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2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300

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 mi 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 No. 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Chip Ganassi Racing. Graham Rahal was supposed to make his debut in this race, however due to a crash in testing his team could not get his car repaired in time for the race. 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.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Speed (mph)
9	NZL Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:40.2341	213.341
7	US Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	1:40.8066	212.129
6	AUS Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	1:40.8166	212.108
26	US Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	1:40.9452	211.838
3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	1:41.0675	211.581
11	BRA Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:41.0683	211.580
27	Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)	Andretti Green Racing	1:41.1024	211.508
25	CAN Marty Roth	Roth Racing	1:41.1264	211.458
17	US Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	1:41.4689	210.744
4		BRA Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	1:41.6762	210.315
15	US Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:42.0784	209.486
14	UK Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:42.1598	209.319
34	FRA Franck Perera (R)	Conquest Racing	1:42.2034	209.230
5	ESP Oriol Servià (R)	KV Racing	1:42.3056	209.021
02	UK Justin Wilson (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:42.4349	208.757
23	VEN Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:42.6559	208.308
36	BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	1:42.7433	208.130
33	VEN E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	1:42.7577	208.101
8	AUS Will Power (R)	KV Racing	1:42.7935	208.029
18	BRA Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	1:43.0882	207.434
19	BRA Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:43.2707	207.067
10	UK Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	No time
24	UK Jay Howard (R)	Roth Racing	No time
20	US Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	1:40.2482	213.311
2	US A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	1:40.7676	212.211

The Vision Racing entries of Ed Carpenter and A. J. Foyt IV, who qualified second and third, failed technical inspection and were moved to the back of the starting grid.

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
9	NZL Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:44:03.5914	1	67	50
26	US Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+0.5828	4	85	43
10	UK Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+1.4728	22	9	35
3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	200	+8.0340	5	4	32
20	US Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	199	+1 Lap	24	0	30
7	US Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	199	+1 Lap	2	0	28
17	US Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	199	+1 Lap	9	0	26
11	BRA Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	198	+2 Laps	6	35	24
2	US A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	198	+2 Laps	25	0	22
4		BRA Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	197	+3 Laps	10	0	20
15	US Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	196	+4 Laps	11	0	19
5	ESP Oriol Servià (R)	KV Racing	195	+5 Laps	14	0	18
14	UK Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	194	+6 Laps	12	0	17
34	FRA Franck Perera (R)	Conquest Racing	194	+6 Laps	13	0	16
02	UK Justin Wilson (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	193	+7 Laps	15	0	15
19	BRA Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	187	+13 laps	21	0	14
33	VEN E. J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	183	Accident	18	0	13
36	BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	149	Handling	17	0	12
6	AUS Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	126	Collision	3	0	12
23	VEN Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	122	Collision	16	0	12
25	CAN Marty Roth	Roth Racing	53	Handling	8	0	12
24	UK Jay Howard (R)	Roth Racing	50	Handling	23	0	12
18	BRA Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	40	Handling	20	0	12
27	Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)	Andretti Green Racing	32	Mechanical	7	0	12
8	AUS Will Power (R)	KV Racing	24	Mechanical	19	0	10

Average race speed: 171.248 mph

Cautions: 3 for 24 laps

Lead changes: 12

Broadcasting

Television

The race was televised in high definition in the United States on ESPN 2, the telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.

Booth Announcers	Pit/garage reporters
	Jack Arute
Vince Welch
Brienne Pedigo

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network. Mike King served as anchor. Davey Hamilton was the driver analyst.

Booth Announcers	Turn Reporter	Pit/garage reporters
		Kevin Olson
Kevin Lee
Bob Jenkins
Dave Wilson

References

(March 30, 2008). "IndyCar Series Homestead Race Report".
"2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300". Champ Car Stats.
"Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300". Ultimate Racing History.
"2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300".

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