2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Kansas Kansas Speedway diagram.svg April 27 2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 4th IndyCar Series Kansas Speedway Permanent racing facility 1.520 2.446 200 304.000 489.241 59 F, Mostly sunny Scott Dixon USA Chip Ganassi Racing 1:42.3014 (4 laps) New Zealand Scott Dixon USA Chip Ganassi Racing 25.5084 175 New Zealand Dan Wheldon USA Chip Ganassi Racing UK Tony Kanaan USA Andretti Green Racing Brazil Scott Dixon USA Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand The 2008 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 was the fourth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on April 27, 2008 at the 1.520 mi km on Kansas Speedway. At the start, Scott Dixon took the lead from the pole position. Meanwhile, Enrique Bernoldi spun and headed to the pits. On lap 23, Will Power crashed in turn 2. While the field pitted under the caution, Justin Wilson stayed out and took the lead. Dixon took the lead back on the restart, and maintained the lead through the next series of pit stops. On lap 98, the caution came out again for a crash involving E. J. Viso and Tomas Scheckter. After another long green flag segment, Buddy Rice brought out the yellow on lap 153 with a heavy crash in turn 2. In the pits, Danica Patrick retired from the race with a broken wheel hub. Meanwhile, Dixon, who had dominated most of the race, was shuffled back to seventh place. The race resumed after a long yellow with Dan Wheldon leading. Wheldon pulled away and led the final 49 laps to record his first IndyCar Series victory since April 2007. Finish CarNo. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid LapsLed Points 110UK Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing2001:52:49.980624950 211BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing200+2.177811040 39NZL Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing200+4.3922114538 43Brazil Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing200+9.28898132 526US Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing200+9.298614030 627Japan Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing200+9.571713028 76AUS Ryan BriscoePenske Racing200+9.71239026 82US A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing200+14.28685024 902UK Justin Wilson (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing199+1 Lap22522 1020US Ed CarpenterVision Racing198+2 Laps6020 115ESP Oriol Servià (R)KV Racing198+2 Laps23019 1206USA Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing198+2 Laps20018 1324GBR Jay HowardRoth Racing197+3 Laps15017 1433VEN E. J. Viso (R)HVM Racing197+3 Laps17016 1518BRA Bruno JunqueiraDale Coyne Racing196+4 Laps26015 1623VEN Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing195+5 Laps24014 1719BRA Mario Moraes (R)Dale Coyne Racing193+7 Laps27013 1817US Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)Rahal Letterman Racing169+31 Laps12012 197US Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing156Wheel Hub3012 2015US Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing150Accident21012 2134BRA Jaime Camara (R)Conquest Racing150+50 Laps19012 224BRA Vítor MeiraPanther Racing101Mechanical10012 2312RSA Tomas ScheckterLuczo Dragon Racing96Handling4012 2414UK Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises76Handling16012 2536BRA Enrique Bernoldi (R)Conquest Racing54Handling25010 2625CAN Marty RothRoth Racing41Handling7010 278AUS Will Power (R)KV Racing22Accident18010Race average speed: 161.774 mi/h km/h onLead changes: 5 between 4 driversCautions: 4 for 41 laps References IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-28) Indy Japan 300 (IRL teams; 3A)Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Transition teams; 3B) IRL IndyCar Seriesround 4 2008 Indianapolis 500 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 Category:Kansas Indy 300 RoadRunner Turbo RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300