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2012 MavTV 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IZOD IndyCar Series race number 15 of 15 Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 2:57:34 Average speed: 168.939 mph Pole speed: 216.069 mph Cautions: 7 for 43 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 29 Glossary    2012 IZOD IndyCar Series results   /   2012 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 20   Ed Carpenter Fuzzy's Vodka   (Ed Carpenter) D/C/F 250 35000 running 62 52 2 9 10   Dario Franchitti Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 250 25000 running 15 40 3 15 9   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 250 20000 running 25 35 4 22 28   Ryan Hunter-Reay DHL / Sun Drop Citrus Soda / Circle K   (Andretti Autosport) D/C/F 250 15000 running 0 32 5 17 3   Helio Castroneves AAA Insurance   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 250 10000 running 2 30 6 18 38   Graham Rahal Big O Tires / Service Central   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 250   running 0 28 7 21 15   Takuma Sato Mi-Jack   (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) D/H/F 249   crash 6 26 8 1 26   Marco Andretti RC Cola   (Andretti Autosport) D/C/F 249   running 3 25 9 7 6   Katherine Legge TrueCar / Bing   (Dragon Racing) D/C/F 249   running 0 22 10 23 83   Charlie Kimball NovoLog FlexPen   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 249   running 0 20 11 4 4   J.R. Hildebrand National Guard   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 248   running 56 19 12 12 19   James Jakes Boy Scouts of America   (Dale Coyne) D/H/F 248   running 10 18 13 19 27   James Hinchcliffe GoDaddy.com   (Andretti Autosport) D/C/F 247   running 0 17 14 24 14   Wade Cunningham ABC Supply Co.   (A.J. Foyt) D/H/F 246   running 0 16 15 20 77   Simon Pagenaud HP   (Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports) D/H/F 246   running 0 15 16 14 67   Josef Newgarden Direct Supply   (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing) D/H/F 244   running 1 14 17 2 2   Ryan Briscoe IZOD   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 244   running 2 13 18 3 11   Tony Kanaan GEICO / Mouser Electronics   (KV Racing Technology) D/C/F 240   crash 47 12 19 8 22   Oriol Servia Motegi Wheels   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/C/F 231   running 0 12 20 16 98   Alex Tagliani Barracuda Networks   (BHA / Curb-Agajanian) D/H/F 229   crash 21 12 21 10 17   Sebastian Saavedra Automatic Fire Sprinklers / CO Colombia   (Andretti Autosport) D/C/F 118   electrical 0 12 22 6 8   Rubens Barrichello BMC / Embrase   (KV Racing Technology) D/C/F 107   engine 0 12 23 25 18   Justin Wilson Sonny's Real Pit BBQ   (Dale Coyne) D/H/F 80   gearbox 0 12 24 13 12   Will Power Verizon   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 66   crash 0 12 25 11 5   E.J. Viso PDVSA / CITGO   (KV Racing Technology) D/C/F 65   handling 0 10 26 26 78   Simona de Silvestro Nuclear Clean Air Energy   (Keith Wiggins) D/L/F 16   handling 0 10 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara   Engine: C - Chevrolet; H - Honda; L - Lotus   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 55 55     56 64 9   #12 accident turn 2   65 73 9     74 84 11   #6,18 accident turn 3   85 107 23     108 114 7   #8 stalled turn 2   115 181 67     182 188 7   #2 accident turn 4   189 229 41     230 234 5   #98 accident turn 4   235 240 6     241 243 3   #11 accident turn 4   244 249 6     250 250 1   #15 accident turn 2     Percent of race run under caution: 17.2%             Average green flag run: 29.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Kanaan 1 1 1   Marco Andretti 2 4 3   J.R. Hildebrand 5 35 31   Ryan Briscoe 36 37 2   Takuma Sato 38 39 2   Josef Newgarden 40 40 1   J.R. Hildebrand 41 65 25   Ed Carpenter 66 75 10   James Jakes 76 85 10   Ed Carpenter 86 109 24   Scott Dixon 110 110 1   Ed Carpenter 111 122 12   Scott Dixon 123 133 11   Tony Kanaan 134 147 14   Helio Castroneves 148 149 2   Takuma Sato 150 152 3   Tony Kanaan 153 184 32   Scott Dixon 185 195 11   Ed Carpenter 196 196 1   Scott Dixon 197 198 2   Ed Carpenter 199 203 5   Alex Tagliani 204 217 14   Ed Carpenter 218 218 1   Alex Tagliani 219 223 5   Dario Franchitti 224 225 2   Alex Tagliani 226 227 2   Takuma Sato 228 228 1   Ed Carpenter 229 236 8   Dario Franchitti 237 249 13   Ed Carpenter 250 250 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Ryan Hunter-Reay 468     2   Will Power 465   -3   3   Scott Dixon 435   -33   4   Helio Castroneves 431   -37   5   Simon Pagenaud 387   -81   6   Ryan Briscoe 370   -98   7   Dario Franchitti 363   -105   8   James Hinchcliffe 358   -110   9   Tony Kanaan 351   -117   10   Graham Rahal 333   -135   11   J.R. Hildebrand 294   -174   12   Rubens Barrichello 289   -179   13   Oriol Servia 287   -181   14   Takuma Sato 281   -187   15   Justin Wilson 278   -190   15   Marco Andretti 278   -190   17   Alex Tagliani 272   -196   18   Ed Carpenter 261   -207   19   Charlie Kimball 260   -208   20   E.J. Viso 244   -224   21   Mike Conway 233   -235