SPOILER ALERT - Detroit Grand Prix 2008: The IndyCars take to the track

Click on Helio Castroneves for a high res gallery

As the first season of the reunited IndyCar series winds down, the open wheel racers took to the Belle Isle track to close out the Detroit Grand Prix weekend. Scott Dixon sat on the pole holding a slim lead over Helio Castroneves in the season standings with three races to go including this one. If the race is still sitting on your DVR and you don't want to spoil the surprise, just enjoy the gallery for now, it won't spoil your appetite. Otherwise follow the jump for the results.

Photos Copyright ©2008 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc.

Scott Dixon grabbed the pole, and both Dixon and Castroneves pulled away strongly for the first 18 laps, leaving the rest of the field in their wake. An incident on lap 17 between Dixon's teammate Dan Wheldon and Jamie Camara triggered a full course yellow. The Ganassi team decided to bring Dixon in for an early pit stop, but no one followed. As a result, Dixon was never able to regain the lead, although he did ultimately climb back up to fifth place at the finish.

Castroneves continued to lead the pack for majority of the race, but eventually Justin Wilson made his way into the lead in the Newman-Hass-Lanigan car. Through the last ten laps Castroneves tried repeatedly to reel in Wilson, but never quite managed, and over the last three laps, the rookie (at least in these cars) pulled away by a few seconds, finally taking the checkered flag in a fitting tribute to his car's co-owner Paul Newman, who's health has been in question over the past few weeks.

Photos Copyright ©2008 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc.

1	Justin Wilson McDonald's Racing Team	02	D/H/F	4	102.008	87	1	15	Running	50
2	Helio Castroneves Team Penske	3	D/H/F	2	102.412	87	2	53	Running	43
3	Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven	11	D/H/F	8	101.756	87	0	0	Running	35
4	Oriol Servia KV Racing Technology	5	D/H/F	3	102.136	87	1	1	Running	32
5	Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing	9	D/H/F	1	103.090	87	1	18	Running	30
6	Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol	17	D/H/F	7	102.151	87	0	0	Running	28
7	Bruno Junqueira Z-Line Designs	18	D/H/F	24	90.442	87	0	0	Running	26
8	Will Power Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia	8	D/H/F	12	0.000	87	0	0	Running	24
9	Ryan Briscoe Team Penske	6	D/H/F	5	101.942	87	0	0	Running	22
10	A.J. Foyt IV Lilly Diabetes/Vision Racing	2	D/H/F	17	100.231	87	0	0	Running	20
11	Hideki Mutoh Formula Dream	27	D/H/F	16	100.838	87	0	0	Running	19
12	Darren Manning ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing	14	D/H/F	15	100.348	87	0	0	Running	18
13	Graham Rahal Hole in the Wall Camps	06	D/H/F	6	101.186	87	0	0	Running	17
14	Ed Carpenter Menards/ Vision Racing	20	D/H/F	20	98.956	87	0	0	Running	16
15	Mario Moraes Sonny's Bar-B-Q	19	D/H/F	19	100.048	86	0	0	Running	15
16	Danica Patrick Motorola	7	D/H/F	10	100.817	86	0	0	Running	14
17	Vitor Meira Delphi National Guard	4	D/H/F	14	101.157	83	0	0	Running	13
18	Marco Andretti Meijer	26	D/H/F	13	100.482	81	0	0	Mechanical	12
19	Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	15	D/H/F	18	99.232	76	0	0	Mechanical	12
20	Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi Racing	10	D/H/F	11	100.803	64	0	0	Running	12
21	Tomas Scheckter Symantec Luczo Dragon Racing	12	D/H/F	26	0.000	56	0	0	Running	12
22	Alex Tagliani Sangari Conquest Racing	36	D/H/F	21	97.233	54	0	0	Mechanical	12
23	Milka Duno CITGO/ Dreyer and Reinbold Racing	23	D/H/F	23	94.226	46	0	0	Handling	12
24	E.J. Viso PDVSA HVM Racing	33	D/H/F	9	101.339	32	0	0	Contact	12
25	Jaime Camara Sangari	34	D/H/F	22	97.152	16	0	0	Contact	10
26	Marty Roth Roth Racing	25	D/H/F	25	0.000	0	0	0	DNS	5