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All-time Indy car Records & Milestones Updated after the MAVTV 500, Sept. 15, 2012 Margin of Victory � Top 10 Closest Margins of Victory: MOV Track Date Winner Runner-up 0.0024 Chicagoland 9/8/02 Sam Hornish Jr. Al Unser Jr. 0.0033 Chicagoland 9/7/08 Helio Castroneves Scott Dixon 0.0051 Kansas 7/4/04 Buddy Rice Vitor Meira 0.0077 Chicagoland 8/29/09 Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon 0.0096 Texas 9/15/02 Sam Hornish Jr. Helio Castroneves 0.0098 Kentucky 10/2/11 Ed Carpenter Dario Franchitti 0.0099 Chicagoland 9/7/03 Sam Hornish Jr. Scott Dixon 0.0111 Texas 6/8/02 Jeff Ward Al Unser Jr. 0.0120 Kansas 7/3/05 Tony Kanaan Dan Wheldon 0.0121 Michigan 7/27/03 Alex Barron Sam Hornish Jr. Lap Leaders � Most laps led - all races: 7,595 – Mario Andretti � Most laps led in a single race: 250 of 250 – Ryan Hunter-Reay (Milwaukee (CCWS), 6/5/2004) � Most consecutive laps led in a single race: 250 – Ryan Hunter-Reay (Milwaukee (CCWS), 6/5/2004) � Most laps led in a single race by the race winner: 250 of 250 – Ryan Hunter-Reay (Milwaukee (CCWS), 6/5/2004) � Fewest laps led in a single race by the race winner: 1(12 times) – most recent: Dan Wheldon, Indianapolis, 5/29/2005 � Most laps led in a season: 1,527 – Al Unser (1970) � Most races led: 201 – Mario Andretti � Most races led in a season: 17 – Al Unser (1970); Danny Ongais (1978) � Most lead changes - single race: 73 (California, 11/4/01) � Fewest lead changes - single race: 0 (most recent: Belle Isle, 6/3/12) � Most leaders - single race: 72 (California, 11/4/01) � Fewest leaders - single race: 1 (most recent-Belle Isle, 6/3/12) Cautions � Most cautions during a race: 14 (Indianapolis, 5/29/98) � Most laps under caution during a race: 116 (Nazareth, 4/21/02) � Fewest cautions during a race: 0 (most recent: Mid-Ohio, 8/5/12) � Fewest laps under caution during a race: 0 (most recent: Mid-Ohio, 8/5/12) � Back to Back caution-free races: (most recent: Edmonton – Mid-Ohio, 2012) � Three consecutive caution-free races: (most recent: Portland – Cleveland, 1986)
2012 IZOD IndyCar Series Race Recaps Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg – Sunday, March 25 at Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla. Helio Castroneves ended a winless drought of more than a year by winning the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg for the third time on March 25. Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Team Penske Chevrolet, passed Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon for second place with a pass on the outside of Turn 1 on Lap 73 and went on to score the 26th win of his Indy car career. Dixon finished second in his Honda-powered car, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport in a Chevrolet-powered car. James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Briscoe rounded out the top-five. It was an emotional day for Castroneves, who dedicated his win to the late Dan Wheldon. After taking the checkered flag, Castroneves stopped his car at Turn 10 and honored Wheldon, who called St. Petersburg home, by climbing the fence and patting the "Dan Wheldon Way" sign located there. Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama – Sunday, April 1 at Barber Motorsports Park Will Power held off Scott Dixon on a restart with 16 laps left to win the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for the second year in a row. Dixon, who was 3.3709 seconds behind in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, has the distinction of being the race runner-up all three years (twice to Power and in the inaugural race to Helio Castroneves). He broke a tie with teammate Dario Franchitti with 27 second-place finishes on the all-time list and is one behind Castroneves. Castroneves, the pole sitter, finished third to maintain the points lead in the young season and continue his resurgence after a disappointing 2011 season. He held off Graham Rahal in the No. 38 Service Chip Ganassi Racing car by 0.2245 of a second. Simon Pagenaud finished fifth and James Hinchcliffe was sixth after starting on the front row for the first time in his IZOD IndyCar Series career. Mike Conway, who provided A.J. Foyt Racing its best non-oval starting position (fourth) since 2007, finished seventh. Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach – Sunday, April 15 at Streets of Long Beach, Calif. Will Power, who started the 38th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in Row 6 because of a penalty assessed on all 11 Chevrolet-powered cars for unapproved engine changes, overcame the deficit by stretching 18.5 gallons of E85 the last 21 laps on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit, all the while being chased down by Simon Pagenaud. It was Team Penske's first Indy car victory at Long Beach since 2001 (Helio Castroneves), while Power won the Champ Car finale on the course in 2008 with KV Racing Technology. Pagenaud, who pitted the No. 77 Honda-powered car for the final time on Lap 70 of 85, finished 0.8675 of a second back. Over the final three laps, he ran lap times 1.5-2 seconds quicker than Power (1:10.4941 to 1:12.0333 for instance on Lap 84). Pagenaud, who led laps for the first time since 2007 in Belgium, also gave Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports its highest finish since Jaques Lazier at Nashville in 2001 (as Sam Schmidt Motorsports). Seven different teams were represented in the top 10. James Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 27 GoDaddy.com car for Andretti Autosport, finished third as teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay incurred a 30-second penalty on the final lap for avoidable contact with the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car. It was his first podium finish in his IZOD IndyCar Series career. Sato, seeking his first IZOD IndyCar Series podium, finished eighth. Hunter-Reay checked in sixth. Tony Kanaan, who started 19th, finished a season-best fourth and JR Hildebrand was fifth -- his best since placing fourth at Iowa last June.
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