2012 Firestone 550

Race 7 of 15

Texas
228 laps
Time of race: 1:59:02.0131
Average speed of winner: 167.217 mph
Margin of victory: 3.9202 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 32 laps
Fastest lap: Ryan Briscoe 213.648
Lap leaders: Tagliani 1-20, Dixon 21-116, Wilson 117-125, Dixon 126-133, Hinchcliffe 134-141, Dixon 142-170, Power 171-194, Briscoe 195-199, Rahal 200-226, Wilson 227-228

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Justin Wilson	18	Sonny's BBQ	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	212.136	228	2	11	running	35000	50
2	3	Graham Rahal	38	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	215.554	228	1	27	running	25000	40
3	10	Ryan Briscoe	2	Hitachi Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	214.060	228	1	5	running	20000	35
4	6	James Hinchcliffe	27	Team GoDaddy.com	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	214.920	228	1	8	running	15000	32
5	23	J.R. Hildebrand	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	202.596	228	0	0	running	10000	30
6	9	Simon Pagenaud	77	Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	214.082	228	0	0	running	0	28
7	15	Hélio Castroneves	3	AAA Insurance Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	213.402	227	0	0	running	0	26
8	5	Will Power	12	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	215.116	227	1	24	running	0	24
9	1	Alex Tagliani	98	Team Barracuda-BHA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Herta	215.691	227	1	20	running	0	23
10	21	James Jakes	19	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	211.245	227	0	0	running	0	20
11	7	Tony Kanaan	11	Mouser Electronics/GEICO KVRT	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	214.701	227	0	0	running	0	19
12	19	Ed Carpenter	20	Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Carpenter	211.643	227	0	0	running	0	18
13	25	Josef Newgarden	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fisher	no speed	226	0	0	running	0	17
14	2	Dario Franchitti	10	Energizer	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	215.646	225	0	0	running	0	16
15	22	Katherine Legge	6	TrueCar Dragon Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dragon	210.543	224	0	0	running	0	15
16	18	Mike Conway	14	ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	214.458	224	0	0	running	0	14
17	8	Marco Andretti	26	Team RC Cola	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	214.424	222	0	0	running	0	13
18	4	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	215.331	173	3	133	contact	0	14
19	14	E.J. Viso	5	CITGO/PDVSA KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	213.444	129	0	0	mechanical	0	12
20	11	Oriol Servià	22	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	213.957	89	0	0	mechanical	0	12
21	13	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	213.927	66	0	0	mechanical	0	12
22	20	Takuma Sato	15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	214.196	63	0	0	contact	0	12
23	16	Charlie Kimball	83	NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	212.833	29	0	0	contact	0	12
24	12	Rubens Barrichello	8	BMC/Embrase KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	213.949	0	0	0	did not start	0	6
25	24	Simona de Silvestro	78	Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus/HVM Racing	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	HVM	204.066	0	0	0	did not start	0	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Will Power	256	7	2	3	4	6
2	Scott Dixon	220	7	1	1	4	4
3	James Hinchcliffe	208	7	0	0	3	6
4	Hélio Castroneves	203	7	1	1	3	5
5	Simon Pagenaud	199	7	0	0	3	5
6	Dario Franchitti	192	7	0	1	3	4
7	Ryan Hunter-Reay	181	7	0	0	2	4
8	Ryan Briscoe	177	7	2	0	3	4
9	Tony Kanaan	160	7	0	0	2	3
10	Justin Wilson	156	7	0	1	1	4
11	Graham Rahal	149	7	0	0	2	2
12	J.R. Hildebrand	149	7	0	0	2	3
13	Oriol Servià	141	7	0	0	2	2
14	Charlie Kimball	132	7	0	0	0	4
15	Takuma Sato	124	7	0	0	1	2
16	E.J. Viso	118	7	0	0	0	2
17	Rubens Barrichello	118	7	0	0	0	3
18	Marco Andretti	118	7	0	0	0	0
19	Mike Conway	111	7	0	0	0	2
20	James Jakes	109	7	0	0	0	1
21	Josef Newgarden	104	7	0	0	0	0
22	Ed Carpenter	103	7	0	0	0	0
23	Alex Tagliani	102	6	1	0	0	2
24	Sébastien Bourdais	86	6	0	0	0	1
25	Simona de Silvestro	83	7	0	0	0	0