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2012 Firestone 550

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United States 2012 Firestone 550
Race details
7th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
DateJune 9, 2012
Official nameFirestone 550
LocationTexas Motor Speedway
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.5 mi / 2.4 km
Distance228 laps
342 mi / 550 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 91 °F (33 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[1]
Pole position
DriverAlex Tagliani (Team Barracuda - BHA)
Time0:48.5695
Fastest lap
DriverRyan Briscoe (Team Penske)
Time24.5170 (on lap 141 of 228)
Podium
FirstJustin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing)
SecondGraham Rahal (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdRyan Briscoe (Team Penske)

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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References

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