ESPN ranks IndyCar drivers

This ESPN.com article ranks the best IRL drivers for 2008 as follows. Ryan Hunter-Reay was ranked as the best American driver (4th overall) which could put him in the running for the Helio Castroneves seat at Penske Racing should Helio Castroneves be sacked due to his pending tax evasion lawsuit. Should Castroneves lose he faces possible huge fines, jail time and deportation out of the USA, his right to work and live in the USA revoked. Imagine the boost to the IRL should an American land the coveted Penske seat. Hunter-Reay would win often and contend for the title immediately.

Rank Driver
1. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Ryan Briscoe
4. Ryan Hunter-Reay
5. Tony Kanaan
6. Oriol Servia
7. Dan Wheldon
8. Justin Wilson
9. Marco Andretti
10. Hideki Mutoh