2008 IndyCar season

[edit] Schedule

Date	Track	Pole Winner	Race Winner	Winning Team
March 30	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
April 6	St. Petersburg	Tony Kanaan	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
April 19	Twin Ring Motegi	Helio Castroneves [1]	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing
April 20	Long Beach [2]	Justin Wilson	Will Power	KV Racing
April 27	Kansas Speedway	Scott Dixon	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing
May 25	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
June 1	Milwaukee Mile	Marco Andretti	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske
June 7	Texas Motor Speedway	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
June 22	Iowa Speedway	Scott Dixon [3]	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing
June 28	Richmond International Raceway	Tony Kanaan	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing
July 6	Watkins Glen	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing
July 12	Nashville Superspeedway	Helio Castroneves	Scott Dixon [4]	Chip Ganassi Racing
July 20	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Helio Castroneves	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske
July 26	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Ryan Briscoe	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
August 9	Kentucky Speedway	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
August 24	Infineon Raceway	Helio Castroneves	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske
August 31	Belle Isle	Scott Dixon	Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
September 7	Chicagoland Speedway	Ryan Briscoe	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske
October 26	Surfers Paradise [5]	Will Power	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske

[edit] Standings

Rank	Driver	Team	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Poles
1	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	646		17	6	6
2	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	629	-17	17	2	3
3	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	513	-133	17	1	2
4	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	492	-154	17	2	0
5	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	447	-199	17	2	3
6	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	267	-231	17	1	0
7	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	283	-249	17	0	1
8	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	360	-286	17	1	0
9	Oriol Servia	KV Racing	358	-288	17	0	0
10	Hideki Mutoh (R)	Andretti Green Racing	346	-300	17	0	0
11	Justin Wilson (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	340	-306	17	1	1
12	Will Power (R)	KV Racing	331	-315	17	1	0
13	Vitor Meira	Panther Racing	324	-322	17	0	0
14	Darren Manning	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	323	-323	17	0	0
15	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	320	-326	17	0	0
16	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	306	-340	17	0	0
17	Graham Rahal (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	288	-358	16	1	0
18	E.J. Viso (R)	HVM Racing	286	-360	16	0	0
19	A.J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	280	-366	17	0	0
20	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	256	-390	16	0	0
21	Mario Moraes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	244	-402	17	0	0
22	Enrique Bernoldi (R)	Conquest Racing	220	-426	15	0	0
23	Jaime Camara (R)	Conquest Racing	174	-472	13	0	0
24	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	166	-480	12	0	0
25	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	140	-506	11	0	0
26	Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	117	-529	7	0	0
27	Mario Dominguez (R)	Pacific Coast Motorsports	112	-534	7	0	0
28	Jay Howard (R)	Roth Racing	72	-574	5	0	0
29	Franck Perera (R)	Conquest Racing	71	-575	4	0	0
30	John Andretti	Roth Racing	71	-575	5	0	0
31	Tomas Scheckter	Luczo Dragon Racing	66	-580	5	0	0
32	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	37	-609	3	0	0
33	Paul Tracy	Vision Racing	32	-614	1	0	0
34	Alex Tagliani	Conquest Racing	30	-616	2	0	0
35	Roger Yasukawa	CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports	16	-630	1	0	0
36	Davey Hamilton	Vision Racing	16	-630	1	0	0
37	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	13	-633	1	0	0
38	Alex Lloyd (R)	Rahal Letterman / Ganassi	10	-636	1	0	0
39	Jeff Simmons	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	10	-636	1	0	0

[edit] References

1. ↑ Qualifying cancelled; started first as points leader
2. ↑ Run with DP01 Champ Cars as "Series Finale", but will count for IndyCar standings
3. ↑ Qualifying cancelled; started first as points leader
4. ↑ Race called after 171 laps due to rain
5. ↑ Non-points race

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