2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300

Race 1 of 18

Homestead
200 laps
Time of race: 1:44:03.5914
Average speed of winner: 171.248 mph
Margin of victory: 0.5828 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 24 laps
Fastest lap: Ryan Briscoe 213.308
Lap leaders: Dixon 1-12, Kanaan 13-20, Dixon 21-71, Wheldon 72-73, Andretti 74-117, Wheldon 118-121, Andretti 122-160, Kanaan 161-172, Andretti 173-174, Wheldon 175-177, Castroneves 178-181, Kanaan 182-196, Dixon 197-200

Race notes: Debut for Enrique Bernoldi, Jay Howard, Mario Moraes, Franck Perera, Will Power, Oriol Servià, E.J. Viso, and Justin Wilson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	213.341	200	3	67	running	35000	50
2	4	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	211.838	200	3	85	running	25000	43
3	22	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi		200	3	9	running	20000	35
4	5	Hélio Castroneves	3	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	211.581	200	1	4	running	15000	32
5	24	Ed Carpenter	20	Menards/Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision		199	0	0	running	10000	30
6	2	Danica Patrick	7	Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	212.129	199	0	0	running	0	28
7	9	Ryan Hunter-Reay	17	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	210.744	199	0	0	running	0	26
8	6	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	211.580	198	3	35	running	0	24
9	25	A.J. Foyt IV	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision		198	0	0	running	0	22
10	10	Vitor Meira	4	Delphi National Guard	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	210.315	197	0	0	running	0	20
11	11	Buddy Rice	15	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	209.486	196	0	0	running	0	19
12	14	Oriol Servià	5	KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	209.021	195	0	0	running	0	18
13	12	Darren Manning	14	ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	209.319	194	0	0	running	0	17
14	13	Franck Perera	34	Ares/Opes Prime	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	209.230	194	0	0	running	0	16
15	15	Justin Wilson	02	McDonald's Racing Team	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	208.757	193	0	0	running	0	15
16	21	Mario Moraes	19	The SONNY Car	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	207.067	187	0	0	running	0	14
17	18	E.J. Viso	33	HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	208.101	183	0	0	accident	0	13
18	17	Enrique Bernoldi	36	Opes Prime/Sangari	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	208.130	149	0	0	handling	0	12
19	3	Ryan Briscoe	6	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	212.108	126	0	0	accident	0	12
20	16	Milka Duno	23	Citgo/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	208.308	122	0	0	accident	0	12
21	8	Marty Roth	25	Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Roth	211.458	53	0	0	handling	0	12
22	23	Jay Howard	24	Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Roth		50	0	0	handling	0	12
23	20	Bruno Junqueira	18	The Z-Line Car	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	207.434	40	0	0	handling	0	12
24	7	Hideki Mutoh	27	Formula Dream	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	211.508	32	0	0	mechanical	0	12
25	19	Will Power	8	Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	208.029	24	0	0	mechanical	0	10

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Scott Dixon	50	1	1	1	1	1
2	Marco Andretti	43	1	0	0	1	1
3	Dan Wheldon	35	1	0	0	1	1
4	Hélio Castroneves	32	1	0	0	1	1
5	Ed Carpenter	30	1	0	0	1	1
6	Danica Patrick	28	1	0	0	0	1
7	Ryan Hunter-Reay	26	1	0	0	0	1
8	Tony Kanaan	24	1	0	0	0	1
9	A.J. Foyt IV	22	1	0	0	0	1
10	Vitor Meira	20	1	0	0	0	1
11	Buddy Rice	19	1	0	0	0	0
12	Oriol Servià	18	1	0	0	0	0
13	Darren Manning	17	1	0	0	0	0
14	Franck Perera	16	1	0	0	0	0
15	Justin Wilson	15	1	0	0	0	0
16	Mario Moraes	14	1	0	0	0	0
17	E.J. Viso	13	1	0	0	0	0
18	Enrique Bernoldi	12	1	0	0	0	0
19	Ryan Briscoe	12	1	0	0	0	0
20	Milka Duno	12	1	0	0	0	0
21	Marty Roth	12	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jay Howard	12	1	0	0	0	0
23	Bruno Junqueira	12	1	0	0	0	0
24	Hideki Mutoh	12	1	0	0	0	0
25	Will Power	10	1	0	0	0	0