2012 Firestone 550
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.
Race details | |
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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) |
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
Starting grid
Row | Inside | Outside | ||
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1 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | 10 | Dario Franchitti |
2 | 38 | Graham Rahal | 9 | Scott Dixon |
3 | 12 | Will Power | 27 | James Hinchcliffe |
4 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | 26 | Marco Andretti |
5 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud (R) | 2 | Ryan Briscoe |
6 | 22 | Oriol Servià | 8 | Rubens Barrichello |
7 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 5 | E.J. Viso |
8 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | 83 | Charlie Kimball |
9 | 18 | Justin Wilson | 14 | Mike Conway † |
10 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 15 | Takuma Sato † |
11 | 19 | James Jakes | 6 | Katherine Legge (R) |
12 | 4 | J.R. Hildebrand | 78 | Simona de Silvestro † |
13 | 67 | Josef Newgarden (R) † | ||
† Conway, Sato, de Silvestro, and Newgarden penalised 10 places for changing engine |
Race results
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points1 |
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1 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 228 | 1:59:02.0131 | 17 | 11 | 50 |
2 | 38 | Graham Rahal | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 228 | + 3.9202 | 3 | 27 | 40 |
3 | 2 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 228 | + 5.8619 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
4 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 228 | + 10.4511 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
5 | 4 | J.R. Hildebrand | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 228 | + 18.7749 | 23 | 0 | 30 |
6 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud (R) | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 228 | + 21.3883 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 15 | 0 | 26 |
8 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 5 | 24 | 24 |
9 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Team Barracuda – BHA | Honda | 227 | + 1 lap | 1 | 20 | 23 |
10 | 19 | James Jakes | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 227 | + 1 lap | 21 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 7 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 67 | Josef Newgarden (R) | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 226 | + 2 laps | 25 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 225 | + 3 laps | 2 | 0 | 16 |
15 | 6 | Katherine Legge (R) | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 224 | + 4 laps | 22 | 0 | 15 |
16 | 14 | Mike Conway | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 224 | + 4 laps | 18 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 222 | + 6 laps | 8 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 173 | Contact | 4 | 133 | 14 |
19 | 5 | E.J. Viso | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 129 | Mechanical | 14 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 22 | Oriol Servià | Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 89 | Fuel Pressure | 11 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 66 | Mechanical | 13 | 0 | 12 |
22 | 15 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 63 | Contact | 20 | 0 | 12 |
23 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 29 | Contact | 16 | 0 | 12 |
DNS | 8 | Rubens Barrichello | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 0 | Did Not Start† | 12 | 0 | 6 |
DNS | 78 | 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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References
- "Weather information for the 2012 Firestone 550". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
External links
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