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2012 Firestone 550 |
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| Held on June 9, 2012 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX | |
| 228 L, 342 M, 550.392 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 17 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Sonny's BBQ | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 228 | 11 | running | 50 |
| 2 | 3 | 38 | Graham Rahal | National Tire & Battery, Service Central | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 228 | 27 | running | 40 |
| 3 | 10 | 2 | Ryan Briscoe | Hitachi | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 228 | 5 | running | 35 |
| 4 | 6 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | GoDaddy.com | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 228 | 8 | running | 32 |
| 5 | 23 | 4 | J.R. Hildebrand | National Guard | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 228 | 0 | running | 30 |
| 6 | 9 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | HP | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 228 | 0 | running | 28 |
| 7 | 15 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | AAA Insurance | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 227 | 0 | running | 26 |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | Will Power | Verizon | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 227 | 24 | running | 24 |
| 9 | 1 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Barracuda Networks | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 227 | 20 | running | 23 |
| 10 | 21 | 19 | James Jakes | Boy Scouts of America | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 227 | 0 | running | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Mouser Electronics, GEICO | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 227 | 0 | running | 19 |
| 12 | 19 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Fuzzy's Vodka | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 227 | 0 | running | 18 |
| 13 | 25 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Quaker Chemical | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 226 | 0 | running | 17 |
| 14 | 2 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Energizer, Target | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 225 | 0 | running | 16 |
| 15 | 22 | 6 | Katherine Legge | Bing, McAfee, TrueCar | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 224 | 0 | running | 15 |
| 16 | 18 | 14 | Mike Conway | ABC Supply Co. | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 224 | 0 | running | 14 |
| 17 | 8 | 26 | Marco Andretti | RC Cola | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 222 | 0 | running | 13 |
| 18 | 4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Target | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 173 | 133 | accident | 14 |
| 19 | 14 | 5 | E.J. Viso | Citgo, PDVSA | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 129 | 0 | ignition | 12 |
| 20 | 11 | 22 | Oriol Servia | Valspar | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 89 | 0 | fuel pressure | 12 |
| 21 | 13 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | DHL, Sun Drop Citrus Soda | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | 66 | 0 | fuel injector | 12 |
| 22 | 20 | 15 | Takuma Sato | Mi-Jack | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 63 | 0 | accident | 12 |
| 23 | 16 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | NovoLog FlexPen | Dallara/Honda/Firestone | 29 | 0 | accident | 12 |
| DID NOT START | |||||||||
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Mouser Electronics, BMC, Embrase | Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone | DNS | |||||
| 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nuclear Clean Air | Dallara/Lotus/Firestone | DNS | |||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 1h:59:02 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (2 lap average) | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Alex Tagliani - 48.569 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 3.920 seconds | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 167.217 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 4 for 32 laps - Laps 31-39 (#83 accident turn 4); Laps 65-70 (#15 accident turn 3); Laps 131-137 (#5 stalled turn 1); Laps 174-183 (#9 accident turn 4) | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 9 among 7 drivers - Alex Tagliani (1-20); Scott Dixon (NZ) (21-116); Justin Wilson (UK) (117-125); Scott Dixon (NZ) (126-133); James Hinchcliffe (134-141); Scott Dixon (NZ) (142-170); Will Power (171-194); Ryan Briscoe (195-199); Graham Rahal (200-226); Justin Wilson (UK) (227-228) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Ryan Briscoe - 24.517 seconds (lap 141) | |||||||||
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
| Rubens Barrichello had ignition issue and did not start
Simona De Silvestro had fuel pressure issue and did not start |
