2012 Iowa Corn Indy 250

Race 9 of 15

Iowa
250 laps
Time of race: 1:43:39.3031
Average speed of winner: 129.371 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 11 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 64 laps
Fastest lap: Ed Carpenter 181.479
Lap leaders: Franchitti pole, Castroneves 1-51, Hinchcliffe 52-70, Barrichello 71, Jakes 72, Castroneves 73-154, Hunter-Reay 155-156, Dixon 157-176, Briscoe 177-178, Andretti 179-181, Dixon 182-237, Hunter-Reay 238-250

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Team DHL SunDrop Citrus Soda	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	heat #3 - 7th	250	2	15	running	35000	50
2	3	Marco Andretti	26	Team RC Cola	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	heat #3 - 3rd	250	1	3	running	25000	40
3	19	Tony Kanaan	11	GEICO/Mouser Electronics/KVRT	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	heat #2 - 1st	250	0	0	running	20000	35
4	8	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	heat #3 - 8th	250	2	76	running	15000	32
5	25	Simon Pagenaud	77	Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	heat #2 - 9th	250	0	0	running	10000	30
6	2	Hélio Castroneves	3	Penske Truck Rental	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	heat #3 - 2nd	250	2	133	running	0	30
7	11	Rubens Barrichello	8	BMC/Embrase KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	heat #2 - 3rd	250	1	1	running	0	26
8	21	Ed Carpenter	20	Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Carpenter	heat #1 - 7th	250	0	0	running	0	24
9	20	Graham Rahal	38	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	heat #1 - 1st	250	0	0	running	0	22
10	13	Justin Wilson	18	Sonny's BBQ	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	heat #2 - 4th	249	0	0	running	0	20
11	14	Charlie Kimball	83	NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	heat #2 - 5th	248	0	0	running	0	19
12	23	Takuma Sato	15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	heat #1 - 8th	247	0	0	running	0	18
13	18	James Jakes	19	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	heat #2 - 7th	244	1	1	running	0	17
14	22	Simona de Silvestro	78	Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus HVM Racing	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	HVM	heat #2 - 8th	244	0	0	running	0	16
15	16	Katherine Legge	6	TrueCar Dragon Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dragon	heat #2 - 6th	243	0	0	contact	0	15
16	9	Alex Tagliani	98	Team Barracuda - BHA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Herta	heat #2 - 2nd	207	0	0	mechanical	0	14
17	4	James Hinchcliffe	27	Team GoDaddy.com	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	heat #3 - 4th	195	1	19	contact	0	13
18	5	Ryan Briscoe	2	PPG Automotive Refinishes Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	heat #3 - 5th	178	1	2	contact	0	12
19	10	Josef Newgarden	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fisher	heat #1 - 2nd	178	0	0	contact	0	12
20	17	Mike Conway	14	ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	heat #1 - 6th	123	0	0	mechanical	0	12
21	15	Oriol Servià	22	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	heat #1 - 5th	98	0	0	mechanical	0	12
22	12	J.R. Hildebrand	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	heat #1 - 3rd	95	0	0	contact	0	12
23	6	Will Power	12	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	heat #3 - 6th	67	0	0	contact	0	12
24	24	E.J. Viso	5	CITGO/PDVSA KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	heat #1 - 4th	67	0	0	contact	0	12
25	1	Dario Franchitti	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	heat #3 - 1st	0	0	0	mechanical	0	11

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Will Power	286	9	2	3	4	6
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	283	9	0	2	4	6
3	Scott Dixon	271	9	1	1	5	5
4	Hélio Castroneves	261	9	1	1	3	7
5	James Hinchcliffe	256	9	0	0	4	7
6	Simon Pagenaud	246	9	0	0	4	6
7	Tony Kanaan	235	9	0	0	4	5
8	Dario Franchitti	216	9	2	1	3	4
9	Ryan Briscoe	205	9	2	0	3	4
10	Graham Rahal	193	9	0	0	2	4
11	Justin Wilson	188	9	0	1	1	5
12	Oriol Servià	185	9	0	0	3	3
13	Marco Andretti	173	9	0	0	1	1
14	J.R. Hildebrand	173	9	0	0	2	3
15	Rubens Barrichello	164	9	0	0	0	5
16	Charlie Kimball	164	9	0	0	0	4
17	E.J. Viso	160	9	0	0	1	3
18	Takuma Sato	154	9	0	0	1	2
19	Ed Carpenter	151	9	0	0	0	2
20	Alex Tagliani	142	8	1	0	0	3
21	James Jakes	138	9	0	0	0	1
22	Mike Conway	137	9	0	0	0	2
23	Josef Newgarden	126	9	0	0	0	0
24	Simona de Silvestro	111	9	0	0	0	0
25	Katherine Legge	103	8	0	0	0	0