Non-championship round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season
Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Date
26 October, 2008
Official name
Nikon Indy 300
Location
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course
Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance
60 laps 167.700 mi / 269.880 km
Weather
Fine with temperatures reaching up to 27.9 °C (82.2 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Will Power (KV Racing Technology)
Time
1:34.9451
Fastest lap
Driver
Dario Franchitti (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time
1:35.1552 (on lap 54 of 60)
Podium
First
Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske)
Second
Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third
Ryan Hunter-Reay (Rahal Letterman Racing)
Motor car race
The 2008 Nikon Indy 300 was a non-championship Indycar exhibition race that was held as the 19th and final race of the 2008 IndyCar Series season. It was held on 26 October 2008 at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia.
It was the first time the race was held for the Indy Racing League after 17 years as a Champ Car race. The race did not count towards the 2008 IndyCar season points as the race date was held after the Chicagoland Speedway 300, which was preset as the season finale prior to the merger of Champ Car and IRL. The previous non-points race had been the 1992 Marlboro Challenge, a CART all-star race.
The race was won by an Australian driver for the first time in the 18-year history of the event with Ryan Briscoe winning for Team Penske after leading much of the race, while pushed hard by the near-local, New Zealander Scott Dixon. Ryan Hunter-Reay emerged from an entertaining dice to complete the podium in third position.
^Weather information for the 2008 Nikon Indy 300 at the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology Website
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