2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships

Race 15 of 15

Fontana
250 laps
Time of race: 2:57:34.7433
Average speed of winner: 168.939 mph
Margin of victory: 1.9132 sec.
Lead changes: 30 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 43 laps
Fastest lap: Dario Franchitti 216.561
Lap leaders: Andretti pole, Kanaan 1, Andretti 2-4, Hildebrand 5-35, Briscoe 36-37, Sato 38-39, Newgarden 40, Hildebrand 41-65, Carpenter 66-75, Jakes 76-85, Carpenter 86-109, Dixon 110, Carpenter 111-122, Dixon 123-133, Kanaan 134-147, Castroneves 148-149, Sato 150-152, Kanaan 153-184, Dixon 185-195, Carpenter 196, Dixon 197-198, Carpenter 199-203, Tagliani 204-217, Carpenter 218, Tagliani 219-223, Franchitti 224-225, Tagliani 226-227, Sato 228, Carpenter 229-236, Franchitti 237-249, Carpenter 250

Race notes: Ryan Hunter-Reay took the points lead from Will Power.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Ed Carpenter	20	Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Carpenter	214.409	250	8	62	running	35000	52
2	9	Dario Franchitti	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	211.999	250	2	15	running	25000	40
3	15	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	215.391	250	4	25	running	20000	35
4	22	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	212.773	250	0	0	running	15000	32
5	17	Hélio Castroneves	3	Auto Club Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	214.409	250	1	2	running	10000	30
6	18	Graham Rahal	38	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	214.015	250	0	0	running	0	28
7	21	Takuma Sato	15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	213.222	249	3	6	contact	0	26
8	1	Marco Andretti	26	Team RC Cola	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	216.069	249	1	3	running	0	25
9	7	Katherine Legge	6	TrueCar Dragon Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dragon	213.308	249	0	0	running	0	22
10	23	Charlie Kimball	83	NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	211.531	249	0	0	running	0	20
11	4	J.R. Hildebrand	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	214.749	248	2	56	running	0	19
12	12	James Jakes	19	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	208.056	248	1	10	running	0	18
13	19	James Hinchcliffe	27	Team GoDaddy.com	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	213.726	247	0	0	running	0	17
14	24	Wade Cunningham	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	209.526	246	0	0	running	0	16
15	20	Simon Pagenaud	77	Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	213.282	246	0	0	running	0	15
16	14	Josef Newgarden	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fisher	215.919	244	1	1	running	0	14
17	2	Ryan Briscoe	2	IZOD Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	214.749	244	1	2	running	0	13
18	3	Tony Kanaan	11	GEICO/Mouser Electronics/KVRT	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	214.409	240	3	47	contact	0	12
19	8	Oriol Servià	22	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	212.533	231	0	0	running	0	12
20	16	Alex Tagliani	98	Barracuda Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Herta	215.226	229	3	21	contact	0	12
21	10	Sebastian Saavedra	17	AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	210.619	118	0	0	electrical	0	12
22	6	Rubens Barrichello	8	BMC-Embrase-KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	213.527	107	0	0	mechanical	0	12
23	25	Justin Wilson	18	Sonny's BBQ	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	no speed	80	0	0	mechanical	0	12
24	13	Will Power	12	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	215.940	66	0	0	contact	0	12
25	11	E.J. Viso	5	CITGO/PDVSA KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	210.134	65	0	0	mechanical	0	10
26	26	Simona de Silvestro	78	Nuclear Clean Air Energy/Lotus HVM Racing	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	HVM	no speed	16	0	0	mechanical	0	10

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Ryan Hunter-Reay	468	15	1	4	7	10
2	Will Power	465	15	5	3	7	10
3	Scott Dixon	435	15	1	2	8	9
4	Hélio Castroneves	431	15	1	2	5	12
5	Simon Pagenaud	387	15	0	0	6	9
6	Ryan Briscoe	370	15	2	1	5	8
7	Dario Franchitti	363	15	3	1	5	7
8	James Hinchcliffe	358	15	0	0	5	8
9	Tony Kanaan	351	15	0	0	5	8
10	Graham Rahal	333	15	0	0	4	7
11	J.R. Hildebrand	294	15	0	0	2	6
12	Rubens Barrichello	289	15	0	0	2	7
13	Oriol Servià	287	15	0	0	4	5
14	Takuma Sato	281	15	0	0	2	5
15	Justin Wilson	278	15	0	1	1	6
16	Marco Andretti	278	15	1	0	1	3
17	Alex Tagliani	272	14	1	0	1	8
18	Ed Carpenter	261	15	0	1	1	3
19	Charlie Kimball	260	14	0	0	1	6
20	E.J. Viso	244	15	0	0	1	4
21	Mike Conway	233	14	0	0	1	3
22	James Jakes	232	15	0	0	0	2
23	Josef Newgarden	200	14	0	0	0	0
24	Simona de Silvestro	182	15	0	0	0	0
25	Sébastien Bourdais	173	11	0	0	1	2