Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series
Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

Lexington, Ohio
July 19 - 20, 2008
  
Race fans expected to witness an exciting weekend of racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and weren't disappointed. The event also featured some unexpected incidents.
  
Expected: Audi dominated the LMP1 class, with a Lucas Luhr - Marco Werner win. Penske Racing's Timo Bernhard - Romain Dumas won the LMP2 class for the third consecutive year in the #7 Porsche RS Spyder.

Danica Patrick had a spirited confrontation with another Indy driver, this time it was Milka Duno, as the entire 1-minute Pit incident was caught on video.
  
Unexpected: The #3 and #4 cars of Corvette Racing bumped together while racing each other out of the Pits, and each had to serve a major penalty.
  
Team Penske scored its 7th win at Mid-Ohio with a 1st-2nd finish by Ryan Briscoe - Helio Castroneves. Following heavy rains Sunday morning, the Honda Indy 200 began on rain tires but finished without any further weather issues.
  
Pit crew member Keith Jones suffered severe burns to his face, hands and feet during a refueling incident when the De Ferran Motorsports #66 LMP2 car, driven by Simon Pagenaud, exited the pits with the refueling hose still attached to the car. Jones was evacuated by helicopter to the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus.

  
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