2008 Indy Japan 300

Japan 2008 Motegi
Race details
3rd (A) round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season
DateApril 20, 2008
Official nameIndy Japan 300
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.520 mi / 2.446 km
Distance200 laps
304.000 mi / 489.241 km
Weather54 °F (12 °C), Mostly cloudy
Pole position
DriverHélio Castroneves (United States Penske Racing)
Timeset by driver points[1]
Fastest lap
DriverHélio Castroneves (United States Penske Racing)
Time27.6476 (on lap 12 of 200)
Podium
FirstDanica Patrick (United States Andretti Green Racing)
SecondHélio Castroneves (United States Penske Racing)
ThirdScott Dixon (United States Chip Ganassi Racing)
The race, with Marco Andretti spinning out.

The 2008 Indy Japan 300 was the third round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, for drivers who competed in the series in 2007 and teams that had entered for 2008 who were not former Champ Car teams that were in transition. This was because the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash when the reunification took place. Originally scheduled for the afternoon of April 19, 2008 at the 1.52-mile (2.45 km) Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, the race was delayed by 22 hours until the morning of April 20, due to water seeping up onto the track from previous heavy rains.[2] Danica Patrick won the race, becoming the first female winner in the history of top-level American open-wheel racing.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference qualifying was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Motegi race rescheduled for Sunday". autosport.com. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  3. ^ "Motegi results" (PDF). Indycar.com. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2009-02-13.[permanent dead link]