2012 Milwaukee IndyFest

2012 Milwaukee IndyFest
Race details
8th and 9th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
Date	June 16, 2012
Official name	Milwaukee IndyFest
Location	The Milwaukee Mile
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.015 mi / 1.633 km
Distance	225 laps; 228.38 mi / 367.542 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 84.2 °F (29.0 °C); wind speeds approaching 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	43.3100 sec (2-lap)
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time	159.293 mph (256.357 km/h) (on lap 205 of 225)
Podium
First	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology)
Third	James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport)
Chronology
2011	2013

The 2012 Milwaukee IndyFest Presented by XYQ was the eighth round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the 1.015-mile (1.633 km) Milwaukee Mile, in West Allis, Wisconsin.

DateJune 16, 2012

Official nameMilwaukee IndyFest

LocationThe Milwaukee Mile

CoursePermanent racing facility
1.015 mi / 1.633 km

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Row	Inside		Outside
1	10	Dario Franchitti	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay
2	8	Rubens Barrichello	3	Hélio Castroneves
3	5	E. J. Viso	11	Tony Kanaan
4	77	Simon Pagenaud (R)	27	James Hinchcliffe
5	26	Marco Andretti	4	J. R. Hildebrand
6	38	Graham Rahal	18	Justin Wilson ^†
7	98	Alex Tagliani	12	Will Power ^†
8	6	Katherine Legge (R)	19	James Jakes
9	67	Josef Newgarden (R) ^†	83	Charlie Kimball
10	2	Ryan Briscoe ^†	22	Oriol Servià
11	9	Scott Dixon ^†	20	Ed Carpenter
12	78	Simona de Silvestro	15	Takuma Sato ^†
13	14	Mike Conway ^†
^† Wilson, Power, Newgarden, Briscoe, Dixon, Sato and Conway penalised 10 places for changing engine

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points¹
1	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	225	1:52:17.8119	2	84	52
2	11	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	225	+ 5.1029	6	0	40
3	27	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	225	+ 7.2715	8	1	35
4	22	Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	225	+ 9.8940	20	0	32
5	5	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	225	+ 10.0782	5	27	30
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	225	+ 12.1105	4	50	28
7	98	Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	225	+ 12.3440	13	0	26
8	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	225	+ 12.7396	22	0	24
9	38	Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	225	+ 13.3395	11	0	22
10	8	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	225	+ 13.8178	3	0	20
11	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	225	+ 14.3764	21	0	19
12	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	225	+ 24.2642	14	0	18
13	77	Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	224	+ 1 lap	7	0	17
14	2	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	224	+ 1 lap	19	0	16
15	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	224	+ 1 lap	9	0	15
16	14	Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	224	+ 1 lap	25	0	14
17	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	224	+ 1 lap	18	0	13
18	6	Katherine Legge (R)	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	220	+5 laps	15	0	12
19	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	193	Contact	1	63	13
20	15	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	107	Contact	24	0	12
21	19	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	106	Contact	16	0	12
22	4	J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	105	Mechanical	10	0	12
23	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	93	Engine failure	12	0	12
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	62	Contact	23	0	12
25	67	Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	48	Mechanical	17	0	10

2012 Milwaukee IndyFest

Classification

Starting grid

Race results

Standings after the race

References

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