2008 Meijer Indy 300
{{Short description|Motor racing meeting}}
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The 2008 Meijer Indy 300 was the fourteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It took place on August 9, 2008. This was the eighth time that IndyCar went to Kentucky Speedway.{{cite news|title=First IndyCar sellout in Kentucky|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/story?id=3526134|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=August 8, 2008|access-date=May 20, 2024}}
Race
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Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
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1
|style="background:#FFFFFF; color:red;" align=center|9 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon | 200 | 1:36:42.3467 | 1 | 151 | 50+3 | ||||||||
2
|style="background:#FF0000; color:black;" align="center" |3 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Hélio Castroneves | 200 | +0.5532 | 6 | 5 | 40 | ||||||||
3
|style="background:black; color:white;" align=center|26 | {{flagicon|USA}} Marco Andretti | 200 | +0.5707 | 9 | 38 | 35 | ||||||||
4
|style="background:red; color:white;" align=center|4 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Vítor Meira | 200 | +0.9102 | 2 | 5 | 32 | ||||||||
5
|style="background:#FF0000; color:white;" align=center|10 | {{flagicon|UK}} Dan Wheldon | 200 | +2.1472 | 3 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
6
|style="background:#CCFF33; color:black;" align=center|20 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ed Carpenter | 200 | +5.9531 | 8 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||
7
|style="background:#FF0000; color:black;" align="center" |6 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ryan Briscoe | 200 | +6.2271 | 5 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||
8
|style="background:#00AF00; color:white;" align=center|11 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Tony Kanaan | 200 | +7.0932 | 7 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
9
|style="background:#00FF00; color:Black;" align=center|17 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay | 200 | +10.9526 | 14 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||
10
|style="background:#000080; color:white;" align=center|15 | {{flagicon|USA}} Buddy Rice | 200 | +21.6858 | 15 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
11
|style="background:#000000; color:aqua;" align=center|7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Danica Patrick | 199 | +1 Lap | 26 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||
12
|style="background:black; color:silver;" align=center|5 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Oriol Servià | 199 | +1 Lap | 12 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
13
|style="background:black; color:lime;" align=center|33 | {{flagicon|VEN}} E. J. Viso (R) | 198 | +2 Laps | 21 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
14
|style="background:black; color:red;" align=center|18 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Junqueira | 198 | +2 Laps | 25 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
15
|style="background:yellow; color:black;" align=center|67 | {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Fisher | 198 | +2 Laps | 16 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
16
|style="background:orange; color:white;" align=center|34 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Jaime Camara (R) | 197 | +3 Laps | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
17
|style="background:red; color:white;" align=center|19 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Mario Moraes (R) | 195 | +5 Laps | 23 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
18
|style="background:blue; color:white;" align=center|27 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Mutoh (R) | 157 | Mechanical | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
19
|style="background:red; color:white;" align=center|14 | {{flagicon|UK}} Darren Manning | 147 | Mechanical | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
20
|style="background:#C0C0C0; color:Red;" align=center|2 | {{flagicon|USA}} A. J. Foyt IV | 136 | Mechanical | 10 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
21
|style="background:#000080; color:white;" align=center|23 | {{flagicon|VEN}} Milka Duno | 130 | Contact | 18 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
22
|style="background:orange; color:white;" align=center|36 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi | 124 | Handling | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
23
|style="background:black; color:gold;" align="center" |25 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Marty Roth | 98 | Mechanical | 11 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
24
|style="background:red; color:yellow;" align=center|02 | {{flagicon|UK}} Justin Wilson (R) | 82 | Mechanical | 19 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
25
|style="background:white; color:black;" align=center|06 | {{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal (R) | 28 | Mechanical | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
26
|style="background:yellow; color:green;" align=center|8 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power (R) | 5 | Mechanical | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
colspan=9| Sources:{{cite web|title=2008 Meijer Indy 300 presented by Pepsi and Edy's|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Meijer_Indy_300_Presented_by_Pepsi_and_Edy%27s/O/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=May 20, 2024}}{{cite web|title=NTT IndyCar Series 2008 Kentucky Classification|url=https://motorsportstats.com/results/ntt-indycar-series/2008/kentucky/classification|work=Motorsport Stats|access-date=May 20, 2024}} |
References
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{{IndyCar Series race report
|Name_of_race = Kentucky Indy 300
|Year_of_race = 2008
|Previous_race_in_season = 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy
|Next_race_in_season = 2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy Grand Prix
|Previous_year's_race = 2007 Meijer Indy 300
|Next_year's_race = 2009 Meijer Indy 300
}}