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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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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