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2008 Indy Japan 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IndyCar Series race number 3 of 18 Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 1:51:03 Average speed: 164.258 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 4 for 29 laps Margin of victory: 5.859 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    2008 IndyCar Series results   /   2008 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 7   Danica Patrick Motorola   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 95000 running 3 50 2 1 3   Helio Castroneves Team Penske   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 200 85000 running 94 40 3 2 9   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 200 80000 running 101 38 4 5 10   Dan Wheldon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 200 75000 running 2 32 5 3 11   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 70000 running 0 30 6 7 20   Ed Carpenter Menards / Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 200 60000 running 0 28 7 10 17   Ryan Hunter-Reay Team Ethanol   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) D/H/F 200 60000 running 0 26 8 12 14   Darren Manning ABC Supply Co.   (A.J. Foyt) D/H/F 199 60000 running 0 24 9 15 6   Ryan Briscoe Team Penske   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 199 60000 running 0 22 10 16 23   Townsend Bell William Rast   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 199 60000 running 0 20 11 9 27   Hideki Mutoh Formula Dream   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 60000 running 0 19 12 11 15   Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 198 60000 running 0 18 13 14 24   Jay Howard Roth Racing   (Marty Roth) D/H/F 192 60000 running 0 17 14 18 77   Roger Yasukawa Interush / Wellman Racing   (Curb-Agajanian / Greg Beck) D/H/F 134 60000 brakes 0 16 15 8 2   A.J. Foyt IV Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 103 60000 crash 0 15 16 13 4   Vitor Meira National Guard / Delphi   (Panther Racing) D/H/F 92 60000 crash 0 14 17 17 25   Marty Roth Cirrus Aircraft   (Marty Roth) D/H/F 44 60000 crash 0 13 18 4 26   Marco Andretti Alpine   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 0 60000 crash 0 12 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; P - Panoz G Force   Engine: C - Chevrolet; F - Cosworth; H - Honda   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 6 6   #26 accident turn 1   7 47 41     48 55 8   #25 accident turn 4   56 90 35     91 96 6   #4 accident turn 4   97 140 44     141 149 9   #77 tow-in frontstretch   150 200 51       Percent of race run under caution: 14.5%             Average green flag run: 42.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Helio Castroneves 1 93 93   Scott Dixon 94 194 101   Dan Wheldon 195 196 2   Helio Castroneves 197 197 1   Danica Patrick 198 200 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 112     2   Scott Dixon 100   -12   3   Danica Patrick 98   -14   4   Tony Kanaan 89   -23   5   Dan Wheldon 85   -27   6   Ed Carpenter 70   -42   7   Marco Andretti 65   -47   7   Ryan Hunter-Reay 65   -47   9   Hideki Mutoh 59   -53   10   Darren Manning 58   -54   11   A.J. Foyt IV 56   -56   12   Graham Rahal 53   -59   13   Buddy Rice 52   -60   14   Vitor Meira 46   -66   14   Ryan Briscoe 46   -66   16   E.J. Viso 45   -67   16   Jay Howard 45   -67   18   Oriol Servia 44   -68   19   Enrique Bernoldi 42   -70   20   Justin Wilson 37   -75   21   Will Power 34   -78