2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead-Miami Speedway track map--Speedway.svg March 29 2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 1 17 IndyCar Series Homestead-Miami Speedway Permanent racing facility 1.485 2.390 200 297.000 477.975 78 F, Fair skies Scott Dixon USA Chip Ganassi Racing 1:40.2341 (4 laps) New Zealand Ryan Briscoe USA Penske Racing 25.0624 3 Australia Scott Dixon USA Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand Marco Andretti USA Andretti Green Racing United States Dan Wheldon USA Chip Ganassi Racing UK 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 km on 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) 19NZL Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing1:40.2341213.341 27US Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing1:40.8066212.129 36AUS Ryan BriscoePenske Racing1:40.8166212.108 426US Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing1:40.9452211.838 53Brazil Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing1:41.0675211.581 611BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing1:41.0683211.580 727Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing1:41.1024211.508 825CAN Marty RothRoth Racing1:41.1264211.458 917US Ryan Hunter-ReayRahal Letterman Racing1:41.4689210.744 104BRA Vítor MeiraPanther Racing1:41.6762210.315 1115US Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing1:42.0784209.486 1214UK Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises1:42.1598209.319 1334FRA Franck Perera (R)Conquest Racing1:42.2034209.230 145ESP Oriol Servià (R)KV Racing1:42.3056209.021 1502UK Justin Wilson (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing1:42.4349208.757 1623VEN Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing1:42.6559208.308 1736BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R)Conquest Racing1:42.7433208.130 1833VEN E. J. Viso (R)HVM Racing1:42.7577208.101 198AUS Will Power (R)KV Racing1:42.7935208.029 2018BRA Bruno JunqueiraDale Coyne Racing1:43.0882207.434 2119BRA Mario Moraes (R)Dale Coyne Racing1:43.2707207.067 2210UK Dan WheldonChip Ganassi RacingNo time 2324UK Jay Howard (R)Roth RacingNo time 2420US Ed CarpenterVision Racing1:40.2482213.311 252US A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing1:40.7676212.211 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.https://hondanews.com/en-US/honda-racing/releases/release-ee525f6b6251462140a253004c34bd54-indycar-series-homestead-race-report IndyCar Series Homestead Race Report Honda Racing Corporation USA March 30, 2008 September 12, 2024 Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 19NZL Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing2001:44:03.591416750 226US Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing200+0.582848543 310UK Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing200+1.472822935 43Brazil Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing200+8.03405432 520US Ed CarpenterVision Racing199+1 Lap24030 67US Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing199+1 Lap2028 717US Ryan Hunter-ReayRahal Letterman Racing199+1 Lap9026 811BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing198+2 Laps63524 92US A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing198+2 Laps25022 104BRA Vítor MeiraPanther Racing197+3 Laps10020 1115US Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing196+4 Laps11019 125ESP Oriol Servià (R)KV Racing195+5 Laps14018 1314UK Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises194+6 Laps12017 1434FRA Franck Perera (R)Conquest Racing194+6 Laps13016 1502UK Justin Wilson (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing193+7 Laps15015 1619BRA Mario Moraes (R)Dale Coyne Racing187+13 laps21014 1733VEN E. J. Viso (R)HVM Racing183Accident18013 1836BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R)Conquest Racing149Handling17012 196AUS Ryan BriscoePenske Racing126Collision3012 2023VEN Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing122Collision16012 2125CAN Marty RothRoth Racing53Handling8012 2224UK Jay Howard (R)Roth Racing50Handling23012 2318BRA Bruno JunqueiraDale Coyne Racing40Handling20012 2427Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing32Mechanical7012 258AUS Will Power (R)KV Racing24Mechanical19010 2008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 http://www.champcarstats.com/races/200801.htm Champ Car Stats 9 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120929093600/http://www.champcarstats.com/races/200801.htm 29 September 2012 live Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=6129 Ultimate Racing History 9 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010165621/http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=6129 10 October 2012 live Average race speed: 171.248 mph Cautions: 3 for 24 laps Lead changes: 122008 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Gainsco_Auto_Insurance_Indy_300/O/ www.racing-reference.info 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. + ABC TelevisionBooth AnnouncersPit/garage reportersAnnouncer: Marty Reid Color: Scott GoodyearJack AruteVince WelchBrienne Pedigo Radio The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network. Mike King served as anchor. Davey Hamilton was the driver analyst. + Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network Booth AnnouncersTurn ReporterPit/garage reportersChief Announcer: Mike King Driver expert: Davey HamiltonTurns 1, 2, and Backstretch: Mark JaynesKevin OlsonKevin LeeBob JenkinsDave Wilson References none IRL IndyCar Series 2008 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 Category:Homestead–Miami Indy 300