2008 Camping World Indy Grand Prix at the Glen

  2008 Watkins Glen

Race details
10th Round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 6, 2008
Official name	Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix
Location	Watkins Glen International
Course	Road Course 3.370 mi / 5.423 km
Distance	60 laps, 202.200 mi / 325.409 km
Weather
Pole
Driver	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske
Time	1:29.3456
Fastest Lap
Driver	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske
Time	1:31.2585 (on lap 19 of 60)
Podium
First	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing
Second	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Third	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing

The 2008 Camping World Indy Grand Prix at the Glen was the tenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on July 6, 2008 at the 3.370-mile (5.423 km) Watkins Glen International road course in Watkins Glen, New York. The race was won by Ryan Hunter-Reay, who took the lead from Darren Manning on lap 52. The victory was Hunter-Reay's first in IndyCar competition, and the first for Rahal Letterman Racing since 2005.

Qualifying

• All cars are split into two groups of thirteen, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "Top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six runners will progress to the "Firestone Fast Six". The fastest driver in this final session will claim pole, with the rest of the runners lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times. (Fast Six from 1-6, Top 12 from 7-12 and Round 1 from 13-26) Drivers can use as many laps as they want in the timed sessions.

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Group 1	Group 2	Top 12	Firestone Fast Six
1		Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske		1:29.8485	1:29.3527	1:29.3456
2		Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing		1:29.9808	1:29.2544	1:29.3804
3		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing		1:30.1855	1:29.9757	1:29.6355
4		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing		1:30.1494	1:29.5743	1:29.6776
5		Oriol Servià	KV Racing Technology	1:30.7608		1:29.9530	1:29.7068
6		Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:30.6044		1:29.5724	1:29.9938
7		Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	1:31.0299		1:29.9968
8		Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:30.6445		1:30.0474
9		Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:30.7040		1:30.0567
10		Vitor Meira	Panther Racing		1:30.1152	1:30.1172
11		Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	1:30.4443		1:30.6213
12		Will Power	KV Racing Technology		1:29.8548	1:32.8542
13		Mario Moraes	Dale Coyne Racing		1:30.3409
14		Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing		1:30.5647
15		E. J. Viso	HVM Racing		1:30.6885
16		Enrique Bernoldi	Conquest Racing		1:31.0196
17		Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:31.0470
18		Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:31.2402
19		Mario Domínguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	1:31.3614
20		Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	1:31.4704
21		Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing		1:32.2381
22		A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	1:32.8496
23		Jaime Camara	Conquest Racing	1:34.5517
24		Jay Howard	Roth Racing		1:35.0154
25		Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		1:36.0330
26		Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	No time

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	60	1:54:01.1795	3	9	50
2	14	Darren Manning	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	60	+2.4009	8	10	40
3	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	60	+4.1054	6	0	35
4	15	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	60	+4.8111	17	0	32
5	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	60	+5.3132	7	0	30
6	18	Bruno Junqueira	Dale Coyne Racing	60	+5.8084	11	0	28
7	19	Mario Moraes	Dale Coyne Racing	60	+8.6248	13	0	26
8	06	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	60	+9.4563	18	0	24
9	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	60	+10.1785	20	0	22
10	33	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	60	+10.8602	15	0	20
11	9	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi	60	+11.0455	4	0	19
12	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	60	+11.5953	1	37	21
13	96	Mario Domínguez	Pacific Coast Motorsports	60	+12.7773	19	0	17
14	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	60	+26.6599	14	0	16
15	8	Will Power	KV Racing	60	+38.1033	12	0	15
16	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	59	+1 Lap	26	0	14
17	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	59	+1 Lap	21	0	13
18	34	Jaime Camara	Conquest Racing	51	Crash	23	0	12
19	2	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	47	Crash	22	0	12
20	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	45	Crash	25	0	12
21	36	Enrique Bernoldi	Conquest Racing	44	Crash	16	0	12
22	4	Vitor Meira	Panther Racing	38	Crash	10	4	12
23	5	Oriol Servià	KV Racing	38	Electrical	5	0	12
24	10	Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi	19	In Pits	9	0	12
25	02	Justin Wilson	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	16	Mechanical	2	0	10
26	24	Jay Howard	Roth Racing	15	Steering	24	0	10

References

• IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21)