2008 IRL IndyCar Series
Scott Dixon - Champion
^Race sanctioned by CCWS but counted in IRL points standings
Non-Championship Events
| Date | Race | Track | Miles | Type | Winner |
| 10/26/08 | Nikon Indy 300 | Surfers Paradise | 167.7 | SC | Ryan Briscoe |
| Standing | Driver | Starts | DNS/DNQ | Wins | 2nds | 3rds | 4ths | 5ths | Best Finish | Poles | Points |
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 646 | |
| 2 | Helio Castroneves | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 629 | |
| 3 | Tony Kanaan | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 513 | |
| 4 | Dan Wheldon | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 492 | |
| 5 | Ryan Briscoe | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 447 | |
| 6 | Danica Patrick | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 379 | |
| 7 | Marco Andretti | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 363 | |
| 8 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 | |
| 9 | Oriol Servià | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 358 | |
| 10 | Hideki Mutoh | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 346 | |
| 11 | Justin Wilson | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 340 | |
| 12 | Will Power | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 331 | |
| 13 | Vitor Meira | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 324 | |
| 14 | Darren Manning | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 323 | |
| 15 | Ed Carpenter | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 320 | |
| 16 | Buddy Rice | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 306 | |
| 17 | Graham Rahal | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 | |
| 18 | E. J. Viso | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 286 | |
| 19 | A. J. Foyt IV | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 280 | |
| 20 | Bruno Junqueira | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 256 |
| 21 | Mario Moraes | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 244 |
| 22 | Enrique Bernoldi | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 220 | |
| 23 | Jaime Camara | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 174 |
| 24 | Marty Roth | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 166 |
| 25 | Milka Duno | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 140 |
| 26 | Townsend Bell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 117 |
| 27 | Mario Domínguez | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |
| 28 | Jay Howard | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 72 |
| 29 | Franck Perera | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 71 |
| 30 | John Andretti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 71 |
| 31 | Tomas Scheckter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 66 |
| 32 | Alex Tagliani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| 33 | Paul Tracy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
| 34 | Sarah Fisher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 37 |
| 35 | Roger Yasukawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 36 | Davey Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 37 | Buddy Lazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 13 |
| 38 | Alex Lloyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 |
| 39 | Jeff Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 10 |
| NR | Franck Montagny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NR | David Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Jimmy Vasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Alex Figge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Nelson Philippe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Antônio Pizzonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Roberto Moreno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Juho Annala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Larry Foyt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NS | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Phil Giebler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NS | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Max Papis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NS | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Dario Franchitti | Non | points | race | only | 0 |