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Briscoe Wins Nikon 300

Written by Allan Brewer · October 26, 2008

Team Penske’s Ryan Briscoe fought back a late charge from IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon to win the Nikon Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise, Australia.

Briscoe claimed a half-second victory when backmarkers slowed the advance of Dixon through the field, setting up the Aussie for his second victory of the 2008 season. Briscoe started the race from third, immediately behind pole-sitter Will Power and Dixon on the front row.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was third in the Rahal Letterman Racing No. 17 Ethanol Dallara/Honda.

IndyCar.com: Briscoe Wins Nikon 300 at Surfers Paradise

Alex Tagliani and Oriol Servia rounded out the top five in the final race of the campaign, for the first time concluding after the championship was settled at Chicago with Dixon atop the standings for the year.

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One Response to “Briscoe Wins Nikon 300”

  1. Peter Gillespie on October 27th, 2008 12:24 am

    Well that was a much better offering than some of the previous seasons. AGR? What the hell is going on there, only Kannan looked remotely in the groove. Danica was so far off the pace as to be an embarrasment.

    Power will be kicking himself until Xmas, leading & controlling the race his moment of lost concentration saw him straight into the concrete.

    Great to see Briscoe has revived his seemingly dead OW career.

    The Dalarra’s were not nearly as bad, in road course trim, as I thought they would be.

    Let’s hope TG has the brains to keep Surfers on the schedule for the future………….somehow I doubt it though.

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