2008 - IndyCar - Indy Japan 300 Race Results

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2008 - IndyCar - Indy Japan 300

Race Name - Indy Japan 300
Date - 4/20/2008
Race Track - Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway
Number of Starting Cars - 18
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Helio Castroneves / mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 29 laps
Average Race Speed - 164.258 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 4 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Scott Dixon
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	6	Danica Patrick	Motorola	Dallara	Honda
2	1	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda
3	2	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda
4	5	Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda
5	3	Tony Kanaan	Team 7Eleven	Dallara	Honda
6	7	Ed Carpenter	Menards/Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda
7	10	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda
8	12	Darren Manning	ABC Supply Co/AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda
9	15	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda
10	16	Townsend Bell	Dreyer and Reinbold William Rast	Dallara	Honda
11	9	Hideki Mutoh	Formula Dream	Dallara	Honda
12	11	Buddy Rice	Dreyer Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda
13	14	Jay Howard	Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda
14	18	Roger Yasukawa	Interush/Wellman Racing	Dallara	Honda
15	8	A.J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda
16	13	Vitor Meira	Delphi National Guard	Dallara	Honda
17	17	Marty Roth	CirrusRoth Racing	Dallara	Honda
18	4	Marco Andretti	Alpine	Dallara	Honda