2012 Firestone 550

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Firestone 550 TexasMotorSpeedway.svg June 9 2012 Firestone 550 7th IndyCar Series Texas Motor Speedway Permanent racing facility 1.5 2.4 228 342 550 Temperatures reaching up to 91 F C; wind speeds up to 15 mph km/hWeather information for the 2012 Firestone 550 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TX/Fort%20Worth/2012-06-09 The Old Farmers' Almanac January 25, 2015 Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda - BHA 0:48.5695 CAN Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 24.5170 141 AUS Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing GBR Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing USA Ryan Briscoe Team Penske AUS 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 mi km on 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. __TOC__ Classification Starting grid RowInsideOutside1 98 CAN Alex Tagliani 10 GBR Dario Franchitti2 38 USA Graham Rahal 9 NZL Scott Dixon3 12 AUS Will Power 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe4 11 BRA Tony Kanaan 26 USA Marco Andretti5 77 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) 2 AUS Ryan Briscoe6 22 ESP Oriol Servià 8 BRA Rubens Barrichello7 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 5 VEN E. J. Viso8 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves 83 USA Charlie Kimball9 18 GBR Justin Wilson 14 GBR Mike Conway †10 20 USA Ed Carpenter 15 JPN Takuma Sato †11 19 GBR James Jakes 6 GBR Katherine Legge (R)12 4 USA J. R. Hildebrand 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro †13 67 USA Josef Newgarden (R) †† Conway, Sato, de Silvestro, and Newgarden penalised 10 places for changing engine Race results Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Pointsrace6 1 1 18 GBR Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 228 1:59:02.0131 17 11 50 2 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 228 + 3.9202 3 27 40 3 2 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 228 + 5.8619 10 5 35 4 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 228 + 10.4511 6 8 32 5 4USA J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 228 + 18.7749 23 0 30 6 77 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 228 + 21.3883 9 0 28 7 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 15 0 26 8 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 5 24 24 9 98 CAN Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 227 + 1 lap 1 20 23 1019GBR James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 227 + 1 lap 21 0 20 11 11 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 7 0 19 12 20 USA Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 19 0 18 13 67 USA Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 226 + 2 laps 25 0 17 14 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225 + 3 laps 2 0 16 15 6 GBR Katherine Legge (R) Dragon Racing Chevrolet 224 + 4 laps 22 0 15 16 14 GBR Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 224 + 4 laps 18 0 14 17 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 222 + 6 laps 8 0 13 18 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 173 Contact 4 133 14 19 5 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 129 Mechanical 14 0 12 20 22 ESP Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 89 Fuel Pressure 11 0 12 21 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 66 Mechanical 13 0 12 22 15 JPN Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 63 Contact 20 0 12 23 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 29 Contact 16 0 12 DNS 8 BRA Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 0 Did Not Start† 12 0 6 DNS 78 SUI 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 race6 1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 AUS Will Power 256 2 NZL Scott Dixon 220 3 CAN James Hinchcliffe 208 4 BRA Hélio Castroneves 203 5 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) 199 Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 USA Chevrolet 54 2 JPN Honda 51 3 UK Lotus 28 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings. References External links Firestone 550 2012 2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 2012 Milwaukee IndyFest 2011 Firestone Twin 275s 2013 Firestone 550 Category:Firestone 600 Firestone 550 Firestone 550 Firestone 550