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2012 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

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IZOD IndyCar Series race number 2 of 15
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL
90 laps on a 2.380 mile road course (214.2 miles)

Time of race: 2:01:40
Average Speed: 102.081 mph
Pole Speed: 117.485 mph

Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
Margin of Victory: 3.371 sec
Attendance: 52,879
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series results / 2012 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
11	13	26	Marco Andretti	RC Cola (Andretti Autosport)	D/H/F	90		running	0	19
8	14	8	Rubens Barrichello	BMC / Embrase (KV Racing Technology)	D/C/F	90		running	0	24
9	17	7	Sebastien Bourdais	Bing / McAfee (Lotus Dragon Racing)	D/L/F	90		running	0	22
14	12	2	Ryan Briscoe	Hitachi (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	90		running	0	16
22	23	20	Ed Carpenter	Fuzzy's Vodka (Ed Carpenter)	D/C/F	88		running	0	12
3	1	3	Helio Castroneves	AAA / Verizon (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	90	20,000	running	28	36
7	4	14	Mike Conway	ABC Supply Co. (A.J. Foyt)	D/H/F	90		running	0	26
20	21	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nuclear Clean Air Energy (Keith Wiggins)	D/L/F	89		running	0	12
2	3	9	Scott Dixon	Target (Chip Ganassi)	D/H/F	90	25,000	running	38	42
10	18	10	Dario Franchitti	Clorox / Target (Chip Ganassi)	D/H/F	90		running	0	20
15	5	4	J.R. Hildebrand	National Guard (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	90		running	0	15
6	2	27	James Hinchcliffe	GoDaddy.com (Andretti Autosport)	D/C/F	90		running	1	28
12	11	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	DHL / Sun Drop Citrus Soda (Andretti Autosport)	D/C/F	90		running	0	18
16	20	19	James Jakes	Boy Scouts of America (Dale Coyne)	D/H/F	90		running	0	14
21	6	11	Tony Kanaan	GEICO / Mouser Electronics (KV Racing Technology)	D/C/F	89		running	0	12
25	22	83	Charlie Kimball	NovoLog FlexPen (Chip Ganassi)	D/H/F	45		driveshaft	0	10
23	24	6	Katherine Legge	TrueCar (Lotus Dragon Racing)	D/L/F	85		running	0	12
17	15	67	Josef Newgarden	Direct Supply (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing)	D/H/F	90		running	0	13
5	10	77	Simon Pagenaud	HP (Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports)	D/H/F	90	10,000	running	0	30
1	9	12	Will Power	Verizon (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	90	35,000	running	22	50
4	8	38	Graham Rahal	NTB / Service Central (Chip Ganassi)	D/H/F	90	15,000	running	1	32
24	16	15	Takuma Sato	Mi-Jack (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)	D/H/F	52		ignition	0	12
13	26	22	Oriol Servia	Charter Communications (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/L/F	90		running	0	17
26	25	98	Alex Tagliani	Barracuda Networks (BHA / Curb-Agajanian)	D/L/F	0		throttle	0	10
18	7	5	E.J. Viso	CITGO / PDVSA (KV Racing Technology)	D/C/F	89		running	0	12
19	19	18	Justin Wilson	Sonny's Real Pit BBQ (Dale Coyne)	D/H/F	89		running	0	12

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara
Engine: C - Chevrolet; H - Honda; L - Lotus
Tires: F - Firestone

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3	#98 stalled turn 4
	4	66	63
	67	73	7	#6 spun turn 9
	74	90	17
Percent of race run under caution: 11.1% Average green flag run: 40.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Helio Castroneves	1	24	24
James Hinchcliffe	25	25	1
Graham Rahal	26	26	1
Scott Dixon	27	47	21
Helio Castroneves	48	49	2
Scott Dixon	50	65	16
Helio Castroneves	66	67	2
Will Power	68	73	6
Scott Dixon	74	74	1
Will Power	75	90	16

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Helio Castroneves	86
2	Scott Dixon	84	-2
3	Will Power	77	-9
4	James Hinchcliffe	60	-26
5	Simon Pagenaud	58	-28
6	Ryan Hunter-Reay	53	-33
7	Graham Rahal	50	-36
8	Ryan Briscoe	46	-40
9	Mike Conway	38	-48
10	Rubens Barrichello	37	-49
11	Dario Franchitti	37	-49
12	E.J. Viso	36	-50
13	Marco Andretti	35	-51
14	Sebastien Bourdais	34	-52
15	Charlie Kimball	32	-54
16	Justin Wilson	32	-54
17	Josef Newgarden	32	-54
18	Oriol Servia	31	-55
19	J.R. Hildebrand	27	-59
20	Alex Tagliani	25	-61

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