2008 Indy Car Series Season - Final Driver Standings

Final Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	HMS	STP	MOT1	LBH1	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	Pts	SUR2
1	Scott Dixon	1	22	3*		3*	1*	2*	1	4	3	11	1	3	1	1*	12	5	2	646	2
2	Hélio Castroneves	4	2	2		4	4	5	2*	14*	2	16	3	2	2*	2	1*	2*	1*	629	7
3	Tony Kanaan	8	3	5		2	29	3	5	18	1*	3	4*	7	9	8	3	3	4	513	21
4	Dan Wheldon	3	12	4		1	12	4	4	1	4	24	2	17	7	5	4	20	6	492	11
5	Ryan Briscoe	19	23	9		7	23	1	3	7	15	12*	23	1*	6	7	2	9	3	447	1*
6	Danica Patrick	6	10	1		19	22	9	10	6	6	14	5	12	18	11	5	16	10	379	18
7	Marco Andretti	2*	25	18		5	3	21	19	3	9	5	24	25	17	3	14	18	8	363	13
8	Ryan Hunter-Reay	7	17	7		18	6	15	20	8	16	1	19	10	8	9	18	6	9	360	3
9	Oriol Servià	12	7		5	11	11	6	26	16	5	23	16	5	5	12	15	4	17	358	5
10	Hideki Mutoh	24	6	11		6	7	12	6	2	13	9	14	9	27	18	13	11	22	346	8
11	Justin Wilson	15	9		19	9	27	7	27	12	7	25	18	11	3	24	9	1	11	340	12
12	Will Power	25	8		1*	27	13	14	13	9	25	15	11	4	22	26	25	8	5	331	22
13	Vitor Meira	10	19	16		22	2	22	7	15	20	22	6	6	19	4	7	17	27	324	14
14	Darren Manning	13	13	8		24	9	13	28	21	12	2	9	8	10	19	22	12	7	323
15	Ed Carpenter	5	18	6		10	5	20	9	23	11	17	8	15	13	6	23	14	28	320	20
16	Buddy Rice	11	15	12		20	8	10	8	22	22	4	7	20	11	10	11	19	25	306	10
17	Graham Rahal		1*		13	12	33	25	11	10	18	8	12	16	26	25	8	13	19	288	9
18	E. J. Viso	17	4		9	14	26	8	14	13	10	10		22	15	13	6	24	23	286	6
19	A. J. Foyt IV	9	11	15		8	21	17	12	5	24	19	22	18	12	20	20	10	13	280	17
20	Bruno Junqueira	23	24		12	15	20	18	15	DNS	23	6	15	13	14	14	17	7	20	256	15
21	Mario Moraes	16	16		20	17	18	23	18	19	17	7	10	24	20	17	10	15	21	244	24
22	Enrique Bernoldi	18	5		4	25	15	16	23	17	26	21	20	26	16	22	21			220
23	Jaime Camara					21	31	24	24	20	14	18	21	14	23	16	24	25	18	174	19
24	Marty Roth	21	DNS	17		26	32	DNS	22	DNS	19		13	21	21	23	26	DNS	16	166
25	Milka Duno	20				16	19	17	24			20	17	23		21		23	14	140
26	Townsend Bell		21	10			10	11			8				25		19			117	23
27	Mario Domínguez				3		DNQ	26	21			13		19	24		16			112
28	Jay Howard	22	14	13		13						26								72
29	Franck Perera	14	20		6														15	71
30	John Andretti						16	19	16	11	21									71
31	Tomas Scheckter					23	24		25								27	21	26	66
32	Alex Tagliani				7													22	12	56	4
33	Paul Tracy				11										4					51
34	Sarah Fisher						30									15			24	37
35	Roger Yasukawa			14			DNQ													16
36	Davey Hamilton						14													16
37	Buddy Lazier						17													13
38	Alex Lloyd						25													10
39	Jeff Simmons						28													10
40	Franck Montagny 3				2															0
41	David Martínez 3				8															0
42	Jimmy Vasser 3				10															0
43	Alex Figge 3				14															0
44	Nelson Philippe 3				15															0
45	Antônio Pizzonia 3				16															0
46	Roberto Moreno 3				17															0
47	Juho Annala 3				18															0
—	Dario Franchitti																			0	16
—	Phil Giebler						DNQ													0
—	Max Papis						DNQ													0
Pos	Driver	HMS	STP	MOT1	LBH1	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	Pts	SUR2

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-Line Notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps (3 points)
DNS	Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS), earns half the points had they taken part.
Note 1	Races run on same day (Motegi / IndyCar) (Long Beach / Champ Car)
Note 2	Non-championship round (no points awarded)
Note 3	no points awarded (Long Beach participants did not enter other 2008 IndyCar races)
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

In every race, points are awarded to drivers on the following basis:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Points	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

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