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2008 Indy Japan 300

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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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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	Ryan Hunter-Reay	65	-47
7	Marco Andretti	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	Ryan Briscoe	46	-66
14	Vitor Meira	46	-66
16	Jay Howard	45	-67
16	E.J. Viso	45	-67
18	Oriol Servia	44	-68
19	Enrique Bernoldi	42	-70
20	Justin Wilson	37	-75
21	Will Power	34	-78