The 2008 Bombardier Learjet 550 was the seventh round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 7, 2008 at the Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas. In the first half, three single-car incidents involving Mario Domínguez, Justin Wilson, and Oriol Servià slowed the race. The lead changed hands between Hélio Castroneves, Bruno Junqueira, and Scott Dixon for the first 100 laps. Two sequences of green flag pit stops occurred under a long stretch of green flag conditions. A caution for debris came out on lap 165, sending the leaders to the pits once more. Vítor Meira stayed out to take over the lead.
With 21 laps to go, Meira was forced to pit for fuel, giving up the lead to Marco Andretti. Moments later, Enrique Bernoldi crashed in turn four. Andretti led the field back to green on lap 219. With six laps to go, Dixon slipped by Andretti to take the lead. On the next lap, down the backstretch, third place Ryan Hunter-Reay dove below Andretti heading into turn three. Hunter-Reay pinched his left wheels onto the apron, lost control, and touched wheels with Andretti. Both cars spun and crashed hard into the wall. The race finished under caution with Dixon the winner, and Castroneves slipping by the accident to finish second.
Result Finish CarNo. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid LapsLed Points 19 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing2282:04:36.315315850 23 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing228+0.047928543 36 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing228+0.617331235 410 Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing228+3.300011032 511 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing228+4.312413030 627 Hideki Mutoh (R)Andretti Green Racing228+5.05714028 74 Vítor MeiraPanther Racing227+1 Lap93826 815 Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing227+1 Lap25024 920 Ed CarpenterVision Racing227+1 Lap12022 107 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing227+1 Lap5020 1106 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing227+1 Lap18019 122 A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing226+2 Laps15018 138 Will Power (R)KV Racing226+2 Laps8017 1433 E. J. Viso (R)HVM Racing226+2 Laps28016 1518 Bruno JunqueiraDale Coyne Racing226+2 Laps261015 1624 John AndrettiRoth Racing226+2 Laps7014 1723 Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing226+2 Laps27013 1819 Mario Moraes (R)Dale Coyne Racing223+5 Laps22012 1926 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing222Contact142512 2017 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman Racing222Contact10012 2196 Mario Domínguez (R)Pacific Coast Motorsports222+6 Laps24012 2225 Marty RothRoth Racing221+7 Laps19012 2336 Enrique BernoldiConquest Racing210Contact20012 2434 Jaime Camara (R)Conquest Racing210+18 Laps21012 2512 Tomas ScheckterLuczo Dragon Racing56Contact6010 265 Oriol Servià (R)KV Racing47Contact16010 2702 Justin Wilson (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing39Contact23010 2814 Darren ManningA. J. Foyt Enterprises19Mechanical17010Race average speed: Lead changes: 21 between 6 driversCautions: 8 for 52 laps
References IndyCar Series (Archived 2009-05-21)