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2012 Indianapolis 500 qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IZOD IndyCar Series race number 5 of 15 Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 2:58:51 Average speed: 167.734 mph Pole speed: 226.484 mph Cautions: 8 for 39 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 220000 Lead changes: 34 Glossary    2012 IZOD IndyCar Series results   /   2012 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Car Time Speed   1   Ryan Briscoe 2 2:38.951   226.484   2   James Hinchcliffe 27 2:38.954   226.481   3   Ryan Hunter-Reay 28 2:39.123   226.240   4   Marco Andretti 26 2:39.677   225.456   5   Will Power 12 2:39.700   225.422   6   Helio Castroneves 3 2:39.878   225.172   7   Josef Newgarden 67 2:40.688   224.037   8   Tony Kanaan 11 2:40.178   224.751   9   E.J. Viso 5 2:40.412   224.422   10   Rubens Barrichello 8 2:40.525   224.264   11   Alex Tagliani 98 2:40.714   224.000   12   Graham Rahal 38 2:40.744   223.959   13   Ana Beatriz 25 2:40.772   223.920   14   Charlie Kimball 83 2:40.809   223.868   15   Scott Dixon 9 2:40.941   223.684   16   Dario Franchitti 50 2:41.014   223.582   17   James Jakes 19 2:41.087   223.482   18   J.R. Hildebrand 4 2:41.130   223.422   19   Takuma Sato 15 2:41.152   223.392   20   Townsend Bell 99 2:41.338   223.134   21   Justin Wilson 18 2:41.487   222.929   22   Michel Jourdain, Jr. 30 2:41.512   222.893   23   Simon Pagenaud 77 2:41.514   222.891   24   Sebastian Saavedra 17 2:41.572   222.811   25   Sebastien Bourdais 7 2:40.887   223.760   26   Wade Cunningham 41 2:41.248   223.258   27   Oriol Servia 22 2:41.875   222.393   28   Ed Carpenter 20 2:41.926   222.324   29   Mike Conway 14 2:41.929   222.319   30   Katherine Legge 6 2:42.437   221.624   31   Bryan Clauson 39 2:47.867   214.455   32   Simona de Silvestro 78 2:47.916   214.393   33   Jean Alesi 64 2:51.352   210.094   OP: qualified via owners points PC: qualified as past champion PR: provisional QR: via qualifying race * - had to qualify on time Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available