2012 - IZOD IndyCar - Firestone 550 Race Results

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2012 - IZOD IndyCar - Firestone 550

Race Name - Firestone 550
Date - 6/9/2012
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 23
Laps Run - 228
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Alex Tagliani / 215.691 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 32 laps
Average Race Speed - 167.217 mph
Lead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 9 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Scott Dixon
Race Number - 7

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	17	Justin Wilson	Sonnys BBQ	Dallara	Honda	212.136
2	3	Graham Rahal	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	215.554
3	10	Ryan Briscoe	Hitachi Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	214.06
4	6	James Hinchcliffe	Team GoDaddycom	Dallara	Chevrolet	214.92
5	23	J.R. Hildebrand	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	202.596
6	9	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	214.082
7	15	Helio Castroneves	AAA Insurance Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	213.402
8	5	Will Power	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	215.116
9	1	Alex Tagliani	Team BarracudaBHA	Dallara	Honda	215.691
10	21	James Jakes	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	211.245
11	7	Tony Kanaan	Mouser Electronics/GEICO KVRT	Dallara	Chevrolet	214.701
12	19	Ed Carpenter	Fuzzys Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	211.643
13	25	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara	Honda	no speed
14	2	Dario Franchitti	Energizer	Dallara	Honda	215.646
15	22	Katherine Legge	TrueCar Dragon Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	210.543
16	18	Mike Conway	ABC Supply/AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	214.458
17	8	Marco Andretti	Team RC Cola	Dallara	Chevrolet	214.424
18	4	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	215.331
19	14	E.J. Viso	CITGO/PDVSA KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	213.444
20	11	Oriol Servia	Panther/Dreyer Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	213.957
21	13	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda	Dallara	Chevrolet	213.927
22	20	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	214.196
23	16	Charlie Kimball	NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	212.833
24	12	Rubens Barrichello	BMC/Embrase KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	213.949
25	24	Simona de Silvestro	Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus/HVM Racing	Dallara	Lotus	204.066