2008 Indy Japan 300

IndyCar Series event March 2026 February 2025 Japan Motegi Twin Ring Motegi oval map.svg April 20 2008 Indy Japan 300 3rd (A) IndyCar Series Twin Ring Motegi Permanent racing facility 1.520 2.446 200 304.000 489.241 54 °F (12 °C), Mostly cloudy Hélio Castroneves USA Penske Racing set by driver points Brazil Hélio Castroneves USA Penske Racing 27.6476 12 Brazil Danica Patrick USA Andretti Green Racing USA Hélio Castroneves USA Penske Racing Brazil Scott Dixon USA Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand thumb|The race, with Marco Andretti spinning out. The 2008 Indy Japan 300 was the third round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, for drivers who competed in the series in 2007 and teams that had entered for 2008 who were not former Champ Car teams that were in transition. This was because the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash when the reunification took place. Originally scheduled for the afternoon of April 19, 2008 at the 1.52 mi km on Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, the race was delayed by 22 hours until the morning of April 20, due to water seeping up onto the track from previous heavy rains.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66722 Motegi race rescheduled for Sunday autosport.com 2008-04-19 2009-02-13 Danica Patrick won the race, becoming the first female winner in the history of top-level American open-wheel racing.http://www1.indycar.com/scoring/2008/reports/indycarseries/motegi/indycar-race-lapfinal.pdf Motegi results Indycar.com 2008-04-20 2009-02-13April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Qualifying Due to rain in the Tochigi region, qualifying was cancelled and the field was set by driver points.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66695 Rain hands Castroneves Motegi pole autosport.com 2008-04-18 2009-02-13 Thus, the grid was: +Qualifying grid for the 2008 Indy Japan 300 Pos No. Driver Team 13Brazil Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing 29NZL Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing 311BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing 426US Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing 510UK Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing 67US Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing 720US Ed CarpenterVision Racing 82US A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing 927Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing 1017US Ryan Hunter-ReayRahal Letterman Racing 1115US Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing 1214UK Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises 134BRA Vítor MeiraPanther Racing 1424UK Jay Howard (R)Roth Racing 156AUS Ryan BriscoePenske Racing 1623USA Townsend BellDreyer & Reinbold Racing 1725CAN Marty RothRoth Racing 1877USA Roger Yasukawa CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports Race The race's average speed was 164.258 mi/h km/h on and it featured five lead changes between four drivers, as well as cautions on four for 29 laps. +Outcome of the 2008 Indy Japan 300 Finish CarNo. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid LapsLed Points 17US Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing2001:51:02.67396350 23Brazil Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing200+5.859419440 39NZL Scott DixonTarget Chip Ganassi200+10.0559210138 410UK Dan WheldonTarget Chip Ganassi200+13.11165232 511BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing200+16.07313030 620US Ed CarpenterVision Racing200+16.28727028 717US Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)Rahal Letterman Racing200+17.519310026 814UK Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises199+1 Lap12024 96AUS Ryan BriscoePenske Racing199+1 Lap15022 1023USA Townsend BellDreyer & Reinbold Racing199+1 Lap16020 1127Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing199+1 Lap9019 1215US Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing198+2 Laps11018 1324GBR Jay HowardRoth Racing192+8 Laps14017 1477USA Roger Yasukawa CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports134Brakes18016 152US A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing103Accident8015 164BRA Vítor MeiraPanther Racing92Accident13014 1725CAN Marty RothRoth Racing44Accident17013 1826US Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing0Collision4012 References Indy Japan 300 Category:Indy Japan 300 Indy Japan 300