2008 Honda Indy Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race 2 of 18

St. Petersburg
83 laps
Time of race: 2:00:43.5562
Average speed of winner: 74.251 mph
Margin of victory: 3.5192 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Kanaan 101.428
Lap leaders: Kanaan 1-15, Wilson 16-33, Briscoe 34-44, Bernoldi 45-47, Viso 48-59, Meira 60, Hunter-Reay 61-64, Rahal 65-83

Race notes: First win for Graham Rahal. Debut for Graham Rahal. Hélio Castroneves took the points lead from Scott Dixon.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Graham Rahal	06	Hole in the Wall Camps	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	103.165	83	1	19	running	35000	53
2	4	Hélio Castroneves	3	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	103.438	83	0	0	running	25000	40
3	1	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	103.627	83	1	15	running	20000	35
4	15	E.J. Viso	33	PDVSA HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	102.359	83	1	12	running	15000	32
5	18	Enrique Bernoldi	36	Opes Prime/Sangari	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	102.117	83	1	3	running	10000	30
6	14	Hideki Mutoh	27	Formula Dream	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	102.409	83	0	0	running	0	28
7	7	Oriol Servià	5	KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	103.279	83	0	0	running	0	26
8	2	Will Power	8	Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	103.499	83	0	0	running	0	24
9	3	Justin Wilson	02	McDonald's Racing Team	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	103.444	83	1	18	running	0	22
10	19	Danica Patrick	7	Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	101.924	83	0	0	running	0	20
11	24	A.J. Foyt IV	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	100.466	83	0	0	running	0	19
12	8	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	103.191	83	0	0	running	0	18
13	11	Darren Manning	14	ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	102.835	83	0	0	running	0	17
14	20	Jay Howard	24	Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Roth	101.656	82	0	0	running	0	16
15	16	Buddy Rice	15	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	102.274	82	0	0	running	0	15
16	22	Mario Moraes	19	The SONNY Car	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	100.999	82	0	0	running	0	14
17	6	Ryan Hunter-Reay	17	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	102.845	81	1	4	running	0	13
18	21	Ed Carpenter	20	Menards/Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	101.566	80	0	0	accident	0	12
19	17	Vitor Meira	4	Delphi National Guard	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	102.131	75	1	1	accident	0	12
20	10	Franck Perera	34	Ares/Opes Prime	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	103.062	75	0	0	accident	0	12
21	23	Townsend Bell	23	Dreyer and Reinbold William Rast	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	100.640	75	0	0	accident	0	12
22	13	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	102.472	74	0	0	mechanical	0	12
23	5	Ryan Briscoe	6	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	103.338	56	1	11	accident	0	12
24	25	Bruno Junqueira	18	The Z-Line Car	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	93.392	44	0	0	mechanical	0	12
25	12	Marco Andretti	26	Gillette Fusion	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	102.460	41	0	0	mechanical	0	10
26	26	Marty Roth	25	Cirrus-Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Roth	95.711	0	0	0	did not start	0	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	72	2	0	0	2	2
2	Scott Dixon	62	2	1	1	1	1
3	Tony Kanaan	59	2	1	0	1	2
4	Graham Rahal	53	1	0	1	1	1
5	Marco Andretti	53	2	0	0	1	1
6	Dan Wheldon	53	2	0	0	1	1
7	Danica Patrick	48	2	0	0	0	2
8	E.J. Viso	45	2	0	0	1	1
9	Oriol Servià	44	2	0	0	0	1
10	Ed Carpenter	42	2	0	0	1	1
11	Enrique Bernoldi	42	2	0	0	1	1
12	A.J. Foyt IV	41	2	0	0	0	1
13	Hideki Mutoh	40	2	0	0	0	1
14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	39	2	0	0	0	1
15	Justin Wilson	37	2	0	0	0	1
16	Will Power	34	2	0	0	0	1
17	Buddy Rice	34	2	0	0	0	0
18	Darren Manning	34	2	0	0	0	0
19	Vitor Meira	32	2	0	0	0	1
20	Franck Perera	28	2	0	0	0	0
21	Jay Howard	28	2	0	0	0	0
22	Mario Moraes	28	2	0	0	0	0
23	Ryan Briscoe	24	2	0	0	0	0
24	Bruno Junqueira	24	2	0	0	0	0
25	Marty Roth	17	2	0	0	0	0