2012 Firestone 550

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United States 2012 Firestone 550
Race details
7th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season

Date	June 9, 2012
Official name	Firestone 550
Location	Texas Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi / 2.4 km
Distance	228 laps 342 mi / 550 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 91 °F (33 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)^[1]
Pole position
Driver	Alex Tagliani (Team Barracuda - BHA)
Time	0:48.5695
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske)
Time	24.5170 (on lap 141 of 228)
Podium
First	Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing)
Second	Graham Rahal (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske)

Motor car race

The 2012 Firestone 550 was the twenty-second running of the Firestone 550 and the seventh round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The race was contested over 228 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was telecasted by NBC Sports in the United States.

The reigning champion of the Firestone 550 was Ryan Briscoe, who won the 2010 race, as in 2011 the event contested over two races in one night, making it the Firestone Twin 275s. The race was won by Justin Wilson of Dale Coyne Racing.

Classification

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Starting grid

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Row	Inside		Outside
1	98	Canada Alex Tagliani	10	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
2	38	United States Graham Rahal	9	New Zealand Scott Dixon
3	12	Australia Will Power	27	Canada James Hinchcliffe
4	11	Brazil Tony Kanaan	26	United States Marco Andretti
5	77	France Simon Pagenaud (R)	2	Australia Ryan Briscoe
6	22	Spain Oriol Servià	8	Brazil Rubens Barrichello
7	28	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay	5	Venezuela E. J. Viso
8	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	83	United States Charlie Kimball
9	18	United Kingdom Justin Wilson	14	United Kingdom Mike Conway ^†
10	20	United States Ed Carpenter	15	Japan Takuma Sato ^†
11	19	United Kingdom James Jakes	6	United Kingdom Katherine Legge (R)
12	4	United States J. R. Hildebrand	78	Switzerland Simona de Silvestro ^†
13	67	United States Josef Newgarden (R) ^†
^† Conway, Sato, de Silvestro, and Newgarden penalised 10 places for changing engine

Race results

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points¹
1	18	United Kingdom Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	228	1:59:02.0131	17	11	50
2	38	United States Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	228	+ 3.9202	3	27	40
3	2	Australia Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	228	+ 5.8619	10	5	35
4	27	Canada James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	228	+ 10.4511	6	8	32
5	4	United States J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	228	+ 18.7749	23	0	30
6	77	France Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	228	+ 21.3883	9	0	28
7	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	227	+ 1 lap	15	0	26
8	12	Australia Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	227	+ 1 lap	5	24	24
9	98	Canada Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	227	+ 1 lap	1	20	23
10	19	United Kingdom James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	227	+ 1 lap	21	0	20
11	11	Brazil Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	227	+ 1 lap	7	0	19
12	20	United States Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	227	+ 1 lap	19	0	18
13	67	United States Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	226	+ 2 laps	25	0	17
14	10	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	225	+ 3 laps	2	0	16
15	6	United Kingdom Katherine Legge (R)	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	224	+ 4 laps	22	0	15
16	14	United Kingdom Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	224	+ 4 laps	18	0	14
17	26	United States Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	222	+ 6 laps	8	0	13
18	9	New Zealand Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	173	Contact	4	133	14
19	5	Venezuela E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	129	Mechanical	14	0	12
20	22	Spain Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	89	Fuel Pressure	11	0	12
21	28	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	66	Mechanical	13	0	12
22	15	Japan Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	63	Contact	20	0	12
23	83	United States Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	29	Contact	16	0	12
DNS	8	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	0	Did Not Start^†	12	0	6
DNS	78	Switzerland Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	0	Did Not Start^†	24	0	5
^† Barrichello and de Silvestro did not start the race due to fuel pump issues

Notes

¹ Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Australia Will Power	256
2	New Zealand Scott Dixon	220
3	Canada James Hinchcliffe	208
4	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	203
5	France Simon Pagenaud (R)	199

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	United States Chevrolet	54
2	Japan Honda	51
3	United Kingdom Lotus	28

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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^ "Weather information for the 2012 Firestone 550". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

External links

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2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix IndyCar Series
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Previous race:
2011 Firestone Twin 275s Firestone 550 Next race:
2013 Firestone 550

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