Will Power - #8 Aussie Vineyards - Team Australia Honda/Dallara/Firestone
“KV Racing Technology has worked very hard and made a lot of progress since the start of the season. I am just so proud of the entire team,” said Power.
“I have also learned a lot about how to drive and compete on ovals. We are not where we want to be yet, but it is nice to see that the hard work is starting to payoff. We just have to continue working and making progress and I look forward to doing that this weekend in Richmond.”
ENTRY LIST: IndyCar Series – SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway
Car - Driver - Entrant
2 - A.J. Foyt IV - Vision Racing
3 - Helio Castroneves - Team Penske
4 - Vitor Meira - Panther Racing
5 - Oriol Servia - KV Racing Technology
6 - Ryan Briscoe - Team Penske
7 - Danica Patrick - Andretti Green Racing
8 - Will Power (R) - KV Racing Technology
9 - Scott Dixon - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
10 - Dan Wheldon - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
11 - Tony Kanaan - Andretti Green Racing
14 - Darren Manning - A.J. Foyt Enterprises
15 - Buddy Rice - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
17 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Rahal Letterman Racing
18 - Bruno Junqueira - Dale Coyne Racing
19 - Mario Moraes (R) - Dale Coyne Racing
20 - Ed Carpenter - Vision Racing
23 - Townsend Bell - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
24 - John Andretti - Roth Racing
25 - Marty Roth - Roth Racing
26 - Marco Andretti - Andretti Green Racing
27 - Hideki Mutoh (R) - Andretti Green Racing
33 - E.J. Viso (R) - HVM Racing
34 - Jaime Camara (R) - Conquest Racing
36 - Enrique Bernoldi (R) - Conquest Racing
02 - Justin Wilson (R) - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
06 - Graham Rahal (R) - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
All cars use Dallara chassis, Honda engines and Firestone tires. Issued: 6/24/08
RACE NOTES
- The SunTrust Indy Challenge will be the eighth IndyCar Series event conducted at Richmond International Raceway. The top three drivers in points are all past winners at Richmond. Scott Dixon won in 2003, Helio Castroneves won in 2005 and Dan Wheldon won in 2004.
- Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves are also past winners of the PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award at Richmond. Dixon won in 2003, while Castroneves won in 2004 and 2006.
- Thirteen drivers entered in the SunTrust Indy Challenge have competed in previous IndyCar Series events at the track. Five of those drivers led laps (Scott Dixon 206, Helio Castroneves 187, Dan Wheldon 58, Vitor Meira 40 and Tony Kanaan 8).
- Four Indianapolis 500 champions are expected to participate in the SunTrust Indy Challenge: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Buddy Rice (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005) and Scott Dixon (2008).
- Three IndyCar Series champions are scheduled to participate in the SunTrust Indy Challenge: Scott Dixon (2003), Tony Kanaan (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005).
SEASON-T0-DATE
- Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon are the only drivers to finish in the top five in seven of the eight races this season.
- Dan Wheldon is the only drivers to complete all 1,586 laps in 2008.
- Helio Castroneves and Dan Wheldon are the only drivers running at the finish of every race in 2008.
MILESTONES AND RECORDS
- Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his 106th career IndyCar Series start. It would also be his 104th consecutive start.
- Helio Castroneves can establish an IndyCar Series record for most consecutive seasons with at least one win should he win the SunTrust Indy Challenge. Castroneves is tied with Scott Sharp with victories in seven consecutive seasons.
- Helio Castroneves can extend his IndyCar Series record for consecutive seasons with a pole to seven if he can win the PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award presented by Advance Auto Parts.
- Scott Dixon needs to lead 85 more laps to become the fifth driver to lead 2,000 laps in his career. The others to lead at least 2,000 laps are Sam Hornish Jr. (3,428), Helio Castroneves (2,774), Dan Wheldon (2,735) and Tony Kanaan (2,253).
- Scott Dixon has led 633 laps this season. The record for most laps led in a season is 899 by Tony Kanaan in 2004.
- Vitor Meira has gone 84 starts without a victory in the IndyCar Series, the longest drought of any IndyCar Series driver.
INDYCAR SERIES POINTS STANDINGS – POST RACE 8 – TOP TEN
1. #9 Scott Dixon 316
2. #3 Helio Castroneves 268
3. #10 Dan Wheldon 267
4. #11 Tony Kanaan 216
5. #27 Hideki Mutoh 199
6. #6 Ryan Briscoe 195
7. #7 Danica Patrick 192
8. #26 Marco Andretti 189
9. #8 Will Power 169
10. #20 Ed Carpenter 166
BOMBARDIER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINTS STANDINGS – POST RACE 8
1. #27 Hideki Mutoh 199
2. #8 Will Power 169
3. #33 EJ Viso 150
4. #06 Graham Rahal 147
5. #36 Enrique Bernoldi 138
6. #02 Justin Wilson 135
7. #19 Mario Moraes 101
8. #24 Jay Howard 62
9. #34 Jaime Camara 58
10. #96 Mario Dominguez 57
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