2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225
Race details | |
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6th round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season | |
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Date | June 1, 2008 |
Official name | ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 |
Location | Milwaukee Mile |
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km |
Distance | 225 laps 225 mi / 362.102 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds approaching 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) |
Pole position | |
Driver | Marco Andretti (![]() |
Time | 1:26.9591 (4 laps) |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Scott Dixon (![]() |
Time | 22.2185 (on lap 76 of 225) |
Podium | |
First | Ryan Briscoe (![]() |
Second | Scott Dixon (![]() |
Third | Tony Kanaan (![]() |
The 2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 was the sixth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 1, 2008 at the 1.015-mile (1.633 km) Milwaukee Mile, in West Allis, Wisconsin. Marco Andretti took the lead from the pole position, and led the first 40 laps. He was chased early by Scott Dixon and teammate Tony Kanaan. Graham Rahal, who started on the outside of the front row, shuffled back, but remained in the top 5 for the first half of the race. The first half was mostly green, with only a minor caution involving Oriol Servià and another for debris. Later in the first fuel segment, Andretti's handling started to suffer, and Dixon took over the lead. Hélio Castroneves took over second, and Andretti fell back as deep as tenth.
On lap 130, Rahal went high in turn three to pass Darren Manning. He got into the marbles, and brushed along the wall in turn four. After holding the lead for 136 laps, Dixon was finally challenged by Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe took over the lead on lap 177, and held it until a green flag pit stop on lap 194. After a sequence of pit stops, Castroneves, Andretti and Dan Wheldon all cycled near the front. When all pit stops were complete, Briscoe held a half-second lead over Dixon. The two battled for the lead over the final 21 laps.
With less than three laps to go, Andretti dove underneath Ed Carpenter in turn one. The cars touched, and both cars spun into the wall. Vítor Meira became caught up in the smoke, and rode up over Andretti, becoming airborne. He landed upright, and all drivers were uninjured. The race finished under caution with Briscoe picking up his first career IndyCar victory, and 300th overall win for the Mooresville, North Carolina-based Penske Racing in all motorsports series.
Result[]
Finish | Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led |
Points |
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1 | 6 | ![]() |
Penske Racing | 225 | 1:42:41.7387 | 11 | 36 | 50 |
2 | 9 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 225 | +0.0487 | 3 | 147 | 43 |
3 | 11 | ![]() |
Andretti Green Racing | 225 | +1.8413 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 10 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 225 | +2.9314 | 7 | 0 | 32 |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
Penske Racing | 225 | +4.6704 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
6 | 5 | ![]() |
KV Racing | 225 | +14.2217 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 02 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 22 | 0 | 26 |
8 | 33 | ![]() |
HVM Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 10 | 0 | 24 |
9 | 7 | ![]() |
Andretti Green Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 13 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 15 | ![]() |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 19 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 23 | ![]() |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 21 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 27 | ![]() |
Andretti Green Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 14 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 14 | ![]() |
A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 223 | +2 Laps | 20 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 8 | ![]() |
KV Racing | 223 | +2 Laps | 4 | 16 | 16 |
15 | 17 | ![]() |
Rahal Letterman Racing | 223 | +2 Laps | 12 | 0 | 15 |
16 | 36 | ![]() |
Conquest Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 8 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 2 | ![]() |
Vision Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 18 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 18 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 15 | 0 | 12 |
19 | 24 | ![]() |
Roth Racing | 222 | +3 Laps | 16 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 20 | ![]() |
Vision Racing | 221 | Contact | 17 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 26 | ![]() |
Andretti Green Racing | 221 | Contact | 1 | 40 | 12 |
22 | 4 | ![]() |
Panther Racing | 220 | Contact | 26 | 0 | 12 |
23 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 218 | +7 Laps | 23 | 0 | 12 |
24 | 34 | ![]() |
Conquest Racing | 218 | +7 Laps | 19 | 0 | 12 |
25 | 06 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 129 | Contact | 2 | 0 | 12 |
26 | 96 | ![]() |
Pacific Coast Motorsports | 107 | Handling | 25 | 0 | 12 |
27 | 25 | ![]() |
Roth Racing | 0 | DNS | - | 0 | 5 |
Race average speed: 133.428 mph (214.732 km/h) | ||||||||
Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers | ||||||||
Cautions: 4 for 29 laps |
References[]
- IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21)
- Weather report
- 2008 in IndyCar
- 2008 in sports in Wisconsin
- June 2008 sports events in the United States
- Milwaukee Indy 225