19 |
15 | 4 | Vítor Meira | Panther Racing | 248 | +2 Laps | 12 | 0 | 15 |
16 | 5 | Oriol Servià (R) | KV Racing
|
247 | +3 Laps | 10 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi | Conquest Racing | 242 | + 8 Laps | 17 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing
|
211 | Contact | 4 | 71 | 12 |
19 | 19 | Mario Moraes (R) | Dale Coyne Racing | 192 | Contact | 24 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 34 | Jaime Camara (R) | Conquest Racing | 133 | Handling | 21 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 14 | Darren Manning | A. J. Foyt Enterprises
|
94 | Handling | 19 | 0 | 12 |
22 | 15 | Buddy Rice | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 78 | Handling | 15 | 0 | 12 |
23 | 20 | Ed Carpenter
|
Vision Racing | 38 | Contact | 9 | 0 | 12 |
24 | 23 | Milka Duno | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 26 | Handling | 22 | 0 | 12 |
25 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 0 | DNS | 25 | 0 | 5 |
26 | 25 | Marty Roth | Roth Racing | 0 | DNS | 26 | 0 | 5 |
Race average speed: 136.007 mph (218.882 km/h) | ||||||||
Lead changes: 9 between 4 drivers | ||||||||
Cautions: 6 for 57 laps |
References
- Haymarket Publications. Archivedfrom the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21)