Juho Annala
Juho Annala, born is a Finland, Finnish racing driver. Annala was born in Lapua. After starting in Kart racing, karting, he moved to Swedish, Finnish, and Nordic Formula Ford in 2004, winning the Nordic championship and coming second in both the Swedish and Finnish championships. In 2005 he moved to the British Formula 3 International Series, British Formula Three Championship driving for Alan Docking Racing in the national class of the championship. He finished 6th in series points scoring 3 podium finishes. In 2006 he switched teams to Performance Racing, Performance Racing Europe and captured 3 wins and 3 pole positions on his way to third in the championship. In 2007 he drove in the International Formula Master series for Jenzer Motorsport and finished 11th in points with a runner up finish at Masaryk Circuit, Brno. He drove in the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final Champ Car race, for Rocketsports
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ...
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2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300
The 2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 was the opening round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season and took place on March 29, 2008 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. For the first time in series history, the reigning champion was not on the grid to defend his title, as Dario Franchitti had moved to the No. 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Chip Ganassi Racing. Graham Rahal was supposed to make his debut in this race however due to a crash in testing his team could not get his car repaired in time for the race. 2003 champion Scott Dixon kicked off the season with the victory, on his way to the series championship. Qualifying * All cars run four laps and the car which completes the laps in the quickest time, wins the pole. * Before the race, the cars of Ed Carpenter and A. J. Foyt IV failed technical inspection, their times were disallowed, and were dropped to 24th and 25th on the grid respectively. All drivers behind them moved up two places from their original grid positions. ...
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2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy
The 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy was the thirteenth round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, and was held on July 26, 2008, at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by Scott Dixon, followed by Hélio Castroneves and Justin Wilson. Although it was the fourth edition of the Grand Prix, it was the first race in the IndyCar Series, but also the first IndyCar Series race to be held in Canada. Qualifying results Race Caution flags Notes * Fastest Lap Will Power: 1:02.023 (Lap 68) * Average Speed 96.967 mph Attendance Race weekend attendance was estimated 160,000. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonton 2008 in IndyCar 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy Rexall Edmonton Indy Rexall Edmonton Indy The Edmonton Indy was a round of the IndyCar Series held at a temporary circuit set up at the Edmonton City Centre Airport near the downtown area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was formerly called the ''Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton'' and was ...