2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy

March 2026 February 2025 Canada Rexall Edmonton Indy Edmonton Grand Prix racing track.svg July 26 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy 13 IndyCar Series Rexall Speedway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Temporary Airport Course 1.973 3.175 91 179.543 288.925 Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 29 C Fhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/AB/Edmonton/2008-07-26 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-08-31 Ryan Briscoe USA Team Penske 1:00.731 Australia Will Power USA KV Racing Technology 1:02.023 69 Australia Scott Dixon USA Target Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand Hélio Castroneves USA Team Penske Brazil Justin Wilson USA Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Great Britain The 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy was the thirteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, and was held on July 26, 2008, at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by Scott Dixon, followed by Hélio Castroneves and Justin Wilson. Although it was the fourth edition of the Grand Prix, it was the first race in the IndyCar Series, but also the first IndyCar Series race to be held in Canada. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Qual 3 Best 1 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 1:01.660 1:01.236 1:00.731 1:00.731 2 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 1:01.164 1:00.946 1:00.836 1:00.836 3 ESP Oriol Servià KV Racing Technology 1:01.844 1:01.092 1:00.858 1:00.858 4 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.426 1:01.108 1:00.859 1:00.859 5 AUS Will Power KV Racing Technology 1:01.464 1:01.117 1:01.015 1:01.015 6 GBR Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:01.552 1:01.185 no time 1:01.185 7 BRA Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:02.175 1:01.299 - 1:01.299 8 USA Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:01.826 1:01.457 - 1:01.457 9 GBR Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.603 1:01.666 - 1:01.603 10 BRA Mario Moraes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.506 1:01.755 - 1:01.506 11 BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 1:02.044 1:02.023 - 1:02.023 12 BRA Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 1:01.701 no time - 1:01.701 13 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 1:02.299 - - 1:02.299 14 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman Racing 1:02.104 - - 1:02.104 15 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 1:02.417 - - 1:02.417 16 CAN Paul Tracy Vision Racing 1:02.239 - - 1:02.239 17 BRA Vítor Meira Panther Racing 1:02.239 - - 1:02.491 18 USA A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 1:03.135 - - 1:03.135 19 GBR Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:02.664 - - 1:02.664 20 MEX Mario Domínguez Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:03.136 - - 1:03.136 21 VEN E. J. Viso (R) HVM Racing 1:02.924 - - 1:02.924 22 JPN Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 1:03.810 - - 1:03.810 23 USA Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:03.428 - - 1:03.428 24 USA Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 1:03.883 - - 1:03.883 25 USA Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:03.640 - - 1:03.640 26 CAN Marty Roth Roth Racing 1:09.050 - - 1:09.050 27 BRA Jaime Camara (R) Conquest Racing 1:03.857 - - 1:03.857 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 91 1:51:05.704 4 50 2 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 91 +5.9 secs 2 43 3 02 GBR Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 91 +13.4 secs 6 35 4 22 CAN Paul Tracy Vision Racing 91 +28.1 secs 15 32 5 5 ESP Oriol Servià KV Racing Technology 91 +28.7 secs 3 30 6 6 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 91 +36.9 secs 1 28 7 10 GBR Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 91 +41.8 secs 9 26 8 17 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Green Racing 91 +42.1 secs 13 24 9 11 BRA Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 91 +43.1 secs 27 22 10 14 GBR Darren Manning A. J. Foyt Enterprises 91 +43.3 secs 18 20 11 15 USA Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 91 +48.4 secs 22 19 12 2 USA A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 91 +50.1 secs 17 18 13 20 USA Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 91 +57.6 secs 23 17 14 18 BRA Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 91 +61.1 secs 7 16 15 33 VEN E. J. Viso (R) HVM Racing 90 + 1 lap 20 15 16 36 BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R) Conquest Racing 90 + 1 lap 11 14 17 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 90 + 1 lap 12 13 18 7 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 88 + 3 laps 14 12 19 4 BRA Vítor Meira Panther Racing 85 + 6 laps 16 12 20 19 BRA Mario Moraes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 85 + 6 laps 10 12 21 25 CAN Marty Roth Roth Racing 84 + 7 laps 25 12 22 8 AUS Will Power KV Racing Technology 72 + 19 laps 5 12 23 34 BRA Jaime Camara (R) Conquest Racing 68 Mechanical 26 12 24 96 MEX Mario Domínguez Pacific Coast Motorsports 51 Off Course 19 12 25 23 USA Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 48 Contact 24 10 26 06 USA Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 44 Contact 8 10 27 27 JPN Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 27 Contact 21 10 Caution flags Laps Cause19-23 Meira (4) spin29-32 Mutoh (27) contact49-54 Bell (23) contact61-64 Rahal (06)/Viso (33) contact Notes Laps Leader1-3 Ryan Briscoe4-21 Hélio Castroneves22-29 Marco Andretti30 Tony Kanaan31-33 Marco Andretti34-50 Hélio Castroneves51-56 Tony Kanaan57-59 A. J. Foyt IV60-61 Tony Kanaan62-91 Scott Dixon Driver Laps ledHélio Castroneves 35Scott Dixon 30Marco Andretti 11Tony Kanaan 9A. J. Foyt IV 3Ryan Briscoe 3 Fastest Lap Will Power: 1:02.023 (Lap 68) Average Speed 96.967 mph Attendance Race weekend attendance was estimated 160,000.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/bruce_martin/07/28/wrapup/?eref=sircrc Tire troubles spoil NASCAR's day at Brickyard, IndyCar's Canada debut, more - Bruce Martin - SI.com 2008-07-29 2011-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110622064321/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/bruce_martin/07/28/wrapup/?eref=sircrc dead References 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy 2008 2008 The Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio 2008 Meijer Indy 300 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy 53 34 32 N 113 31 22.5 W title Category:2008 in IndyCar 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy Rexall Edmonton Indy Rexall Edmonton Indy