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#redirect [[Nikon Indy 300]]
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  Name              = '''Nikon Indy 300''' |
 
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  Flag              = Flag of Australia.png|
 
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  Circuit            = [[Surfers Paradise Street Circuit]] |
 
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  Circuit_image      = Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg |
 
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  Laps              = 60 |
 
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  Circuit_length_km  = 4.47 |
 
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  Circuit_length_mi  = 2.79 |
 
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  Race_length_km    = 269.88 |
 
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  Race_length_mi    = 167.70 |
 
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  Most_wins_driver  = 2 by {{flagiconFRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
 
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  Most_wins_constructor = [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing]] (6) |
 
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  Current_year      = 2008 |
 
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  Winning_time      = 1:45:50.3868 |
 
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  Winner            = {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Ryan Briscoe]] |
 
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  Winning_team      = [[Penske Racing|Team Penske]] |
 
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  Second            = {{flagiconNew Zealand}} [[Scott Dixon]] |
 
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  Second_team        = [[Chip Ganassi Racing|Target Chip Ganassi Racing]] |
 
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  Second_time        = +0.5019s |
 
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  Third              = {{flagiconUSA}} [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]] |
 
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  Third_team        = [[Rahal Letterman Racing]] |
 
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  Third_time        = +9.1179s |
 
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  Pole_time          = 1:34.9451 |
 
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  Pole_driver        = {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Will Power]] |
 
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  Pole_team          = [[KV Racing|KV Racing Technology]] |
 
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  Fastest_lap        = 1:35.1552 |
 
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  Fastest_lap_driver = {{flagiconUK}} [[Dario Franchitti]] |
 
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  Fastest_lap_team  = [[Chip Ganassi Racing|Target Chip Ganassi Racing]]
 
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The '''Nikon Indy 300''' was an open-wheel motor race event that took place at the [[Surfers Paradise Street Circuit]] in south east [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. Known generically as the '''Gold Coast Indy 300''', [[Japan]]ese camera giant [[Nikon]] was announced as new naming rights sponsor in early August, 2008. The challenging 4.47 kilometre track has several fast sections and four [[chicane]]s.
 
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The race had been an annual event since [[1991 IndyCar season|1991]] originally as part of the [[Champ Car World Series|CART PPG IndyCar World Series]]. Then, following the split between [[CART]] and the newly formed [[Indy Racing League|Indy Racing League (IRL)]] in [[1996 IndyCar season|1996]] and the subsequent dissolution of CART in [[2003 CART season|2003]], as part of the Champ Car World Series.
 
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Following the merger of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series in February [[2008 IndyCar Series season|2008]] the future of race had been secured until [[2013]] as an IRL [[IndyCar Series]] event, however the race was omitted from the [[2009 IndyCar Series season]] calendar, and subsequently dropped by the IRL completely.
 
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In the first sixteen years of the event, there were sixteen different winners.  In [[2007 Lexmark Indy 300|2007]] [[Sébastien Bourdais]] became the first driver to win the race twice, adding to his [[2005 Lexmark Indy 300|2005 victory]].
 
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==History==
 
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The races early years were dogged by controversy as Australia's motor sport governing body the [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport]] (CAMS) initially refused to sanction the event. The Queensland State Government has been largely supportive of the event while the Gold Coast City Council support at local level has varied in its level of support, even occasionally openly hostile to the event. However by the late 1990's the race had become a well attended and popular event on the Gold Coast calendar with tens of thousands of spectators attending each of the four days of the IndyCarnival.
 
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In the [[2002 Honda Indy 300|2002 event]] there was a frightening incident when a 9 car [[pile-up]] occurred at the start in very wet conditions - however no significant injuries were sustained. In [[2003 Lexmark Indy 300|2003]] a massive hailstorm struck the area during the race leading to a [[red flag]]. Again no injuries were sustained.
 
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The event lost much of its lustre from [[2004 Lexmark Indy 300|2004]] as the split between American open wheel racing series started to draw teams from the Champ Car World Series across to the IRL IndyCar Series whose calendar was considerably more domestic than the well travelled Champ Car World Series. The falling popularity of open wheel racing in America has further devalued the event in recent times with [[NASCAR]] dominating the U.S. racing scene to the point where the growing influence of support category V8 Supercar removed [[Champ Car]] from top billing of the event into an equal top billing not seen at any other Champ Car event. Traditionally the CART/Champ Car race was the final event of the programme but in recent years the final V8 race has held this place.
 
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On [[March 5]], [[2008]] it was announced that the IRL IndyCar Series would travel to Australia for the first time, but due to contractural issues the race would not count towards the [[2008 IndyCar Series season|2008 IndyCar Series]] Championship and would be a stand-alone demonstration event, in light of the recent merger between Champ Car and the IRL.
 
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On Tuesday, November 11, after extensive negotiations with the IRL broke down, the Queensland Government reached a new five year deal with [[A1 Grand Prix]] to stage a race at [[Surfers Paradise Street Circuit|Surfers Paradise]], severing its eighteen year history with American open wheel racing. On [[February 25]], [[2009]] it was announced that the event which combine one of the first few rounds of the 2009/10 A1GP and the 11th round of V8 Supercar Series would be produced through a partnership between IMG and the Queensland's local government. The event which formally known as the Gold Coast Indy 300 will be renamed as the SuperGP.
 
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==Previous winners==
 
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[[Image:Indy 2006 018.jpg|thumb|2006 Lexmark Indy 300]]
 
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[[Image:Indy 2006 009.jpg|thumb|2006 Lexmark Indy 300. Miss Indy and Runners-up being interviewed in the pits.]]
 
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[[Image:Lexmark indy champ car 2006.jpg|thumb|2006 Lexmark Indy 300]]
 
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! Winning Driver
 
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! Car
 
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! Team
 
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! Report
 
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| [[1991 IndyCar season|1991]]
 
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| [[March 17]]
 
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| {{flagiconUSA}} [[John Andretti]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T91/00 [[Chevrolet]]-[[Ilmor]] A
 
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| [[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Hall/VDS Racing]]
 
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| [[1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix|Report]]
 
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| [[1992 IndyCar season|1992]]
 
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| [[March 22]]
 
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| {{flagiconBRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
 
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| [[Penske Racing|Penske]] PC21-92 [[Chevrolet]]-[[Ilmor]] B
 
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| [[Penske Racing]]
 
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| [[1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix‎|Report]]
 
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| [[1993 IndyCar season|1993]]
 
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| [[March 21]]
 
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| {{flagiconUK}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T93/06 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] XB [[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
 
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| [[1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix|Report]]
 
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| [[1994 IndyCar season|1994]]
 
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| [[March 20]]
 
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| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Michael Andretti]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 94I [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] XB [[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]
 
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| [[1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix|Report]]
 
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| [[1995 IndyCar season|1995]]
 
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| [[March 19]]
 
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| {{flagiconCAN}} [[Paul Tracy]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T95/00 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] XB [[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
 
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| [[1995 Indycar Australia|Report]]
 
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| [[1996 IndyCar season|1996]]
 
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| [[March 31]]
 
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| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Jimmy Vasser]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 96I [[Honda]]
 
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| [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]
 
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| [[1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia|Report]]
 
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| [[1997 CART season|1997]]
 
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| [[April 6]]
 
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| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Scott Pruett]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 97I [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] XD [[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Patrick Racing]]
 
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| [[1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival|Report]]
 
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| [[1998 CART season|1998]]
 
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| [[October 18]]
 
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| {{flagiconITA}} [[Alex Zanardi]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 98I [[Honda]]
 
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| [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]
 
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| [[1998 Honda Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[1999 CART season|1999]]
 
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| [[October 17]]
 
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| {{flagiconUK}} [[Dario Franchitti]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 99I [[Honda]]
 
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| [[Team Green]]
 
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| [[1999 Honda Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2000 CART season|2000]]
 
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| [[October 15]]
 
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| {{flagiconMEX}} [[Adrian Fernandez]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 2KI [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Patrick Racing]]
 
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| [[2000 Honda Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2001 CART season|2001]]
 
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| [[October 28]]
 
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| {{flagiconBRA}} [[Cristiano da Matta]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B01/00 [[Toyota]]
 
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| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
 
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| [[2001 Honda Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2002 CART season|2002]]
 
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| [[October 27]]
 
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| {{flagiconMEX}} [[Mario Dominguez]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Herdez Competition]]
 
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| [[2002 Honda Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2003 CART season|2003]]
 
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| [[October 26]]
 
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| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
 
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| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 02I [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Stefan Johansson|American Spirit Team Johansson]]
 
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| [[2003 Lexmark Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2004 Champ Car season|2004]]
 
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| [[October 24]]
 
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| {{flagiconBRA}} [[Bruno Junqueira]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
 
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| [[2004 Lexmark Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2005 Champ Car season|2005]]
 
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| [[October 23]]
 
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| {{flagiconFRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
 
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| [[2005 Lexmark Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2006 Champ Car season|2006]]
 
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| [[October 22]]
 
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| {{flagiconFRA}} [[Nelson Philippe]]
 
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| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[CTE-HVM Racing]]
 
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| [[2006 Lexmark Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2007 Champ Car season|2007]]
 
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| [[October 21]]
 
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| {{flagiconFRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
 
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| [[Panoz DP01]] [[Cosworth]]
 
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| [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing]]
 
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| [[2007 Lexmark Indy 300|Report]]
 
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| [[2008 IndyCar Series season|2008]]
 
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| [[October 26]]
 
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| {{flagiconAUS}} [[Ryan Briscoe]]
 
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| [[Dallara]] IR8 [[Honda]]
 
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| [[Penske Racing]]
 
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| [[2008 Nikon Indy 300|Report]]
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://www.indy.com.au/ Official Event Site]
 
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