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IndyCar Series event
Motor car race
The race, with
Marco Andretti
spinning out.
The
2008 Indy Japan 300
was the third round of the
2008 IndyCar Series season
, for drivers who competed in the series in
2007
and teams that had entered for 2008 who were not former Champ Car teams that were in transition. This was because the
2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash when the reunification took place. Originally scheduled for the afternoon of April 19, 2008 at the 1.52-mile (2.45 km)
Twin Ring Motegi
in
Motegi, Tochigi
, the race was delayed by 22 hours until the morning of April 20, due to water seeping up onto the track from previous heavy rains.
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Danica Patrick
won the race, becoming the first female winner in the history of top-level
American open-wheel racing
.
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Qualifying
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Due to rain in the
Tochigi
region, qualifying was cancelled and the field was set by driver points.
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Thus, the grid was:
Race
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The race's average speed was 164.258 mph (264.348 km/h) and it featured five lead changes between four drivers, as well as cautions on four for 29 laps.
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