The 2008 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 was the sixth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 1, 2008 at the Milwaukee Mile, in West Allis, Wisconsin. Marco Andretti took the lead from the pole position, and led the first 40 laps. He was chased early by Scott Dixon and teammate Tony Kanaan. Graham Rahal, who started on the outside of the front row, shuffled back, but remained in the top 5 for the first half of the race. The first half was mostly green, with only a minor caution involving Oriol Servià and another for debris. Later in the first fuel segment, Andretti's handling started to suffer, and Dixon took over the lead. Hélio Castroneves took over second, and Andretti fell back as deep as tenth.
On lap 130, Rahal went high in turn three to pass Darren Manning. He got into the marbles, and brushed along the wall in turn four. After holding the lead for 136 laps, Dixon was finally challenged by Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe took over the lead on lap 177, and held it until a green flag pit stop on lap 194. After a sequence of pit stops, Castroneves, Andretti and Dan Wheldon all cycled near the front. When all pit stops were complete, Briscoe held a half-second lead over Dixon. The two battled for the lead over the final 21 laps.
With less than three laps to go, Andretti dove underneath Ed Carpenter in turn one. The cars touched, and both cars spun into the wall. Vítor Meira became caught up in the smoke, and rode up over Andretti, becoming airborne. He landed upright, and all drivers were uninjured. The race finished under caution with Briscoe picking up his first career IndyCar victory, and 300th overall win for the Mooresville, North Carolina–based Penske Racing in all motorsports series.
Result Finish CarNo. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid LapsLed Points 16 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing2251:42:41.7387113650 29 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing225+0.0487314743 311 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing225+1.84136035 410 Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing225+2.93147032 53 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing225+4.67045230 65 Oriol Servià (R)KV Racing225+14.22179028 702 Justin Wilson (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing224+1 Lap22026 833 E. J. Viso (R)HVM Racing224+1 Lap10024 97 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing224+1 Lap13022 1015 Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing224+1 Lap19020 1123 Townsend BellDreyer & Reinbold Racing224+1 Lap21019 1227 Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing224+1 Lap14018 1314 Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises223+2 Laps20017 148 Will Power (R)KV Racing223+2 Laps41616 1517 Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)Rahal Letterman Racing223+2 Laps12015 1636 Enrique BernoldiConquest Racing222+3 Laps8014 172 A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing222+3 Laps18013 1818 Bruno JunqueiraDale Coyne Racing222+3 Laps15012 1924 John AndrettiRoth Racing222+3 Laps16012 2020 Ed CarpenterVision Racing221Contact17012 2126 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing221Contact14012 224 Vítor MeiraPanther Racing220Contact26012 2319 Mario Moraes (R)Dale Coyne Racing218+7 Laps23012 2434 Jaime Camara (R)Conquest Racing218+7 Laps24012 2506 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing129Contact2012 2696 Mario Domínguez (R)Pacific Coast Motorsports107Handling25012 2725 Marty RothRoth Racing0DNS-05Race average speed: Lead changes: 5 between 4 driversCautions: 4 for 29 laps
References IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21) Weather report