Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg

March 25, 2012

FP SP Car Driver Car Name Engine Comp Running/
Reason Out 		Pts Total Pts Standings
1 5 3 Helio Castroneves Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Team Penske Chevrolet 100 Running 50 50 1
2 6 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100 Running 42 42 2
3 3 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Chevrolet 100 Running 35 35 3
4 4 27 James Hinchcliffe Team GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 100 Running 32 32 4
5 2 2 Ryan Briscoe IZOD Team Penske Chevrolet 100 Running 30 30 5
6 16 77 Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt-Hamilton HP Motorsports Honda 100 Running 28 28 6
7 1 12 Will Power Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet 100 Running 27 27 7
8 12 5 E.J. Viso PDVSA-CITGO-KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 100 Running 24 24 8
9 22 83 Charlie Kimball NovoLog FlexPen Honda 100 Running 22 22 9
10 15 18 Justin Wilson Sonny's BBQ Honda 100 Running 20 20 10
11 19 67 Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 100 Running 19 19 11
12 10 38 Graham Rahal Service Central Honda 100 Running 18 18 12
13 9 10 Dario Franchitti Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100 Running 17 17 13
14 7 26 Marco Andretti Team RC Cola Chevrolet 99 Running 16 16 14
15 17 98 Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda-BHA Lotus 99 Running 15 15 15
16 23 22 Oriol Servia Lotus-DRR Lotus 99 Running 14 14 16
17 13 8 Rubens Barrichello BMC-Embrase-KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 98 Running 13 13 17
18 24 20 Ed Carpenter Fuzzy’s Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 98 Running 12 12 18
19 18 4 JR Hildebrand National Guard Panther Racing Chevrolet 96 Mechanical 12 12 19
20 11 14 Mike Conway ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing Honda 75 Mechanical 12 12 20
21 26 7 Sebastien Bourdais Lotus Dragon Racing Lotus 73 Mechanical 12 12 21
22 14 15 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 73 Mechanical 12 12 22
23 25 6 Katherine Legge (R) True Car-Lotus Dragon Racing Lotus 59 Mechanical 12 12 23
24 21 78 Simona de Silvestro Nuclear Clean Air Energy/Lotus HVM Racing Lotus 22 Mechanical 12 12 24
25 8 11 Tony Kanaan GEICO-Mouser Electronics-KVRT w/SH Chevrolet 21 Mechanical 10 10 25
26 20 19 James Jakes Boy Scouts of America Honda 19 Contact 10 10 26

Time of Race: 1:59:50.9863 Avg Speed: 90.113 Margin of Victory: 5.5292 Lead Changes: 9 Caution Laps: 3 for 15 laps

Fastest Lap: 103.255 mph ( 62.7575 sec) on lap 5 by #12 - Will Power Fastest Leader Lap: 103.255 mph ( 62.7575 sec) on lap 5 by #12 - Will Power

IZOD IndyCar Series Pole Award ($10,000): #12 Will Power (1:01.3721; 105.585 mph)

Bonus Awards: Helio Castroneves ($35,000), Scott Dixon ($25,000), Ryan Hunter-Reay ($20,000), James Hinchcliffe ($15,000), Ryan Briscoe ($10,000)

Legend: R = Rookie All Cars use Dallara Chassis and Firestone Tires

Lap Leaders:
Laps Car # Driver
1-11 12 Power, Will
12-20 2 Briscoe, Ryan
21-36 9 Dixon, Scott
37-46 15 Sato, Takuma
47 10 Franchitti, Dario
48-68 9 Dixon, Scott
69-70 3 Castroneves, Helio
71 15 Sato, Takuma
72-74 4 Hildebrand, JR
75-100 3 Castroneves, Helio
Lap Leader Summary:
Car Driver Laps Times
9 Dixon, Scott 37 2
3 Castroneves, Helio 28 2
15 Sato, Takuma 11 2
12 Power, Will 11 1
2 Briscoe, Ryan 9 1
4 Hildebrand, JR 3 1
10 Franchitti, Dario 1 1
Caution Flags:
No Duration Total Reason for Caution
1 13 to 16 4 Stall: Car 6 on Front Stretch
2 20 to 27 8 Contact: Car 19 in Turn 10
3 46 to 48 3 Contact: Cars 3 & 20 in Turn 14



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